Biggie Zeiss/Nikon mount lenses on SL

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Possibly of interest for some SL-shooters out there:

 

No question that the Zeiss Otus 28 mm is a technically great lens. Unfortunately but related, obviously, the same holds for the lens' size and weight; it is LARGE and rather heavy. Strangely, a tripod collar is not available for the lens, and Zeiss has no plans for making one either (explicitly stated on Zeiss' homepage).

 

The good news is that the Novoflex adapter LET/NIK can be fitted with the tripod collar ASTAT-NEX. The collar is not among the most user-frendly out there, certainly not with stiff, freezing fingers... but it works.

 

The mentioned collar is also convenient for those playing with the very good Zeiss APO Sonnar 135 f2.

 

In both cases, the lenses are in Nikon-mount. The above obviously holds for Nikon biggies without tripod collar as well, e.g., the much-liked Nikon 14-24.

[steppenw0lf]

Novoflex has collars for all its adapters. And even for the SL lenses (zooms) - the ASTAT-SL.

 

The Zeiss lens you mentioned is not available anymore - it is now the Milvus 2/135. Most lenses of the classic line have already been replaced by Milvus. The Milvus 2/100 is the famous Macro Planar.

See here:   (A really large selection of nice manual lenses for the SL    )

Zeiss SLR lenses:         http://www.zeiss.ch/...r-lenses-de.pdf

Zeiss M lenses:             http://www.zeiss.de/..._leaflet_de.pdf