I've used it as well, although I don't own it. I don't think it's quite as sharp as the 50mm Planars, but it's still pretty good by any standards. I agree completely with all of Todd's other comments. If it were a 40mm, I would buy one! Nick --- todd belcher <todd_belcher@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have used this lens. It is very sharp and has the > same colour > rendition as the rest of the Contax SLR lens line. > It can be a tiny > bit difficult to manipulate the aperture ring > compared to the other > lenses because the ring sits very tightly to the > camera body. > > todd > > > On 28-Apr-06, at 11:19 AM, Carlos Manuel Freaza > wrote: > > > Congratulations Thor for your good Contax II and > > talking about Contax -the newer Kyocera > > Contax/Yashica-I have seen a normal Tessar lens > 2.8/45 > > called "pancake" in one of our auction sites; it's > a > > very slim lens considering it's a normal lens; > > according the seller it's a superb lens, I'd like > know > > if someone used this lens and his opinion. > > The auction page has two good photographs about > the > > lens, it's necessary to scroll the page a bit: > > > > > http://www.deremate.com.ar/accdb/viewItem.asp?IDI=11423294 > > > > All the best > > Carlos > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Correo Yahoo! > > Espacio para todos tus mensajes, antivirus y > antispam ¡gratis! > > ¡Abrí tu cuenta ya! - http://correo.yahoo.com.ar > > --- > > Rollei List > > > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' > > in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with > > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging > into > > www.freelists.org > > > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging > into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > ___________________________________________________________ Switch an email account to Yahoo! Mail, you could win FIFA World Cup tickets. http://uk.mail.yahoo.com --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list