*found!!!* help me find this lens

Andy

zeiss distagon 21mm f/2.8 no dealers have them in stock. i'm looking to buy one (or a hundred, if you come across a container-ful). please ask your friends, your friends' mom, grandpa, etc. if you have in your town, or know of a dealer that handles used zeiss glass, i'd be obliged if you made a phone call :bow

i will compensate you for your trouble if you can help me locate this gem.

thanks in advance.

morrisphotography2003

hey andy pricegrabber.com has it but it will cost ya 1647.90 sorry, that is all I could come up with so far but I will keep looking.

andy wrote:

zeiss distagon 21mm f/2.8 no dealers have them in stock. i'm looking to buy one (or a hundred, if you come across a container-ful). please ask your friends, your friends' mom, grandpa, etc. if you have in your town, or know of a dealer that handles used zeiss glass, i'd be obliged if you made a phone call

i will compensate you for your trouble if you can help me locate this gem.

thanks in advance.

BridgeCity

I saw that one too.. but if you go to the site they say 4-6 weeks till in stock

Andy

morrisphotography2003 wrote:

hey andy pricegrabber.com has it but it will cost ya 1647.90 sorry, that is all I could come up with so far but I will keep looking.

oh please

don't tease me! i've seen pricegrabber, a zillion times. no retailers here in the u.s. have them.

thanks for trying though!

Andy

BridgeCity wrote:

I saw that one too.. but if you go to the site they say 4-6 weeks till in stock

dewds

i was born at night, but it wasn't last night

i've checked all the usual sources. i've googled till i'm goggle-eyed. i've got mates in europe, asia, and oz looking for this for me ... but .. the more the merrier so your help is appreciated.

Michiel de Brieder

You know your friends

Andy

michiel de brieder comes through!
michiel has found, this "un-findable" lens for me, at a little dutch camera shop





thank you michiel!

and, since it's *all about the food*, i'm sending you some extra euros so that you can enjoy a nice meal out on me (we expect photos!).

thanks michiel, you rawk!

Michiel de Brieder

andy wrote:

and, since it's *all about the food*, i'm sending you some extra euros so that you can enjoy a nice meal out on me (we expect photos!).

thanks michiel, you rawk!

There's this little restaurant going for an extra star and... :lol who knows I'll make sure to take pitchas!

Andy

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

There's this little restaurant going for an extra star and... :lol who knows I'll make sure to take pitchas!

funding complete, m8

btw - anyone else, i'll buy more of these if you can find 'em

lark

Andy,
could you tell us about this lens?


also, I have a DsMK2 and a 20D for backup(same as you I think)...do you find yourself using the 20D less and less in favor of the MK2? Mine seems to be spending a lot of sitting time lately...just wondering if others are finding the same thing.

Den

Andy

lark wrote:

Andy,
could you tell us about this lens?


also, I have a DsMK2 and a 20D for backup(same as you I think)...do you find yourself using the 20D less and less in favor of the MK2? Mine seems to be spending a lot of sitting time lately...just wondering if others are finding the same thing.

Den

after humungus-sized lens research for wa options on canon ff bodies, the universal conclusion is that the zeiss distagon 21mm f/2.8 is the bees knees. nothing approaches it's level of sharpness when tripodded, stopped down to say f/8, f/11, and shooting landscape (can you say yosemite?)... there's some thoughts and findings of mine in this zeiss distagon thread as well as some 100% crops. you focus manually. and you need to buy an adapter to mount the lens on the canon mount. adapter is about 120 bucks.

the zeiss glass is hard to find, rumors about no more production have sent prices thru the roof. a 1/2 dozen recently sold at auction on fm for well over 2000usd. i'm now the proud owner of an distagon 18mm f/4 and thanks to michiel here, the distagon 21mm f/2.8 (really really really reall hard to find!).

your second question -- i do not have a 20d for backup, only the 1Ds Mark II...

lark

thanks and congratulations on getting the 2.8!

So,.....did you get any leads on more anywhere else? how about the 18mm/f4?............for Yosemite.



Den

Andy

lark wrote:

thanks and congratulations on getting the 2.8!

So,.....did you get any leads on more anywhere else? how about the 18mm/f4?............for Yosemite.



Den

i have the 18 f/4 and i'm sure i'll be parting with it now i've found the 21 ... interested?

Charlie Gast

Me too me too!

Michiel de Brieder wrote:

You know your friends

Hi Michiel,

I too am seeking the 21mm 2.8 Distagon. I work for Philips. I have a colleague going to Eindhoven next week. Any help you might provide to get me connected to one of these lenses so he can bring it back would be greatly appreciated!

Best regards,

Charlie

Michiel de Brieder

Charlie Gast wrote:

Hi Michiel,

I too am seeking the 21mm 2.8 Distagon. I work for Philips. I have a colleague going to Eindhoven next week. Any help you might provide to get me connected to one of these lenses so he can bring it back would be greatly appreciated!

Best regards,

Charlie

Hey Charlie

I had loads of luck finding the one for Andy (although it took me just 15 minutes ) I have tracked 2 others, but the price is pretty steep. E-mail or PM me, then I can give you price, location etc!

gubbs

If anyone's interested there's one up for auction HERE

Andy

gubbs wrote:

If anyone's interested there's one up for auction HERE

there's a feeding frenzy for this glass...

Charlie Gast

Yo, Andy
Why did you sell your Zeiss 21 and 18 just a day after looking for a 21? The dates of the posts are so close its hard to tell which happened first.
Did you already have a 21 and think it a bad copy, or did you finally get the sought after glass and find it not as good as billed to be?

Just curious

Charlie

Andy

Charlie Gast wrote:

Why did you sell your Zeiss 21 and 18 just a day after looking for a 21? The dates of the posts are so close its hard to tell which happened first.
Did you already have a 21 and think it a bad copy, or did you finally get the sought after glass and find it not as good as billed to be?

Just curious

Charlie

the glass is stellar.

i was searching for the ultimate wa lenses for my canon 1Ds Mark II. and then after finding them, i ended up changing from the full frame camera back to a 20d.

thanks

Charlie Gast

andy wrote:

the glass is stellar.

i was searching for the ultimate wa lenses for my canon 1Ds Mark II. and then after finding them, i ended up changing from the full frame camera back to a 20d.

thanks

So then after the research you decided all the fuss (and expen$e) the FF was not really worth it?
I sometimes wonder myself.
But I must carry on!!!!
Oh my


Charlie

Andy

Charlie Gast wrote:

So then after the research you decided all the fuss (and expen$e) the FF was not really worth it?
I sometimes wonder myself.
But I must carry on!!!!
Oh my


Charlie

oh it's really worth it! the 1Ds Mark II is an outstanding piece of gear. i'm really glad i used it for three months. for my particular style of shooting, though, the 20d is better suited. if i did, say, 1/3 studio, 1/3 'podded landscape work, and 1/3 situational & street work, i'd have kept it. but, i do maybe 2/3s situational and street work, and 1/3 landscape. and a bit of studio but not much.

thanks.