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Equipment & Techniques => For Sale => Topic started by: Doug Peterson on November 18, 2015, 04:50:12 pm

Title: FS: Contax 80mm remounted for Phase One / Mamiya
Post by: Doug Peterson on November 18, 2015, 04:50:12 pm

I'm selling this lens to finance the purchase of an engagement ring. So I'm open to reasonable offers.

(https://digitaltransitions.com/images/upload/Homepage_2014/Beautiful_Bokeh-CONTAX.jpg)
-- Actual lens shown on a Phase One XF but also compatible with AF, DF, DF+, AFD1, AFD2, and AFD3.

Price is $1850 OBO.

- No Autofocus (but you still get focus confirmation when manually focusing if the body supports it)
- No Aperture control (only shoots wide open, but why else would you buy this lens??)
- Optically lens is excellent; glad to share raw files.
- Cosmetically the lens is fair, with some chips in the paint (abrasion/age not impact).

Read more about the lens here: https://digitaltransitions.com/blog/dt-blog/fast-portrait-lens-phase-one

(https://digitaltransitions.com/images/upload/ultra-fast-lenses/10_Contax-80mm-f2.jpg)
-- Actual image from this lens. Glad to provide raw files to serious inquiries.

If you don't hang out on the Medium format threads you may not know me. I have 3000+ posts here and work for Digital Transitions the Phase One Dealer (though this sale is mine personally). I'm glad to provide references if desired.

Title: Re: Contax 80mm remounted for Phase One / Mamiya
Post by: ddolde on November 18, 2015, 07:23:24 pm

ahh the folly of youth

Title: Re: Contax 80mm remounted for Phase One / Mamiya
Post by: Doug Peterson on November 19, 2015, 10:10:59 am

Quote from: ddolde on November 18, 2015, 07:23:24 pm

ahh the folly of youth

You'd suggest keeping the Contax lens and dropping the girl?  ::)

Title: Re: Contax 80mm remounted for Phase One / Mamiya
Post by: Doug Peterson on November 19, 2015, 10:31:58 am

Raw files (including a backlight and flare-producing light setup) are here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7wbBxSKEP2Yfk5ickFKbWV6NXhIWldhcFdDT3kyeDNUNkZtek8xQWJ2UUF5YXlWdi1tTkE&usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7wbBxSKEP2Yfk5ickFKbWV6NXhIWldhcFdDT3kyeDNUNkZtek8xQWJ2UUF5YXlWdi1tTkE&usp=sharing)

iPhone photos of this lens and the other I am selling at the moment (Hassy V mount 110 f/2) are here:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0NQhIQQVmsFWjNnb2JUcnNHM28&usp=sharing (https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0NQhIQQVmsFWjNnb2JUcnNHM28&usp=sharing)

It's not easy to show but there is some dust on the inside of the body. I see no evidence it is affecting performance of the lens, but check out the raw files to make up your own mind.