Duane Pandorf wrote:
That's ok by me. I don't care for their aperture design as I prefer Leica's. The ZM lenses require three clicks on the aperture to change one stop of light. The Leica M shutter detents are two clicks per stop as are the Leica lens apertures.
That's a very valid point. The Zeiss 1/3rd stops are a bit annoying. Finer grained control perhaps, but it makes adjustments in full manual frustrating. I pretty much shoot in aperture priority mode 99% of the time, so it hasn't bothered me so much.
What has is the build quality... Honestly, for Zeiss lenses - it sucks. I bought most of mine new, and two of them have "the wobble." Totally unacceptable. Worse, being out of warranty, the onus (and more so - cost) is on me.
They're awesome lenses optically, but mechanically? "Meh."