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Zeiss Planar 50mm f/1.4
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Review Date: Oct 25, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $800.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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All the usual Zeiss goodies.
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Cons:
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Dreamy effect at f/1.4
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Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/2
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Review Date: Oct 25, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $1,000.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Everything is perfect or near perfect. 3D is very pronounced.
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Cons:
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Some CA in the corners.
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Zeiss Distagon 25mm f/2.8
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Review Date: Oct 25, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $1,000.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Corner to corner sharpness at infinity even wide open. Close MFD. Bokeh quality.
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Cons:
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Strong field curvature at very close distances (no problem from 1.5m upwards). Field curvature can be used creatively for unique effects.
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Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM
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Review Date: Jan 23, 2006
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: $1,250.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Sharpness, Zoom Range, IS, Build Quality, Color.
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Cons:
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Unacceptable CA at Frame Edge, Vignetting and Distortion at 24mm Wide End, Price.
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I am quite disappointed at least with my copy of this lens which produces quite strong CA at frame edges. Otherwise it's a good lens.
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Canon EF 35mm f/2
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Review Date: Dec 12, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $300.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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sharpness, price, wide aperture.
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Cons:
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non USM, build, contrast, bokeh.
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very usable standard lens for APS DSLR. AF is ok, despite the lack of USM. contrast is so-so but can be fixed in post-processing.
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Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
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Review Date: Dec 12, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $350.00
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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inexpensive, light weight, reasonably sharp.
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Cons:
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some zoom creep, otherwise non for the price.
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i wasn't very hot for this lens after reading some of the reviews but i really needed a light weight zoom for travelling. i tried this lens in a food studio session, and the results are not bad, though not as good compared to the other lens used, the 50mm 2.5 macro. i don't regret having purchased it.
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