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The Nikon 28mm f1.4D was always a favorite of mine but there is a tremendous amount of variability in performance between samples. I've written about it in a past Getdpi post. It has very film like qualities and a rendering that's both sharp and pleasing to the eye.
Excellent advice regardless of the laws that exist in a particular locale, especially when it concerns minors. I often have to watch the same issues when photographing well known recognizable public individuals and performers and that's why as much as I'd like to post some of my more desirable material here and elsewhere, I don't. If in doubt, it's best to err on the conservative side. Often times even when it might appear to be OK to post certain images, it's sometimes appropriate to defer out of courtesy to a client or known individual.
Although not always appearing the same as in the example you posted with the 28mm f1.8 lens, the zone of blurriness reminds me of something similar I've seen in some modern moderate wide angle fixed focal length and aspherical lenses. Most notable of these was one of the first wide angle to telephoto zooms, the Tamron 35-105 f2.8 lens. It often had zones of blurs randomly in the images it produced. It may be due to the pouting of the resin of the aspherical element.
Lol I want it backIf you just want it for landscape, the Leica 21-35mm is probably the best lens on a digital sensor. Since it is a modern design, it doesn't have the field curvature that the Leica 28mm has and performs as well, maybe better across the frame. It is also better than all the fixed R lenses in its range. On the D800E it will hit the mirror from about 23mm, but you can zoom to the 24mm setting, go to live view and with the mirror up, shoot in the widest focal lengths.
Here is the 21-35mm in the 21mm setting. What looks like red vignetting, is just the red brick underneath the white paint. This was Guy's lens originally.
Cropped in to show the detail.
Great answer! Speaking for myself, I am tired of searching for "perfection" in optical performance. Crap -- excuse me, aberrations -- we see at 100% in the very corners of our D800 files very often won't even go noticed in a print, and if they do, it often is in a place that doesn't matter to the image at all. Heck, I have pinhole images hung in my office and get as many comments as my optically perfect ones do. My current Nikon 28 is the lowly 17-35/2.8 zoom OR the 24-120 -- neither are what I'd call stellar, but they get used a lot. In fact, they are clearly my two WORST lenses, and just as clearly are both my MOST OFTEN USED lenses. Go figure.
