Originally posted by chickentender Nice! Works great indeed. I love the Xenotars personally.. a bit more if I'm honest.
Say, is there some fungus in your 2.8 taking lens or do my eyes deceive me in this shot? (I just finished disassembling and cleaning to infested Hexanons so I'm pretty much seeing fungus-illusions everywhere at the moment.)
Honestly, if you compare 2.8 Planar to 2.8 Xenotar, or 3.5 Planar to 3.5 Xenotar, I doubt there would be any noticeable difference between the two. If you compare a 2.8 Planar to a 3.5 Planar, you will start seeing more difference.
No fungus in the taking lens on my 2.8C. The Zeiss coatings of that era have the appearance of cloudiness when viewed from a distance, but it is clean and clear.