80-200mm F4 SONNAR T*MM (55) MANUAL FOCUS ZOOM TELEPHOTO LENS

Like the other 2 Carl Zeiss above, this is an amazing zoom. how so? image quality, sharpness, contrast is as good as other zeiss primes, but better than alot of 3rd party primes. No sh!t, this lens easily puts many of today's modern lens like canon70-200F4L and F2.8L to shame. One look at the front, you can see from the coating that this is one serious lens. I remember that back about 10yrs back, around 1999 to 2000, this lens was going for about 900 USD, with the conversion back and shipping then, it probably worked to about 2K SGD, a much wished for but out of reach lens. Built wise as the other reviews online say, is seriously solid with being excessively heavy. The fact that its a pull push design makes it a joy to zoom and focus at the same time. This lens, like other fine raved about lens, has a nickname, "stovepipe".

I have sold off 2 pieces of this lens before, both photographers who bought the lens were impressed by its image quality. you cant go wrong with this lens.

Reviews here:
http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetc...&msg_id=00000j

http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetc...&msg_id=000jSO

Shots taken with this amazing better than primes lens:




More reviews on the 80-200F4, its seriously a damn good lens, putting primes to shame.

http://photo.net/neighbor/view-one.t...ghbor_id=93110

http://photo.net/equipment/contax/80-200-4

http://photosig.photographyreview.co...9_3128crx.aspx