WTB Zeiss/Contax 21mm 2.8 Distagon

Charlie Gast · May 13, 2005

I am not trying to be a wise guy. Just looking for one.
I had someone in Germany say he "found" one for me. When I asked if he saw it with his eyes and held it in his hand he said "no, but the store owner is ordering it".
We all know the rest of that story!

Charlie

Andy · May 14, 2005

Charlie Gast wrote:

I am not trying to be a wise guy. Just looking for one.
I had someone in Germany say he "found" one for me. When I asked if he saw it with his eyes and held it in his hand he said "no, but the store owner is ordering it".
We all know the rest of that story!

Charlie

have a look here

semorg · May 16, 2005

Charlie Gast wrote:

I am not trying to be a wise guy. Just looking for one.
I had someone in Germany say he "found" one for me. When I asked if he saw it with his eyes and held it in his hand he said "no, but the store owner is ordering it".
We all know the rest of that story!

Charlie

Charlie,
This is an amazing lens that is very hard to come by. I would not be surprised if you end up paying 4K for it. Good luck.

dragon300zx · May 16, 2005

Andy you make me speechless sometimes.

scratch

twitch

Steve Cavigliano · May 16, 2005

dragon300zx wrote:

Andy you make me speechless sometimes. scratchtwitch

Gary,
Hey, it was an old lens. He had it almost 2 months :lol Besides, after Yosemite, it didn't have any good pics left in it anyway :lol4

Steve

dragon300zx · May 16, 2005

Steve have you checked out the auction on fm. We have a pretty good discussion going on in regards to Andys mental health. I still say its ADD cause he didn't have the other symptoms that would go along with say Bipolar disorder but there was a vote for a mood disorder.

Seymore · May 16, 2005

dragon300zx wrote:

Steve have you checked out the auction on fm. We have a pretty good discussion going on in regards to Andys mental health. I still say its ADD cause he didn't have the other symptoms that would go along with say Bipolar disorder but there was a vote for a mood disorder.

Since he's geeky with the camera, I'd throw out Asperger's Syndrome as Andy's prob... Was this ever considered?

:hide

dragon300zx · May 16, 2005

No But I will contribute it to the thread. Hmmmm it seems very logical.

Seymore · May 16, 2005

:hide

Andy · May 16, 2005

hmm let's seeeeee
steve cav
dragon
seymore

okkkkkkkkkayyyy got 'em on the "correct" list

dragon300zx · May 16, 2005

lol Andy don't worry. When all my hard work pays off and I finally have lotsa money you can make fun of my manic spending.

Seymore · May 16, 2005

Yea... Yea... Yea...

Idle threats Andy. BTW, you were on my list when you first showed your smugmug @ SC.

Andy · May 18, 2005

charlie,

just fyi: the auction concluded and the lens went for $3,950

dragon300zx · May 18, 2005

You never told us why you are selling it. Whats in the works?

Charlie Gast · May 18, 2005

If this is not enough to get canon off their *ss to produce or get someone elzeiss er.. else to produce a wide angle worthy of their s models nothing will. They went all out with the 300 2.8 and 400 2.8 primes with outstanding optics. Surely their engineers have realized for a couple years their wides don't get it at all with FF sensors. Their brisk sales of $8000 bodies and the way these 21 distagons are being worshiped should belay any worries they might have about marketing. A wide that comes very close to or matches optically the distagon with auto focus and metering would be swept off the shelves even at $2000 a unit.

Maybe it is foolish for me to apply logic to how "business" descisions are made.

Andy · May 18, 2005

Charlie Gast wrote:

If this is not enough to get canon off their *ss to produce or get someone elzeiss er.. else to produce a wide angle worthy of their s models nothing will. They went all out with the 300 2.8 and 400 2.8 primes with outstanding optics. Surely their engineers have realized for a couple years their wides don't get it at all with FF sensors. Their brisk sales of $8000 bodies and the way these 21 distagons are being worshiped should belay any worries they might have about marketing. A wide that comes very close to or matches optically the distagon with auto focus and metering would be swept off the shelves even at $2000 a unit.

Maybe it is foolish for me to apply logic to how "business" descisions are made.

charlie, i believe you are right. the 14L was introduced in 1991 - over 14 years ago! there's got to be a new wide prime in their r&d that can match the resolving power of their new ff sensors. and soon. my bet is on an 18 or 21mm prime. superb optics. probably in the $1500-$1800 range each.

btw - there's another zeiss distagon 21mm f/2.8 over on fm now, asking price: $4500 :uhoh i simply cannot believe the prices these things are going for... i never dreamed i'd get $3950!!!

Andy · May 20, 2005

today, one sold for $4,500 on fred miranda :uhoh

semorg · May 25, 2005

hmm
I have a second copy of this lens. I love this lens so much that I wanted to make sure I had a backup version. However, at 4500 I may think about selling it.

Stunt Clown · May 28, 2005

Link to CZ 21 sale at Fredmiranda

The seller is fine upstanding guy as well

WTB Zeiss/Contax 21mm 2.8 Distagon

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