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Pretty impressive considering the price Tim,it would be impressive at a much higher price, I have the Zeiss 15mm but it's canon mount and my 1DX is gone so no chance to really try it out recently.. (although when I did try it I thought the TSE-17mm was better,,)Get the Samyang 14mm. It is simply brilliant, and costs almost nothing. Sold in some countries as Rokinon I think. It has a fair bit of distortion but that does correct very well and there is so much sharpness to begin with that even a corrected file looks great.
Look at this: on a D800 it is sharper than the Zeiss. I think mine is brilliant and I am very fussy about lenses, for example I find the Zeiss 21 a little disappointing.
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Hi Robert,Pretty impressive considering the price Tim,it would be impressive at a much higher price, I have the Zeiss 15mm but it's canon mount and my 1DX is gone so no chance to really try it out recently.. (although when I did try it I thought the TSE-17mm was better,,)
What do you think of the 14-24nikkor,it cost a lot less than the zeiss and has A.F. I only use it for the 14mm F.L when I want to shoot tight spaces or interiors.
I also have the nikkor 24mm 1.4G which is very good at F4-F8 but it also costs a lot and I am not sure it's worth the money over the Zoom unless you need to shoot in low light hand held or simply want the DOF of a fast prime..
Robert
Agree, fantastic lens. (but not a bargain for sure )I found a Leica R 19/2.8 and had DAG convert it for Nikon using the chipped Leitax mount . What a fun lens to use on a D800E . It has floating elements and if you can risk using it without the hood(no filter protection is possible ) ..small form and great handling .
It does have some of the wave distortion similar to the Zeiss 21 ZF but less . LR4 has a profile for the lens that corrects most of the distortion . I found the edge sharpness to be impressive .
I'll let you know the next time I come to Phoenix and you can test my 19 Leica and I'll test your Samyang 14 :chug:Now If I could get my hands on a Leica 19mm version II with a Nikon leitax mount. I would like to have it. What i would really like to do is test one. If it turned out to be killer than it may change up my whole wide setup wider than 35mm.
You know something we don't?The upcoming 17mm PC will be welcomed and hopefully a decent performer.