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Peter,
Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm F/2.0 ZF.2
A jewel of a lens. :thumbs:
Mike,
Thanks very much. Yes, I'm using the Zeiss 21mm, 35mm f/2, and 100mm Makro with the D800E for landscape photography. For a recent Oregon trip, before my D800E was delivered, I used a D800 with those lenses. I know your question and this thread are on the subject of wide angles, but in fact, the 100mm proved to be as useful as the 35mm. Here a link to the gallery.
Cheers,
Joe
Wow the Voigtlander 20mm really cleans up nice in C1. I can totally live with the corners after a few lens corrections. Thank you for posting, I might just pick up one!There's also the more affordable Voigtländer option, but I don't know if it meets your requirements.
Here's an illustration at f/8 with the Voigtländer Color-Skopar 20mm f/3.5 SLII Aspherical, a manual focus AI-S type lens.
I opened up the shadows a bit to enable you to see some more details at the edges and corners.
If you'd like to do the RAW conversion to your own taste you can download the RAW file,
only please keep any posted conversion result here on the GetDPI forum
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Joe.. This is just amazing, my friend! I've just got this Zeiss too but haven't tried it yet.Peter,
Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm F/2.0 ZF.2
A jewel of a lens. :thumbs:
Just ordered the Zeiss 1.4/35 ZF.2 after some intense investigations on the web. I know it is much heavier than the 2 / 35 but it seems to be better optically corrected and also delivers the advantage for stunning sharp to unsharp process when used at 1.4. I also want to use it for environmental portraits besides landscape.Peter,
Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm F/2.0 ZF.2
A jewel of a lens. :thumbs:
Hi FredrickThank you Joe. I was quite baffled by this.
Here is one test picture from today's adventure into the forest around my house.
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Hi Fredrick
Would you care for showing some more 21mm Zeiss pictures? Or a homepage?
Would be nice with some from Lofoten. And what are your expiences so far?
Thorkil
Mark summed it up perfectly! +1 on the 18HI Fredrick. I bought the 14-24 and then I purchased the Zeiss 18mm instead of the 21mm.i have used the 21mm and 18mm previously on my canon gear. Hence i was familiar with these two lenses when i switched to the Nikon D800. Here are my comments. The 14-24 is very sharp corner to corner. Probably the best wide angle zoom I have ever used. The real issue is that it is subject to flare-- more than I would like. Really has messed up some otherwise great shots. In addition it is kind of big and bulky and the the filter options are expensive and not optimal. The Lee system is expensive and good for ND and graduated ND filters but there are no polarizer options. Fotodiox has a polarizer option but also expensive and the two are not compatible. The 14-24 distortion is nicely fixed in PS or LR. The zeiss 18mm is smaller and less glare. Also sharp corner to corner. Some pincushion distortion harder to fix than the 14-24. THe 21mm is a great lens but suffers from more distortion than the 18mm. I think the 18mm is underrated because the 21mm is so highly rated but in my opinion it is outstanding for a super wide. My 2c
+2 on the Zeiss 18mm. When the 14-24 is set at 21mm and compared to the Zeiss 21mm, it was mostly often a toss up when both were used on a 12MP body. Each had certain areas of strengths and weaknesses, such as Mark pointed out...flair with the 14-24 and distortion with the 18mm. I've found though the 14-24mm sometimes struggles optically on a D800/e and would prefer then to use the Zeiss 21mm, on that body, save for it's noticable distortion.Mark summed it up perfectly! +1 on the 18