Extremely high quality!

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The best lens ever experienced in 35mm format! Paired with Contax G2, it is a very Powerfull Photographic Instrument. Razorsharp images, perfect flatness of field, lifelike colors etc.

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Haven't been nessesary!

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Optical design

mechanical contruction of lens mount

One example at store had a slight fog behind rear element. Price low for perceived quality, but for price mass production must be used. Distortion is very low, almost nil. Was equal to newest Leica 28mm M under a range of apertures. The front lens cell has wobble on all examples I have seen, due to type of construction. As long as whole cell wobbles it causes no harm, like a slight lens tilt. Some other G lenses do this also. A Wild stereo microscope was used to inspect slides and negs.

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Leica 28mm newest type, older 28mm Leica M-R mount

Flare-free, sharp as a tack, great contrast and color. Small, light, and high quality construction.

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One of my favorite lenses. It's a tremendous lens!

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Too many to list individual focal lengeths: Nikon, Canon, Schneider-Kreuznach, Voitlander, Yashica, Wollensack, Tamron,

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All the Zeiss lenses for the Contax G I have used are superb. (21mm, 28mm, 45mm, 90mm) There are extremely sharp and saturated and have very good control of flare. But for me the most visible difference is in the shadow details. I used to have several Canon L lenses, and the G lenses win hands down when it comes to shadow details. Relatively speaking, images taken with the Canon L's look less emotionally involving and more artificial. I have tried showing my portfolio to people, and most of them were able to identify images taken with the G lenses.

The construction of these lenses is superb. They are very compact and the aperture ring feels very smooth on each lens. And it's great that most of these lenses take same size filters. The optional lens hoods are very effective, and one can also buy hood caps, which are very convenient.

Most of the G lenses are not expensive for the image quality and construction that they offer. I have yet to see better lenses for 35mm photography.

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