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Olympus E series of course :ROTFL:
have you tried the 100/2 MakroPlanar yet? I've played around with it and it rivels the Hassey 110/2, with the added benefit of being a macro lensI have a 50/2 enroute (Nikon mount nat). I will be the ZF line's last attempt to impress (think many of the line are over-priced re: performance). Got a good deal on a demo, so if I like it and stay Canon, I'll swap it for a ZE copy (assuming ZE is what common sense would dictate..)
Like I said, my ZFs all have been stellar QC (except the 18's hood is too tight) ... and I'd hazard a quess that if the ZFs had been ASPHs & APOs they'd be more than I'd want to pay for manual focus lenses on a digital camera. New Leica Rs are all over 3K ... some well over that ... which is more than I'd want to pay that's for darn sure.Arne
Lens SHOULD be here today. Glad to hear you finally got a nice 35/2 after he issues you had.
I actually just sold a Nikon 55 micro - was nice enough lens, but just didn't do anything for me. I think sometimes you just take (or don't take) to a lens.
Marc,
The ZF's do have that older Zeiss 3D effect in many cases, consistent color, etc. I just wished, for the $$$, they'd focus on using more ED glass and would tighten-up the mechanical QC -- it's FAR better than say Canon's, but could still use some tweaking.
Without a doubt part of the 'designed for a price point' aspect of the CVs is the build-quality and 'feel' vs ZF. It's good, but lack IF and just not as smooth and sophisticated as the Zeiss line. That said for 1/3 or 1/2 what some ZF units cost, I'll sacrifice some handling aspects for given their optical performance. If they were closer in price and I didn't 'need' APO....
I'd be very surprised if you didn't see Zeiss/Cosina expand the FL range of the Z_ lines.
As for ZE - the more auto-stop down lenses we have for Canon the better. It finally gives us 'easy' alternatives and might help kick Canon in the ass to get their lens QC act together.