Zeiss ZM 35mm / 28mm need your feedback

[George Stoichev]

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Hi,

I have Leica M6 with Summicron M 50mm.

I’m looking for 35/28mm lens and have in mind Zeiss ZM line with f/2 35mm or f/2.8 28mm.

If you own some of these models, please, share some impressions.

I own Contax G2 and 3 different Zeiss lens and they are wonderful.

[Keith (M)]

Bought my 35mm Biogon f2 over ten years ago.  A fine performer on film and digital.

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M9.

M7, Portra 400.

[sinjun]

Have you considered the Voigtlander Ultron series for both focal lengths? There are some glowing reviews out there.

[Rangeman133]

28mm voigtlander ultron vintage asph is a great lens. 35mm 2.8 zeiss biogon is also a great lens. 

[genji]

I recently compared the Biogon ZM 28/2.8 with the Ultron 28/2 II and immediately put the ZM up for sale. The ZM 28 needs to be stopped right down to match the Ultron 28’s performance wide open. I was so impressed with the Ultron 28 that I also bought the Ultron 35/2 II, a purchase that prompted the sale of my Biogon ZM 35/2. I’ve held on to four ZM lenses: Distagon 35/1.4, C Biogon 35/2.8, Planar 50/2, and C Sonnar 50/1.5.

[RexGig0]

No personal experience, but I did the homework on the 28mm ZM, including paying for a subscription to Lloyd Chambers’ site, and decided AGAINST acquiring the 28mm ZM. It is not one of the better ZM lenses. To be clear, Lloyd Chambers was not the only one who dissuaded me. He is the only source that I can recall, at the moment.

I have a much more favorable attitude, regarding the 35mm ZM lenses, and may well acquire all three. Thus far, I only have the largest, the Distagon 1,4/35mm ZM.

I love my 50mm, 28mm, and 90mm Leica-M lenses, but, at 21mm, 25mm, 35mm, 75mm, and 85mm, have not hesitated to acquire ZM and VM lenses. (I have yet to actually shoot with the 25mm and 75mm.)