Zeiss Vario-Sonnar 1:2/12,5-75mm

[Roy Brown]

I have a NPR with this zoom (In Very Good Condition) along with some primes. How does this zoom rate against other zooms. Should I try upgrading. Most of my experience with 16 is shooting with a bolex (Rex II with switar primes).

 

Thanks

Roy

[Mitch Gross]

An old zoom of middling quality, worth maybe a couple hundred dollars. For cheap optics, try to get an Ang. 9.5-57 ($750). After that you could try a Zeiss 10-100 T3 ($1000). From there you start getting into some real money, with lenses like the Zeiss 10-100 T2, Cooke 9-50 and Canon 7-56 (all around $3000).

[Sam Wells]

I wouldn't pay money for a Zeiss 12.5 - 75.

 

-Sam

[Roy Brown]

OK fine I toss the Ziess in the nearest dumpster. :)

[Sam Wells]

Well it could be the most flare-prone lens ever made.

It is actually rather sharp - IF you don't flare it which (I know, I had one) is a total nuisance

in reality - and once you flare it, there goes your sharpness.

 

The 10-100 T3 aren't so bad....

 

-Sam