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redisburning wrote:
I dont care. Who wants to make something to a price point? I've done that, it's depressing. And when I see a competitor release something that is a worse version of what I've got, I laugh.
vs.
FWIW if Nikon took out the useless to me AF motor and charged a few hundred less for ZF or Leica R build quality (dear lord please no Ai-S style lenses) I'd be looking very seriously at this lens.
You are not very consistent. Is it interesting or not?
FWIW, I believe that the Zeiss is a tour de force, a showcase of technical skill, and a lens which hardly anyone else could make. Very sharp, right into the corners, from wide open, and with very strong optical properties all around. The rendering and the boke may be touch and go, from what I have seen so far. Amazing for portraits, technically impressive, but not all that pleasing boke, at least on occasion.
The Nikon is the opposite. They have a lens with very flat, very tight MTF curves, which promises beautiful boke, and low coma. Other optical properties are not as strong, and I doubt it will compete with the Zeiss for sharpness. But ultimately, it may be the more popular lens. And AF is very useful for many people, even if we are not interested.
To be honest, I would love to own both. And the Leica E60.
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