Quick question...
I've read people say that infinity / longer mid range sharpness of the 50mm ZF Makro-Planar is not as good as the 50mm ZF1.4. True or false?
Hi Tim,
not sure what you're referring to, nevertheless here's a couple of examples possibly of interest regarding long range details with the 50/2.
Please
do not pay attention to color balance, processing etc., i just quickly picked three test files, converted them to jpeg with basic parameters (
no added sharpen, just the "standard" mode from the D700).
For each group, first picture is low quality jpeg (60) just to give a sense of actual framing and distance; then crops are mere 100% without further processing.
Attention, all shots are
handheld with apertures from f/2 to f/5.6.
So the
idea here is not to reflect the best possible performance of the combo but -as our good friend KR put it
- some samples of "real life" shots in regard to your question.
Of course posting jpeg is in itself deceiving and kinda defeats the purpose, but keeping in mind the restrictions, you'll get an idea...
P1 f/2.8
detail:
P2 f/5.6
detail 1:
detail 2 (added noise here is due to jpeg compression):
P2 f/2
detail 1:
(don't miss the leaves on the base of the tree trunk)
detail 2 (slight wind in the upper branches):