1. Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 25mm f/2.8 Biogon T ZM Series Manual
Focus Lens with Standard M-Mount, Black From Zeiss
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Best Moderate Wide Angle Lens for a 35mm Rangefinder Camera
Two years ago, here at Amazon.com, I wrote this about the Zeiss ZM 25mm f2.8 T
Biogon lens without having had the opportunity to try it first:
"The 25mm f 2.8 Biogon lens is regarded by many users - judging from reports as I
have seen on the internet - as the best lens available now in the Zeiss Ikon ZM lens
line. Indeed, most of these reports I have read have implied that this lens is superior
to the Leica 24mm f2.8 ASPH M-Elmarit, its nearest competition (Like the Leica
24mm lens, this Zeiss lens also accepts 46mm fliters.), with regards to contrast and
resolution at all apertures and focusing distances. This lens was designed by Zeiss
lens designers at the company headquarters in Oberkochen, Germany, but it is being
built by Cosina in Japan under strict Zeiss quality supervision. This means that this
lens still deserves to be known as a Zeiss lens, in stark contrast to the cheaper,
though still optically superb, Cosina-built Voigtlander lenses. I wouldn't hesitate
adding this lens or any of its siblings to my Leica M rangefinder kit."

2. Within the past two months I have had the pleasure of trying this lens twice, having
borrowed the same lens from the Zeiss USA office. It is the best moderate wide angle
lens for a 35mm rangefinder camera that I have ever used, slightly better wide open
than my Leica 24mm f2.8 ASPH M-Elmarit lens. It is not just tack sharp, but quite
contrasty too, due to its T multicoating. But there are two truly amazing things about
this lens. First, using a traditional lens design, Zeiss optical designers have produced
a rangefinder lens that is slightly better than its Leica equivalent (Moreover, Zeiss
claims on its website www.zeiss.de, that this lens resolves substantially more lines
per millimeter than any other comparable lens.). Second, they have done so at a cost
that is relatively cheap; hence the Biogon sells now for substantially less than one half
- and indeed, almost one-third - the cost of the Leica Elmarit lens. Last, but not least,
I've judged the lens' build quality to be close to what one would expect from its
comparable Leica equivalent. This is the perfect lens for a rangefinder camera user
who is interested not only in landscape and architectural photography, but also for
photojournalistic applications too.
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