Carl Zeiss Contax G Sonnar T* 90mm f2.8 Lens

Selling my old 90mm f2.8 ZEISS Contax G lens.

Includes GG-3 metal lens hood, and GK-41 front lens cap, and a rear lens cap. No box or instructions.

Condition is okayish. However, as you can see the inside of the GG-3 metal lens hood has scrapes to the black coating. 

The glass elements of the lens seem relatively clear and fine. No significant visible scratches to outside of metal lens barrel.

No visible oil on aperture blades.

Made in Japan.

One of my favourite legacy lenses, quite good image quality for its relatively small size. (I tried uploading a sample photo but unfortunately eBay image compression reduced the image quality too much). 

You can see some other people's photos taken with the Zeiss G Sonnar 90mm f2.8 on the flickr group located at https://flic.kr/p/UbdK5x


Manufacturer's original product blurb:

This lens features not only outstanding sharpness and brilliance, but also excellent field illumination even at full aperture. The Sonnar® T* 2.8/90 lens with its field angle of 27º has been designed for the Contax G compact camera. The lens is particularly suitable for portrait photography, allowing successful head-and-shoulders and full-length portraits with a natural perspective.

In addition to portraiture, this lens can also be recommended for taking photographs at sporting events and the theater. The Sonnar® T* 2.8/90 lens has been designed for use with the autofocus connection of the Contax G compact cameras.

  • Number of elements 5 
  • Number of groups 4 
  • Max. aperture f/2.8 
  • Focal length 90.0 mm 
  • Negative size 24 x 36 mm
  • Angular field (at infinity) width 23°, height 15°, diagonal 2w 27° 
  • Min. aperture 22 
  • Camera mount Contax G 
  • Filter connection M 46 x 0.75 
  • Focusing range infinity to 1.0 m 
  • Working distance (between mechanical front end of Back focal distance 43.7 mm lens and subject) 0.91 m 
  • Close limit field size 216 mm x 324 mm
  • Max. scale 1 : 9.0
  • Entrance pupil (at infinity)
  • Position 35.9 mm behind the first lens vertex
  • Diameter 31.7 mm
  • Exit pupil (at infinity)
  • Position 22.0 mm in front of the last lens vertex
  • Diameter 23.5 mm
  • Position of principal planes (at infinity)
  • H 2.5 mm behind the first lens vertex
  • H' 46.3 mm in front of the last lens vertex
  • Distance between first and last lens vertex 45.9 mm
  • Weight 240 g