Acquired this little gem a few weeks ago. It is the replacement to the Tri-Elmar WATE which I recently sold (2nd time around). I've been intrigue with this lens since I first saw it quite a few years ago. It is one of the two Zeiss ZM lens that is made in Germany. Yep, not the Cosina made ZM but hand built in Germany. The lens is not RF-coupled so might be a turnoff for a few people. But it is a 15mm so the DOF is tremendous. In fact, the focusing scale go only up to 7 ft, then infinity. Here are a couple of pics of the little beauty on the M 240
P1150134.jpg by VINCE, on Flickr
P1150136.jpg by VINCE, on Flickr
Not a little lens for sure. Pretty heavy too.
Here is how Zeiss described this lens:
The Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZM is a fast lens for its focal length, allowing for hand-held photography under difficult lighting conditions. The lens is made in Germany and incorporates a very complex optical design using exotic optical materials such as barium dense flint with a high refractive index and fluor crown with anomalous partial dispersion. It uses aspheric lens elements and an internal focus mechanism for distortion-free images and consistent performance over the whole frame and across the entire focusing range. The standard center filter compensates for the natural vignetting effect and provides even tonal reproduction across the image field.
It is 11 Elements in 9 groups and weigh 550g.
Some pictures taken with this and the M 240
L1001545.jpg by VINCE, on Flickr
L1001586.jpg by VINCE, on Flickr
L1001583.jpg by VINCE, on Flickr
L1001579.jpg by VINCE, on Flickr
Not a little lens for sure. Pretty heavy too.
Here is how Zeiss described this lens:
The Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZM is a fast lens for its focal length, allowing for hand-held photography under difficult lighting conditions. The lens is made in Germany and incorporates a very complex optical design using exotic optical materials such as barium dense flint with a high refractive index and fluor crown with anomalous partial dispersion. It uses aspheric lens elements and an internal focus mechanism for distortion-free images and consistent performance over the whole frame and across the entire focusing range. The standard center filter compensates for the natural vignetting effect and provides even tonal reproduction across the image field.
It is 11 Elements in 9 groups and weigh 550g.
Some pictures taken with this and the M 240