Thanks Tariq, good to know.
I have my ZF 35/2 which I had for a long time and continue to use for landscape and then have C/Y 35/1.4 for shallower DOF stuff and some landscape. In the future I may get the ZE35/1.4.
I have been using the 35/2 for two years and have found it to be an all round work horse. Two days ago a received a 35/1.4 ZE. I am really impressed. After a few comparison shots I have decided that the 35/2 will be sold this weekend.
I see the 35/1.4 as a excellent landscape lens, very sharp across the field when focused at infinity and has magical qualities wide open.
Hi. About infinity focus distance is at hard stop on the Samyang too? I red on the Zeiss right infinity focus distance is to its rotation stop. On the Samyang it seems not
Gianluke wrote:
Hi. About infinity focus distance is at hard stop on the Samyang too? I red on the Zeiss right infinity focus distance is to its rotation stop. On the Samyang it seems not
Accurate infinity focus is not all the way at the infinity stop on the Samyang/ Rokinon unfortunately. On my ZF.2, 35/2, perfect infinity focus is right at the stop/ end of rotation. I don't know if that's the case with all ZF's though. For landscape use, having a hard stop for infinity does make things much easier.
Gianluke wrote:
Tariq, now do you have both lenses?
Ultimately which one do you like more, especially for landscape?
No, as I said above, FlyPenFly owns the the Rokinion I owned.
For stopped down landscapes, I prefer the Zeiss due to the increased out of camera contrast and the infinity hard stop. I also prefer it's smaller size and physical, aesthetic qualities when using the lens.
That said, for someone who wants both a very fast, F 1.4 lens AND shoots landscape, a little bit of post processing/ tweaking of the Rokinon files, as shown above, can pretty much negate the contrast differences. Ultimately, I don't think you could go wrong with either lens.
Thank you very much Tariq. I will decide in a couples of days. I have two friends which sell both lenses as used mint. Rokinon at 350 euro, zeiss at 475 euro (ZS mount)
FWIW i've just done another very quick side by side comparison on the ZE35 and a late E55 Elmarit-r both near infinity.
The center resolution of the elmarit is astonishing, fine detail rendering is amazing and from what I can tell is a step up from the ZE35, BUT the elmarit loses the battle in toe corners and is very soft in corners at f5.6.
I'm going to go out tomorrow and compare the ZE35, Elmarit 35 and Oly 35mm shift at f5.6, f8 and f11.
No, don't have a summicron to test.
I've tested again today and the lighting wasn't too easy (very contrasty with either blown highlights or very dark shadows), but found the results closer today with the Zeiss performing a bit better.
The difference - I've focussed the Zeiss with LV and then used the DOF preview button to stop down the lens while focussing (I'm assuming regardless of the aperture setting in camera that LV works wide open).
If it's performing a bit better now does this mean the Zeiss has focus shift
johnahill wrote:
No, don't have a summicron to test.
I've tested again today and the lighting wasn't too easy (very contrasty with either blown highlights or very dark shadows), but found the results closer today with the Zeiss performing a bit better.
The difference - I've focussed the Zeiss with LV and then used the DOF preview button to stop down the lens while focussing (I'm assuming regardless of the aperture setting in camera that LV works wide open).
If it's performing a bit better now does this mean the Zeiss has focus shift
I have not noticed focus shift with my ZF.2 35/2 but what I did find is that nailing the exact focus point, particularly at infinity, with it is extremely critical, perhaps more so than some other lenses.
Of course, you can also sharpen/ manipulate the Zeiss even more as well.