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Can I interest you in an RX-1?If I had just one lens, I think 35mm would be the one I'd chose.
My skew is fixed on mine but I am still having a issue at 1.4 and distance shots. The repair shop is waiting on a Nikon firmware to load than test again. They where not happy nor was I with 1.4 past 15 ft. Up close at 1.4 I'm nailing everything. Personally itching the first shipping batch was messed up in production, the second batch to dealers has been a long wait and I think they are trying to get this firmware solved first. My opinionQuentin, it is a wondrous lens, very Leica like, but on a sample of four I know of, they have all had a degree of asymmetry. Test carefully!
Interesting. Mine does (did) that a little bit but no more than I'd expect working at f1.4 and in fact it was one of the least troublesome aspects. Have you done a fine tune?I've had variable results focus wise. One was way off, next nailed it. This at F1.4. Odd....
No fine tune yet. I need more time to experiment but I'm off on business next week so it will have to wait. Generally though its is incredibly sharp, challenging my Zeiss 21mm and probably edging it against the 85mm sibling that I think is a fantastic lens on the D800e. Just concerned about inconsistent focus.....Interesting. Mine does (did) that a little bit but no more than I'd expect working at f1.4 and in fact it was one of the least troublesome aspects. Have you done a fine tune?
Guy, is your lens misfocusing (front or back focus) at distance (at f1.4) or simply soft and lacking detail and bite at that aperture? Two different things.My skew is fixed on mine but I am still having a issue at 1.4 and distance shots. The repair shop is waiting on a Nikon firmware to load than test again. They where not happy nor was I with 1.4 past 15 ft. Up close at 1.4 I'm nailing everything. Personally itching the first shipping batch was messed up in production, the second batch to dealers has been a long wait and I think they are trying to get this firmware solved first. My opinion
The weird thing is at 1.6 everything is good and F2 outstanding
Tim, you know what's interesting (or odd depending how you look at it)....the 24mm focal length setting in zooms seems to be a Nikon weak spot, regardless if's it's on the short or long end of the zoom. The Nikon 14-24 is weakest at 24mm. The current batch of 24-120 f4 VR lenses are at their worse at 24mm and a you noted, the Nikon 24-70 f2.8 is also weakest at 24mm.Just an update from my end - my second copy is in the repair shop at the moment but in the meantime I got a 24-70 F2.8g for testing and review, and I can happily report that it can get me the sharp edges that the Sigma has so far failed to deliver, even at F2.8 and with no real 'tricky' behaviour - so it is my New Best Friend at 35mm even though it sucks at 24mm. It's also pretty good at 28, amazingly good at 50 and pretty darned useful at 70...
Does this mean it's better than the 24-120mm (good copy) ?Just an update from my end - my second copy is in the repair shop at the moment but in the meantime I got a 24-70 F2.8g for testing and review, and I can happily report that it can get me the sharp edges that the Sigma has so far failed to deliver, even at F2.8 and with no real 'tricky' behaviour - so it is my New Best Friend at 35mm even though it sucks at 24mm. It's also pretty good at 28, amazingly good at 50 and pretty darned useful at 70...