I feel this way about my Sigma EF 50mm f1.4 ART. Got it for $500 when they were still new for $1100 CAD and it had a couple of marks (sharpie to the rescue) and I have not only kept it for 5 years I also kept it with the switch from Canon to Sony and use it all the time on photoshoots with the Sigma MC-11 adapter that allows it to work natively. This Zeiss lens, I think I would pounce on if I ever see one cheap and somewhat beat up. As long as it works and the optics are good, who cares.
That's too funny, I got a very similar deal on the Sigma 50 1.4 ART. For some reason the Sigma UK store on Amazon was blowing them out for $500 a year or two ago while they were still full price in the US store. I had to wait a couple of weeks for it to show up, but well worth it for the insane deal. I don't think you can find a better deal on a wide zoom than the Zeiss. I shot this video months ago and didn't get around to finishing it until this week, and I was shocked to see them used on Amazon for $415. Never thought I'd see a lens so good for so cheap. Hope one comes across your path soon!
This is a pretty old glands, but it is holding up really well. I look at it as a landscape lens. They make the power version of it, which is pretty cool, but I am not sold that overly complicated lenses are the way to go. They tend to fail at the worst times. The only real advantage I see with faster than F4 and that type of lens is if you’re doing Astro photography People seem to eat can’t really wrapped up with stuff that is so easy to change if your lens is a bit slower turn up your eye though change shutter speed or your aperture. It’s pretty easy.
I feel this way about my Sigma EF 50mm f1.4 ART. Got it for $500 when they were still new for $1100 CAD and it had a couple of marks (sharpie to the rescue) and I have not only kept it for 5 years I also kept it with the switch from Canon to Sony and use it all the time on photoshoots with the Sigma MC-11 adapter that allows it to work natively. This Zeiss lens, I think I would pounce on if I ever see one cheap and somewhat beat up. As long as it works and the optics are good, who cares.
That's too funny, I got a very similar deal on the Sigma 50 1.4 ART. For some reason the Sigma UK store on Amazon was blowing them out for $500 a year or two ago while they were still full price in the US store. I had to wait a couple of weeks for it to show up, but well worth it for the insane deal.
I don't think you can find a better deal on a wide zoom than the Zeiss. I shot this video months ago and didn't get around to finishing it until this week, and I was shocked to see them used on Amazon for $415. Never thought I'd see a lens so good for so cheap. Hope one comes across your path soon!
This is a pretty old glands, but it is holding up really well. I look at it as a landscape lens.
They make the power version of it, which is pretty cool, but I am not sold that overly complicated lenses are the way to go. They tend to fail at the worst times.
The only real advantage I see with faster than F4 and that type of lens is if you’re doing Astro photography
People seem to eat can’t really wrapped up with stuff that is so easy to change if your lens is a bit slower turn up your eye though change shutter speed or your aperture. It’s pretty easy.
Ah yes, Zeiss magic. The cinema is yours.