You can probably pick up a 50mm f1.7 Planar for less - fantastic lens. Nick --- Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thank you very much Todd and Nick for your opinions. > I > have a Yashica FX 3 body and I'd like CZ Contax lens > for it. This lens seems interesting really but I'm > not > in a hurry to buy one, perhaps I could obtain a > better > price afterwards.- > > All the best > Carlos > --- todd belcher <todd_belcher@xxxxxxxxx> escribió: > > > 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 > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > 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 > > ___________________________________________________________ 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