Met some rocks today.

After being inspired by the images, information and discussion in this thread I acquired a zf.2 35mm 1.4 and so far I am really enjoying it with my D800. It really produces beautiful images and I think as I improve my technique, it will be a source of great photographic enjoyment for me.

I have been using it mostly at f1.4 and I feel thats where the magic is with this lens (for me atleast).

Here are a few shots:

Backyard Hammock
Frontyard chair
My older son

two more shots with HFT

maybe a little sharpening was too much... let me play with it


carstenw wrote:
The dome in the second and fourth shots look fake: too perfect somehow!

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I agree, very nice shots

I was just goofing around with the model/reality thing, not criticising the photo


sxgva wrote:
maybe a little sharpening was too much... let me play with it


carstenw wrote:
The dome in the second and fourth shots look fake: too perfect somehow!

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The second and fourth shots were not the model but the real thing;
the first and third were models.

carstenw wrote:
I was just goofing around with the model/reality thing, not criticising the photo


sxgva wrote:
maybe a little sharpening was too much... let me play with it


carstenw wrote:
The dome in the second and fourth shots look fake: too perfect somehow!

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Yes, I understand I was joking by saying that the real one looked fake, while not saying the same about the model.

some christmas leftovers:



^^ you can see the coating marks on the rear element of my lens in the bokeh balls in the upper lefthand corner.

some holiday animal cruelty:

Love the look of these. Perfect examples of the 35.

How did you damage the rear element?

R.Young wrote:
Love the look of these. Perfect examples of the 35.

How did you damage the rear element?

thanks, it was like that when i bought it. i believe the original owner (who occasionally posts here) got it in that condition as well, but i'm don't recall for sure.

Interesting. First time I've seen coating marks affecting image quality.
Is the onion effect from the coating marks as well?

sebboh wrote:

^^ you can see the coating marks on the rear element of my lens in the bokeh balls in the upper lefthand corner.

sxgva wrote:
Interesting. First time I've seen coating marks affecting image quality.
Is the onion effect from the coating marks as well?

sebboh wrote:

^^ you can see the coating marks on the rear element of my lens in the bokeh balls in the upper lefthand corner.




the onion bokeh is due to the molded aspherical element. coating marks on the rear element will usually show up in bokeh balls, but marks on the front element will not.

I'll have to check my photos but the onion bokeh seems very pronounced as well as the shoe horn mark at the top of thr ring. What mark is on the rear element?

R.Young wrote:
I'll have to check my photos but the onion bokeh seems very pronounced as well as the shoe horn mark at the top of thr ring. What mark is on the rear element?

they are two big scuffs next to each other near the center of the rear element radiating out. my processing (lots of added vignetting darkening the bokeh balls) has made them more obvious than the soc shots where they were very hard to see.

First time to post on this wonderful thread.
ZF2 1.4/35

C/Y 35/1.4 repost.

Glad I finally managed to get a decent copy of this lens. CY35/1.4

Cross post from Zeiss thread.
Jim


Glory by Only_to_be_kind, on Flickr


Blue Lagoon by Only_to_be_kind, on Flickr

A few from the ZF.2 35/1.4

From Sydney:

My lovely wife, f/1.4: