[LRflex] Re: Z + N = ? OT (maybe)
- From: Chris L <speleo_karst@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2011 03:22:05 -0700 (PDT)
Just wondering, could the problem have to do with how the lens interfaces with
a (specific?) digital sensor?
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From: Chris L <speleo_karst@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 6, 2011 12:15 PM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Z + N = ? OT (maybe)
My own experience is different.
While I don't use it often (not really a 50mm fan), I did test the 50mm f/1.4
and the 50mm f/1.8 (both Rolleiflex mount) and found them fairly similar as far
as sharpness went (the 1.4 was certainly very sharp by f/2.8 and still pretty
decent wide open).
The differences in our experiences is puzzling, all the more so since Zeiss
said the lens was o.k.
Could there possibly be some registration or focusingissues on the camera
bodies used (it takes just a tiny error to make a f/1.4 look very bad)?
Chris
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From: Herman Kempers <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 6, 2011 10:18 AM
Subject: [LRflex] Re: Z + N = ? OT (maybe)
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
>
>
>
>
>
> best herman
>
>
>
>
>
>> 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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