Originally posted by lightsource Yes there are still a few floating around. I don't imagine they will last long. Mine arrived. The 35mm f2 and the 85mm f1.4. They are Stella. Before I got these, I was torn between the HD DA 35mm limited and the FA 31mm and after considering every review and trying them out, I went with the 35mm macro. It hardly left my camera. It was 10 out of 10 in my mind. Without any shadow of a doubt, this Zeiss smokes it. I wouldn't rate the 35mm macro more than a 8.5 now. The combined colour, contrast, clarity and sharpness of the 35mm Zeiss leaves it for dead. I'm still to this day to see a FA 31mm shot that looked as good as what I've seen from this Zeiss either. Well worth it. The 85mm is fantastic as well, albeit I've mostly had the 35mm on my camera since receiving them both. Highly, highly recommended. They handle well on the Nikon 36mp cameras also. So they'll be great on the k-1 no doubt!
I have FA31 and Zeiss 35/1.4, albeit the Sony Zeiss. Yes, I believe a Zeiss Distagon 35/2 would easily smoke an FA31.
Very few ZK's left on ebay. If I'd had time to rationalise all the gear (i.e., sell most of it) I'd be up for those ZK beauties. Very expensive learning curve is this lens thing. By the time you learn that Zeiss is something above and beyond the rest, it's too late, the budget is blown.
EDIT: I can't see a Zeiss ZK lens club in the Lens Club fora. Would be a good one.
Last edited by HopelessTogger; 04-09-2016 at 01:29 PM.
Reason: Can't find ZK lens club.