Zeiss ZM 28 mm F/2.8 Lens

This lightweight wideangle lens offers high center contrast even with the aperture fully opened.. This is a beautifull lens that posseses a superb creamy bokeh (Japanese word for smooth blurriness with discernable detail in the out of focus areas), yet it has razor sharpness where its focused on. According to those that know ,the only other lenses that might exceed the contrast and tonality of this lens are the two Leica Ms (28mm f/2.8 and f/2 asph), the Leica R 28mm f/2.8 Elmarit

Its a sure winner in terms of cost/performance, too.This model has a C/Y bayonet mount but it can be adapted to Canon EOS with an adapter that I have and will be offering in a future posting . This lens has become hard to find as fine art photographers have found that it mates beautifully and synergistically with the imaging characteristics of the new breed of full frame sensors of the Canon Mark II series. This lens has acquired a perceived value to those who know and value the image quality that can be obtained with it and are willing to pay to have it.

Here you can see some images taken with it by other photographers:
http://www.pinciuc.com/ph​otos/index.php?gallery_id=99
http://www.photo.net/phot​odb/photo?photo_id=3681668

I bought this lens for my Leica M8 in order to get a focal length around 35mm (in fact 37mm)
I love pictures rendering with the Zeiss ZM 28.
Only one point: the lens front cover is not very handy, too easy to remove and not easy to put in place.
In my opinion the optical qualities are very similar to Leica 35mm non aspheric Summicron lens