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Fantastic Thread, great stuff everyone!
I am very interested in this Zeiss 100ZE vs Canon 100L debate, as I was recently using my Sigma 150 macro and thinking it was too long and I should sell it for a 100 macro of some sort. And of course, the lenses that came to my mind first are those two.
I have to say I am a bit shaken by the results posted here. I expected the Zeiss to have a little bit of an advantage in terms of IQ but nothing that dramatic (so that I was starting to think that half price + IS should do it for me to go Canon this time). Now, I am a little bit puzzled.
One thing that makes the decision for the Zeiss a little bit hard is that I do most of my macro work without a tripod and would benefit of not only AF but also IS (I just cannot commit to re set up for each shot). There is price also, but that does not matter so much, since I can decide to wait for a long time for a lens I really want (I have done it in the past, and never had regret for waiting a few more months to get the Rigth lens, as it will stay forever after that). ...Show more →
The IQ difference is not something you would see unless you have the zeiss image for the same shot. Just like denoir said in one of his post, you may call canon pic as sharp and will find zeiss little more sharp. I do believe now after I put up some pics on this thread to know which has zeiss character and people could tell it right while I could not. So I am keeping my zeiss and sell of my canon 100L. Counter intuitive reason to keep it but I could see the difference once told and I would strive to be able to pick that difference myself as I shoot with it. I, somehow, like the images better while looking at the whole picture taken with Zeiss than with canon; On 100% though, they look very similar. I am not into much macro and closeup shots with 100L was main reason to buy it as I really liked the IS.
As for you, if you shoot without tripod, I think it makes every sense to get 100L. Without IS i feel you need to have atleast 150-200 shutter speed to get it sharp especially at close distances. I have 1D IV and to me less than 200+ shutter speed makes me little doubtful with close shot (not macro). It is enticing to get zeiss ( the feel of lens, little better IQ, and something else which I can not describe) but for your style I strongly feel 100L makes more sense.
Another thing, the zeiss extends a good 1-2 inch with 1:2 which you would use for macro while canon is all internal focussing. Out shooting macro, I feel zeiss is gonna get dust in it for sure.
Edited on Jun 25, 2010 at 08:41 AM · View previous versions
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