Just wanted to start an image thread for this great lens,
the Zeiss 50 Makro Planar 2.0 lens.
Hoping John and other will post some of their great shots with this lens here.
I just got this lens but I will post these two shots with 1ds3.
The first one is wide open and the 2nd is f8:
I hate you guys! Wayne your 2 shots are brilliant, Jorge's as well. My question is this: I have a ZE Planar (non-macro), which I love. Does it make more sense for me to keep it for anything but close up, and do the close up with the forthcoming 100ZE Makro, do I need to sell and swap my 50, or do I need 2 Zeiss 50s?
In other words, is the Makro Planar better than the non-macro at infinity, which is where I do most of my cityscape/landscape shooting with 50mm my favorite focal length?
Phil,
I have Conurus converted Contax N 50 1.4, ZE 50/2 MP, and Rokkor 58 1.2.I plan on keeping all 3 as each one has its uses.
For infinity distance shots, I think the 50/2 is better than the 50 1.4 but I would like to some comparison shots to verify this.
I would get the 50/2 and then see how much you use the 50 1.4 and then make your decision. As there is too big of a difference between 50mm and 100mm.
50 1.4 is better obviously for low light and narrower DOF shooting and has a shorter focus throw.My 50 1.4 having AF and a decent manual focus ring, gives me even more options.
Plus I don't think you have enough Zeiss lenses yet!
Great color, sharpness and blur in the last one, keep them coming!
Jorge,
Very nice panorama! I knw you also have a panorama of a paper mill there in Oregon,
which shows great detail in the distance. Can you post that one again or some others like that?
Wayne, just for you This is an old image from the 50/2 ZE and 1Ds3; taken at F2. There haven't been too many people shots, so this will have too do. This was not a keeper per-se, the Mrs. doesn't like pix where she's squinting. This image has a nice 3D feel IMO -
The weather here is cold and work has been super busy, so not much time to take pictures... I've been holding off on publishing the review, but went ahead and quietly added to the table of contents. http://www.pebbleplace.com/Personal/Zeiss_50mm_ZE_1.html Hopefully I'll have some free time in 3 or 4 weeks and can finish it.
Thanks John! The Mrs. looks great even if she is squinting a bit because of the sun. I like the color of the rocks, her scarf, the water and the trees in the background. Like the 3-d look too.
Love the blur in the 2nd creative wide open shot with the fountain.
Nice sharpness and smooth bokeh in the last shot with rich tonal quality.
Look forward to the update to your review.I hope to post some landscape shots I took this last weekend with it and the contax N 50 1.4, zf 35/2, and contax 100/2 to see how they compared with each other.
You lucky dog - you have a converted 50N! I sold my unconverted 50N to Andi and still wonder if I should have sent it to Bo-ming. The 50N is probably a nice option for casual walk-around use (AF, lightweight).
Here's another 50mm ZF, also wide-open, from the same walk. This shot was edited, so it has more zip in its color -
And just for reference (since you have a 100/2); this was the 100/2 later the same day. This was taken wide open and there really wasn't enough DOF; it's slightly front focused -
The 50/2 ZE will probably make a good walk-around lens, but its forte is at close distances w/ a narrow DOF. The catch-22 with the 50/2 ZE at close distances is that for portraits it resolves TOO MUCH detail. Maybe if we were all married to 22 yr old super models who traveled with a personal make-up artist, then a 50/2 ZE would be nice. For the rest of us, seeing 21 MP of somebody's skin taken with a macro lens at 5 feet is NOT a good thing!
I wish I had a converted 50N because it would be very interesting to compare the 50/2 ZE and 50N in walk-around settings. I think a strong argument could be made for EITHER lens, but it would probably be difficult to justify owning both.
