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Carl Zeiss Contax/Yashica 85mm F1.4

Sharpness	9.5
Aberrations	9.0
Bokeh	10.0
Handling	10.0
Value	9.5

Reviews	Views	Date of last review
2	18,745	Fri August 4, 2017

Recommended By	Average Price	Average User Rating
50% of reviewers	$525.00	10.00

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Description:	Lens Type: Fixed Focal Length Lens Focal Length: 85mm Lens Max Aperture: f/1.4 Min Aperture: f/16 Focus Type: Manual Type Closest Focusing Distance: 1m Picture Angle: 28 degrees Attachment / Filter Size: 67mm Groups / Elements: 6 Elements in 5 Groups In hum full-frame Canon 6D Carl Zeiss Planar T * 85mm f / 1.4 showed exceptional Performance Center f / 2 all the way to f / 11 to f / 1.4 center and reasonably nitida , but NOT exceptional. At the same time , a lens struggled a bit around the Borders with Open wide openings , producing results mediocre instead of f / 1.4 paragraph f / 2. Quality Border improved with the opening paragraph and stopped Low PER f / 4 reached levels Exceptional .
Mount Type:	Non-Pentax Mount
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pde2000

Junior Member

Registered: March, 2013

Posts: 28

Review Date: August 4, 2017

Recommended | Price: $450.00 | Rating: 10

Pros:	fast, contrast and colours, 3d pop
Cons:	soft wide open
Sharpness: 9 Aberrations: 8 Bokeh: 10 Handling: 10 Value: 9 Camera Used: pentax kx

Very easy to adjust the register on this lens; pull back the rubber focus ring to reveal about 8 clamping screws (philips 00) to loosen and reset infinity.

The sonnar 85/2.8 is razor sharp and aberration free from wide open, whereas the planar is rather soft and purple fringes against a strong backlight. Once stopped down to 2.8 its performance is equivalent to the sonnar, and gets better with smaller aperture. The extra 2 stops and swirly bokeh are nice for portrait and artistic effect.