Zeiss 35mm f2

Flowers4 by Anh Tri, on Flickr

another FL thunderstorm illuminated by the rising sun... somewhere over the northern FL turnpike this morning - 35.1.4 @ 5.6

I shoot the ocean a lot, off a tripod, everything sharp. I'm thinking of trying a few Zeiss lenses on my 5D II. I already know I will be buying the 50 mm MP, because I need the focal length, and the 21 mm Distagon. I will be interested to see if the 21 makes me want to sell either the Canon 17 mm TSE, or the Canon 24 mm TSE. Probably not, because TSE. But image quality for big prints (30 x 21, and sometimes larger) is paramount. Sometimes a lens that produces the best image just drives another out of the bag.

Curious if anyone has comparison comments or shots that relate the 100 MP to the Canon 90 f2.8 TSE . The 90 TSE is my current gold standard lens for image quality. It also gets my vote for most cost-effective image quality available from Canon. And it has tilt and shift. I can't imagine selling it.

I already know the TSE 90 offers less magnification than the Zeiss, and generally softer bokeh. I'm most curious about color and contrast. I consider both to be excellent with the TSE 90, but some of the shots I see here create room to wonder if the Zeiss might be even better. And one wonder is how much of what I see is post processing, and how much is the lens? Any comparables to show?

If you want to shoot stopped down, you might consider the 50 Planar instead of the Makro-Planar. Try both if you can.

splathrop wrote:

Curious if anyone has comparison comments or shots that relate the 100 MP to the Canon 90 f2.8 TSE . The 90 TSE is my current gold standard lens for image quality. It also gets my vote for most cost-effective image quality available from Canon. And it has tilt and shift. I can't imagine selling it.

I already know the TSE 90 offers less magnification than the Zeiss, and generally softer bokeh. I'm most curious about color and contrast. I consider both to be excellent with the TSE 90, but some of the shots I see here create room to wonder if the Zeiss might be even better. And one wonder is how much of what I see is post processing, and how much is the lens? Any comparables to show?

I'm interested in this comparison, too. I have both lenses, the TS-E for about 10 years (fantastic lens!) and the Zeiss 100 MP for only a few weeks. I intend to compare them directly in the future, but not in the next weeks.
My first impressions are that the Zeiss has more microcontrast, looks sharper from at least f2.8 to f4 (maybe due to the contrast) and vignettes significantly more wide open. The colors are also more saturated with the Zeiss. The bokeh from the TS-E is smoother in most circumstances, the Zeiss-bokeh tends to be harsher with some backgrounds. The Zeiss seems to have more OOF CA at 2.8, at f4.0 it is almost gone. Manual focusing is easier with the Zeiss, probably due to f2.0. I expect to use the Zeiss more in the future than the Canon if I don't intend to use tilt (shift doesn't get much use anyway with the 90mm).

100MP

I can't recall seeing a shot that purely yellow - wow!

Kind of macro shot with 2/35. Love the fact it focuses so close!



Nick

joekraft wrote:
I can't recall seeing a shot that purely yellow - wow!

+1

wonderful shot kururu

Ulff -- I'm anxious to see your comparison of the 90TS and the 100MP. I've got the 100L, but have always wondered about the 90. I've seen lots of great photos from the 100MP, but the 90 is an unknown quantity to me.

Gunzorro wrote:
Ulff -- I'm anxious to see your comparison of the 90TS and the 100MP. I've got the 100L, but have always wondered about the 90. I've seen lots of great photos from the 100MP, but the 90 is an unknown quantity to me.
The 90TS is the more specialized lens IMO. The possibilities and results are really great if you have enough time (and a tripod) to take the shot. It's the only lens I have that I would like to use more than I actually do (and will do because of the 100MP) and one of the very few lenses that surprises me again and again with it's image quality.

Back to the ZE-lenses. The first one is with the ZE 100, wide open, stitched from 21 single images in three lines, handheld. The second one is with the ZE 35. I like the shot, but it needs probably better PP.

A few quick shots. I'm still trying to learn how to use this lens.
Thanks for looking.
Morrie

I knew those shots were yours before I even looked, Markus. Very, very nice, both.

Great shots Morrie, especially the last!

I have been gone for a while csmping. It is great to see this thread still going strong. Amazing photos in the last ten pages.

It will take a while to process, but here is a start. From White Mountain National Forest, NH.

ZF21

5DII + ZE 50 f/2 MP - (Also posted in Landscape forum) -

Amazing portraits, DJ!
Remarkable work, once more, Markus!
Morrie, your shots are amazing, the third one only more so.
Love your second shot, Akul!
Great catch, Rajan!

Thank you Philber.

Rajan - great color love the myst.

ZF100


ZF21

Some pictures from Prague. All with ZF 21 and ZF 100. Sometimes I wished my D200 could work with higher ISO's.

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Did you have a bicycle and sunshine when you were ten years old? Do you remember?

35 2

More akulian beauty/talent, with N° 2 &3 my faves. Particlualry n°2, with a very elegant control of dynamic range, and nice foreground/background balance. Not that the sunset in N°3 leaves anything to be desired either...

Brilliant set, Wiseguy. I really like your library shot, which you manage to look effortless. But my vote goes to the two twilight views of the cathedral. Pure romance!