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Hello guys,
I'm shooting mostly events in available light (corporate, concerts, conferences, etc) using a combo of D700 / D300 and mostly fast primes.
For a long time I was dreaming for Nikon to produce a 35mm AF-S fast prime... I love shooting with fast primes and 35mm is a very necessary focal length for me.
Almost a year ago, tired to wait anymore, I purchased a copy of Zeiss Distagon 35/2... Because is a MF lens I used it mostly in some landscapes, not in events.
Recently, after Nikon announced the new 35mm G, excited for the dream that's so close, I considered to put the Zeiss lens in my bag for a series of three events. Then I was stunned to see the way this glass is rendering the light in concerts or such as settings where is a bunch of mixed coloured lights on the scene and how sharp is this lens wide open in such as conditions... I really think that it renders complicate lights in a nicer way than Nikkor 24/1.4G which is probably my top preferred lens. I know this may sound as heresy... do not crucify me, please!
Discovering this I've got tons of lead in my shoes... 35mm f1.4 G is almost at the door... What to do? To take it just because of the further stop and for AF? On the other hand Zeiss is producing a new 35/1.4 lens in F mount that could be very promising too. I already have three 50s and a total of 7 primes covering 40-58mm range I really do not want a 35mm collection...
In the meantime I am tempted to consider to wait for Zeiss 35/1.4 as a replacement for Zeiss 35/2 if it will share the same qualities and I believe so and to add an inexpensive Nikon 35/2 AF-D just for situations when I need AF. But this means to renounce at the lens I was dreaming and waiting more than for any other by now... I feel that I do not have enough determination for such as decision.
I really have a conflict of interests in my brain and every morning I wake up with different scenarios. This drives me REALLY crazy.
Please give me some ideas... What would you do in my shoes?
Thanks in advance for any suggestion and be sure I appreciate your patience to read this long post.
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