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adamdewilde wrote:
Hi guys,
Long story shot, I'm sitting on a full wedding kit of Nikon gear, and a half kit of Canon gear. I'm not overly happy with my results in many areas, and the only DSLR lenses that really made me happy were the ZE/ZF lenses. But being manual focus, I'm just not "skilled" enough to consistently hit focus in dark ballrooms. In fact, both my systems, be it the D4, 5D3, 1Dx seem to have trouble hitting focus in dark ballrooms anyway (but not as much as I would using manual lenses).
So, I wanted to know if you get comparable performance from the Sony Zeiss lenses. As in, will I like them as much as the ZE/ZF/ZM lenses? And the A99 body, will it hit focus in dark ballrooms at least as good as my Canon/Nikon bodies?
I'm thinking of getting em all.. Anything anyone would like express about the ZA lenses or A99 body, in comparison to Canon/Nikon and ZE/ZF lenses, please do so here
Those of you who know me, will probably have an easier time answering the question.
To the rest, keep in mind my favorite lenses are the 21, 50MP, 100MP, but I liked the 85 and 35/2 a lot.
Thanks!
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It helps if you can tell what you like about your current Zeiss. The ZA has a more subtle Zeiss draw since it has a mix of Sony/Minolta draw to it. Optically, they're still impressive, but I don't think the signature is the same as the manual focus Zeiss. I have the A99, but shooting exclusively with manual focus lenses. So I can't say about the AF ability. I can send you my infinity test shots of the ZA 24/2, ZA 50/1.4, Zeiss ZF 28/2, and my Contax lenses for you to judge. I have shot with all of the ZAs and about two handfuls of Zeiss ZF/ZE and Contax, but I only took infinity test shots recently with the advent of EVF for my personal archive.
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