Scenes Seen: GFX + Contax CY Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.7.

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Scenes Seen: GFX + Contax CY Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.7.

Subtitle: Why stop at adapting M glass?

As stated in a recent post…

Scenes Seen: GFX + Voigtlander Nokton 40mm f/1.2.

…after giving a lot of attention to modern cameras with modern luxuries like AF, I needed a rangefinder lens fix. Also mentioned in that post that after letting go of my rangefinder camera…

Vintage Digital: A Year of Leica M Type 240 Ownership Update.

…the GFX stepped up as my new rig to put behind this wonderful lens. I was referring to a favorite lens of mine.

GFX

But there is another. I recently used it two rolls in with my recent slide film bender.

2nd Time Developing Slide Film
Second Time Developing Slide Film: Unicolor EZ – E6/Kodak E100.

A rare ZEISS bargain. The Contax CY Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.7.

This Old Lens: Contax CY Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.7

I must give credit to Katherine at my local camera shop. While I had the idea to adapt CY lenses she gave me the push to order the adapter. Tried to order one new directly from K&F but that one is lost in the weeds so I ordered a seond used copy from KEH.

Fortunately, similar to the Voigtlander, it mostly covers the medium format image circle. There is a bit of a vignette, but I do not mind it at all.

Here are my first sample pics.

GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7
GFX - Contax ZEISS 50mm f/1.7

Thoughts.

Necessary?

Nope.

Would I recommend getting it for this purpose specifically?

Not necessarily. But one could do much worse.

Do I like the results?

Yep.

A fine lens, no matter what camera you put behind it.

Happy capturing.

-ELW

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Published by Eric L. Woods

Photography, Baritone, Industrial Engineer, IT person.

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