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I wasn't just looking at the number, but at the overall review. What's interesting is that among reviewers that do a systematic job, some of them find the 1.8g to be significantly better (by most sharpness measures) than the 1.8d, and some of them (like DXO) find it to be significantly worse.DxO brings their scores down to one number. That is not really helpful. I e.g. would use it mostly between f/5.6-8. If you read their detailed measurements then it looks a lot better. If you expect top performance at f/1.8 then it may look much worse.
Guy,Okay I need to go shoot this new lens more the 24 1.4 G but it does work great on the D800 so that is the good news and like many lens reviews on it I think maybe actually better in the corners. At 1.4 yes it does have that veiling look and the detail is pretty good but when you hit F2 it lights up a lot. Very nice in the center with still nice creamy bokeh. At like 6.7 or F8 on the same focal plane the corners are very good and F9 excellent so pretty excited about it. Nice punch to the files . Overall a very very nice lens on the D800 I'm keeping it but I do want to get better images to back my words. Not that you folks don't trust me but makes me feel better. Lol
Quoting myself here for context only. I took delivery of my 35/1.4 the other day and while I've only done some informal testing, my initial reaction was extremely positive. Given I do not do exacting street or reportage work anymore and I lean more toward travel, with this 35 for general low-light and the 20, I don't think I'll be needing the 28 anytime soon. Wants are another story though :ROTFL:It's the face distortion thing for me -- and why I jump to the 20 if I feel there is clipping issue. Did this back in M film days -- my regular combo was a 35 lux and 21 Elmarit. Then when the 28 Cron came out (the old 28 Elmar was not great) I was all over it and my 35 Lux saw a lot less use, but I still used the 21 when I needed to get in close.