Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm 1:3.5 vs Minolta MD 135mm 1:3.5 – comparison
Older DDR’s (German Democratic Republic/East Germany) vs Japanese latest – 135mm slow manual primes fighting.
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Carl Zeiss Jena DDR Sonnar 3.5/135 lens review, aka Carl Zeiss Jena 135mm 1:3.5 DDR Sonnar
Mount – M42
This lens is out of the zone of my interests, I don’t know much about it, nevertheless, it was interesting to test it and find out what it was capable of. It turned out that everything is very good. Unlike the “second” Zeiss (Western, or FRG), lenses from which are so overpriced that after tests they can even be disappointing, this lens turned out to be much better than I imagined at the beginning.
The lens for the test was provided by Egor Nikolaev (Егор Николаев) – many thanks and greetings.
85mm lenses comparison – Carl Zeiss 85mm 1:2.8 Sonnar T* Contax/Yashica vs Minolta MD 85mm 1:2.0
The IQ of both lenses are well known among photographers, but there is not a good head-to-head comparison in the network (or I can’t find it). This gap should be covered.
The Carl Zeiss lens for the test was provided by Egor Nikolaev (Егор Николаев) – many thanks and greetings.
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Carl Zeiss 85mm 1:2.8 Sonnar T* Contax/Yashica lens review, aka Carl Zeiss 85mm 1:2.8 CY
Mount – Contax/Yashica (C/Y)
This is the compact portrait lens released by respectable Kyocera based on Yashica technologies with the license of famous Carl Zeiss. This lens should be magic by origin.
The lens for the test was provided by Egor Nikolaev (Егор Николаев) – many thanks and greetings.
45mm lenses comparison – Carl Zeiss 45mm 1:2.8 C/Y vs Minolta Rokkor MD 45mm 1:2.0
At the first glance, both lenses are enough similar but it is not true. There is nothing similar except focal distance and country of origin (Japan), lenses have different mounts, optical designs, sizes, years of production.
The lens for the test was provided by Egor Nikolaev (Егор Николаев) – many thanks and greetings.
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Carl Zeiss Tessar 45mm 1:2.8 T* Contax/Yashica lens review, aka Carl Zeiss 45mm 1:2.8 C/Y.
Mount – Contax/Yashica (C/Y)
A simple and reliable prime lens, with a very well-known label.
The lens for the test was provided by Egor Nikolaev (Егор Николаев) – many thanks and greetings.
This article was made specifically for this Carl Zeiss because Minolta 28mm lenses have already been enough studied and the site contains a lot of materials about them.
Carl Zeiss Distagon 28mm 1:2.8 (AE) for the test was provided by Egor Nikolaev (Егор Николаев) – many thanks.
Lens review: Carl Zeiss Distagon 2.8/28 T* Contax / Yashica aka Carl Zeiss 28mm 1:2.8 Distagon C/Y
Considered as one of the best 28mm lenses ever. Let’s check it.
The lens for the test was provided by Egor Nikolaev (Егор Николаев) – many thanks and greetings.
Minolta MD 35-70mm 1:3.5 Zoom Macro vs primes comparison.
The famous zoom versus famous primes – detailed battle on the infinity.
Sony 35mm 1:2.8 FE – demo photography
Full lens name: Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA
Any author of reviews needs to support the idea that not only bricks-walls are photographed by him, but he is able to make a few not bad photos at least. Here the article about it.
All photos are taken: Greece – Crete – Hanya, Sony 35mm 1:2.8 FE, Sony A7II (EXIF presented), Capture One, 2x resized