[LRflex] Re: Z + N = ? OT (maybe)
- From: Herman Kempers <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 10:18:08 +0200
Hi Douglas,
Why do they make a 1.4 if they can't handle that??
best herman
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Van: Douglas Sharp <douglas.sharp@xxxxxx>
Verzonden: ma 06-06-2011 09:54
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Onderwerp: [LRflex] Re: Z + N = ? OT (maybe)
Hi Herman.
exactly my experience with the 1.4/50 in Contax/Yashica
mount, the 1.7/50 mm is much better.
Seems that the lens hasn't changed.
Cheers
Douglas
On 06.06.2011 09:50, Herman Kempers wrote:
> Hi Bill,
> Not sure if i shared my expierence with a Zeiss lens with this forum before,
> but here it is -again?-
>
> As soon as the Planar ZE 1,4/50 (for Canon) was available in Europe, i
> ordered one.
>
> What a disappointment!!!
>
> The lens is not usable under the 5.6
>
> It is just unsharp in the corners and an awfull lot of vignetting. Very
> slowly disappaering when stopping down.
>
> The dealer sent it back to Zeiss, but all was in their tolerences (??!!)
>
> A collegue profesional photographer who also bought one 2 months ago has the
> same expierences with this lens:
>
> Only usable from 5.6
>
>
>
> The 1,4/50 has also some ++
>
> Image quality is very good at 5.6 and on and the lens is built very
> beautifull and solid.
>
>
>
> NOTE: i only have expierence with the 1,4/50
>
>
>
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>
> best herman
>
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>> Having used many Zeiss and Leica lenses over the years, I can generalise (as
>> always, generalisations are dangerous) by saying that I often prefer the
>> look of Zeiss lenses, while (newer) Leica lenses are often technically
>> better.
>> In my experience, the better Zeiss lenses often have a "3-D" look and are
>> somehow more "atmospheric" than their Leica equivalents.
>> The better Leica lenses will tend to be sharper.
>> A good Zeiss line up on a Nikon digital body is certainly a good solution,
>> if you can afford it.
>>
>> My own solution is to wait for an EVIL full frame camera (essentially a
>> full-frame Panasonic G2) which can use both my Zeiss and Leica lenses. The
>> alternative, a Canon full frame, doesn't really appeal to me but might
>> happen if the EVIL doesn't come out soon... :-(
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> Zeiss is now producing a line of fixed focal length lenses, ZF.2, for a
>> variety of N camera bodies which, if I read correctly, will give them all
>> the functionality that non-auto focus N lenses have on those bodies,
>> including, to quote them,
>>
>
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