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Originally Posted by Dan Chung
Forgot to add, there is a 'cheap' Zeiss option, look at the older Zeiss lenses for Contax SLR cameras, then get an EOS mount for your Letus, then get cheap EOS to Contax mount adapters. Focus on some lenses is not as smooth as the newer ZF lenses but they do have the advantage of turning focus the same direction as on the stock EX-1 lens.
Or just buy ZF!
Dan
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Dan
The older Zeiss lenses were made for the Contax/Yashica mount cameras and then the plant (in Singapore?) went down when Contax closed. A few years later, the Contax plant reopened to make the ZF lenses, but the new lens designs are apparently different from the older ones, having been taken from the Zeiss cinema lens designs rather than the original Zeiss stills designs.
That's hearsay only
AFAIK -- I'm sure more knowledgeable people here will correct my impressions.
Personally I used to run Nikons, Leicaflexes and Contaxes, and now own a set of ZFs and I personally think they're visibly sharper, but, definitely YMWV on this one.