One of the best “bang for the bucks” out there.
His strongest point is the colour rendition, tipically Zeiss despite the Yashica lineage.
His first weakest point is the large flare when shot in backlight (otherwise it would have scored a full 4 stars).
His second weakness is that the macro focus range starts at an odd distance, and because the focus is splitted between the normal manual focus ring and the macro one, that make difficult take pictures of reportage-near subjects.
A solution is to focus near or at the minimum distance with the primary focus ring and then to use the macro one to follow the subjects.
Overall a great performer, well sharp at both ends, that you may buy used for the price of a Contax metal hood alone, 60 euro more or less.
At this price definitely a “must have”.
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