Oh I quite understand, Carlos - my favourite Leica lens is the 40mm f2 Summicron-C, very compact and a great lens. I've also got a Pentax 40mm f2.8 Pancake, and a Minolta 45mm f2 - it's a great format for a standard lens, makes for a full-size pocketable camera. Good luck whatever you eventually decide! Nick --- Carlos Manuel Freaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes Nick, thanks, that is an excellent lens, however > this Tessar is so slim...when you have some cameras > with lenses 100% normal, a normal with rare shape > like > this Tessar is attractive, at least to me; but I'm > afraid I'll finally buy a super normal Planar... > I know about the computers and software for lens > design, but anyway it's a bit surprising to me the > way > they can make a normal 45mm lens having excellent > general performance so slim. The Xenar in my > Rolleicord IV look slim if you perceive in your mind > the first and last element, but it is a built-in > lens.- > All the best > Carlos > --- Nick Roberts <nickbroberts@xxxxxxxxxxx> > escribió: > > > 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! 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