FlyPenFly wrote:
It's a Distagon, not a macro lens. Not calibrated for close distance work.
Easy to see the outlining here
I wasn't suggesting it was a defect or aberration, I think it really adds to the appeal of the picture. Besides, the Distagon 28 is very sharp (in the central zone) at MFD, but the DOF is really thin at f/2.8.
I have to admit it doesn't look like LoCA. Whatever it is, it definitely helps to separate the subject from the background and I myself have only seen it with my old Contax lenses.
I will look into my more recent files to see if I have exactly the same effect with my ZS or ZA lenses.
This is not a great photo but I just wanted to show the 3D pop effect going on here with objects completely in focus.
Again, this is not an example of a good photo, I plan to reshoot this subject with better compositions but just something I noticed because we were talking about this earlier.
It pops out almost laser like, the pole in the middle.
This is on a Sony A850 with the Zeiss ZF.2 21mm F2.8
