look what I found going cheap in a charity shop
the aperture was stuck wide open but about 3 hours worth of TLC yesterday afternoon fixed that and now its like new. Typical east German build quality, ie like a tank. Ive been missing a normal perspective fast prime since I went digital and this should fit the bill nicely. As far as I can make out it more than deserves the "Zeiss" badge, takes on my SMC-A 50mm head on for image quality and that takes some doing. Of course F2.4 isnt quite as fast as my F1.7 50mm, but its a lot closer than the F4 of the kit zoom, and sharper to boot.