New Zeiss ZM User

[Full Lumen]

Hello

After a long absence as a Zeiss user I have finally returned to the fold and acquired a ZI Rangefinder body and a 35mm f2 Biogon.

A goodly number of years back, like an idiot, I sold my Contax G2 with its lovely Zeiss lenses having "gone digital". Big mistake, I really miss that camera and particularly its set of Zeiss lenses (21mm, 28mm, 45mm and 90mm).

I also have found that I missed real photography (if I can be forgiven for calling it that) using a proper film camera, and using a rangefinder camera in particular. I have rediscovered that simple country where you sling a camera with a prime lens attached over your shoulder, stick a handful of film in your pocket, and go out and make photographs. It is liberating.

So I am now in the process of building a small ZI outfit and will, when funds allow, add two other lenses - a 21mm and an 85mm.

Finally never again will I be suborned into selling anything with Carl Zeiss written on the front of it. In the words of Samwise Gamgee, the Hobbit "Well, I'm back".

[fuwen]

Welcome back to the film rangefinder club : )

[Amin Sabet]

Welcome back :). Looking forward to seeing some of your photos with the excellent new kit!

[back alley]

zi + 35/2 biogon = a killer combo!!

nice choice and i agree about adding a 21, i love my 21/4.5 zm, so nicec and small and incredibly sharp. i hope to add the 85/4 when it's available and funds allow.

joe

[Brian]

Welcome back to real photography. Today I was using a Canon 7 and a Leica M2 at a park in Richmond, photographing some newborn goats with the 90 tele-elmarit. Got a "People still use rolls of film?" Just responded with "Yes, I do. Don't even get me started."

[buzzkill58]

I just joined the club about a month a go... ZI body with the 50/2 lens and CV 35/1.4. I am having lots of fun!

[steve]

Welcome

[absolute]

I just joined the club about a month a go... ZI body with the 50/2 lens and CV 35/1.4. I am having lots of fun!

Nice setup to start with, I got the 50/2 and planning to add one more 35mm, how's that CV35/1.4 ?

[MCTuomey]

hi all, just joined. recently i sold a variety of leica and hexanon lenses to fund switching to just these zm's: 25/2.8, 35/2, 50/1.5 for an m8 and the 50/2 on a film m. i appreciate the image quality, of course, but also the consistency of handling. very happy so far.

[FinnZI]

Hi guys! And greetings from winterly Finland! It's no less than -20C outside. Joined this forum only a moment ago. Back in B&W film again after a decade of digital photography! A brand new ZI-body with a CV 50/1,5 really makes this familyman feel like a school boy again. I still have my EOS 7D mainly for shooting with flash.

[Brian]

Welcome aboard, you have a good setup.

-20C... All of a sudden Virginia in the 20F range does not sound so bad!

[mikmik]

another newborn ZM rangefinder user here!

unfortunately i have to send the camera probably to germany as I have misaligned rangefinder (I guess ). does anybody know how much will costs such a reparation? (bought second hand so probably no warranty).

lens looks to be ok (sonnar 85)

[Brian]

Where are you located? If it is out of warranty, I would suspect a local shop could adjust the RF.

I do not own a ZM. Most of my older RF's are easy to adjust.

Does anyone have a link on adjusting the ZM?

[mikmik]

belgium, sending to germany will not be so painful, i asked already here in some shops - they say they can send it to distributor (who will send it to germany probably).

there is a guide how to adjust the rangefinder but I won't try it:
http://www.monopix.co.uk/zmadjust.shtml
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66505

anyway, nice to shoot film again

[whitecat]

Welcome to the club!

[Txala]

Hi all, from Barcelona (Spain). Just join the forum and I recently bought a Leica M6 and have commissioned a C 35/2.8 ZM Biogon.
I hope to share with you experiences and photographs.

[whitecat]

Welcome and hope to see some of your work.

[Brian]

Leica with a Zeiss lens- I have a couple of those!

Welcome aboard.

[Contarama]

Hello Full Lumen...

Only recently have I got my first Zeiss Ikon equipment...now I just need to upgrade to higher level Zeiss equipment! And although I have some digital stuff I am a mechanical person at heart for sure...

Welcome!

[Txala]

Thanks for the welcome

[Brian]

A Contax II would look good next to a Contaflex...

I'm going to have to get a Contaflex.

[Contarama]

I'm going to have to get a Contaflex.


Please forgive me for buggering up the thread folks but yes sir Brian...you and everyone else should have a Contaflex because they are DIRT cheap and EXCELLENT!!!...ZEISS IKON...just in case you are trying to make up your mind...parachute jump simulator! :D

http://www.oklahomawildbunch.com/teach/jump.jpg

http://www.oklahomawildbunch.com/teach/Parachute Joy.jpg

[Brian]

That is a great picture. You have a fast trigger finger.

[Contarama]

That is a great picture. You have a fast trigger finger.

200 film...I wish I had used the 400 film instead...I didn't think my Nikon FE performed as well as my Contaflex yesterday but then again it's the first time I have ever used it and I don't know much to begin with...

I may ultimately have to buy a ZM to outperform my ancient Contaflex!!! lol

[Brian]

The Nikkor lenses are going to be higher contrast, and can blow the highlights in direct sun, and lose shadow detail when compared with the older German optics of the Contaflex.

What lens do you have on the FE? Feel free to ask Nikon questions here. I have SIXTY or so of them, and even more Nikkor lenses...