Rajan Parrikar
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Registered: Sep 9, 2006
Location: United States
Posts: 949
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Review Date: Nov 3, 2012
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $2,950.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Corner-to-corner sharpness even wide open, exceptionally corrected for aberrations, colour, admits thread-on filter, build.
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Cons:
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Expensive.
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Optical performance of this ZE 15 f/2.8 Distagon is astounding. It is manual focus and demands a deliberate approach to conceiving and framing compositions.
The Canon 14L II has AF and is a fine performer. The Zeiss, however, is superior with its precision focus ring, flatter field, and sharp rendition right out to the corners. I expect the Zeiss to excel in photography of the northern lights.
I noticed that infinity focus on my Canon 5D Mark III is not at the hard stop of the focus ring. Furthermore, the AF confirmation beep is not reliable even with micro-adjustment. To extract the best out of this lens, use Live View.
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