IOG, firstly a lovely image. Secondly, very typical of the 21mm, which performs at the highest levels in high tone/high contrast - it's impactful simply because almost all other lenses do not.
Excellent photo, johnahill. After the D21 vs OM wides thread yesterday, together with the penchant of virtually all UK landscapers/magazines for ultra low light shots, I am starting to think Zeiss don't have to bother with CA control because it's too dark these days in Europe, or that people don't venture out in daylight hours, for fear of flat light. ;~)
Of course, low ambient light (almost no colour tonal range, silhouetting) transforms an image away from the potential to display having depth towards a very flat appearance.
philip_pj wrote:
people don't venture out in daylight hours, for fear of flat light. ;~)
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haha yes sounds about right, I've had my fair share of days out with the camera trying to take photo's under a totally featureless low flat grey sky, blah.
Earlier in the thread, it was suggested that the Zeiss 35/2 was not as good for shooting landscapes at infinity vs the Zeiss 25 2.8. Since recently getting the 25 2.8 and testing it against the 35/2 for landscape use, all I can say is that the choice really only comes down to which focal length one prefers. Overall, the 35/2 is a more contrasty lens and reaches optimum sharpness across the frame quicker than the 25/ 2.8 but the 25/ 2.8 shows less to no noticeable CA at brighter F-stops. Stopped down to say F8, there is not much between the two (except a slight color saturation/ pop advantage with the 35).
got any comparable images to show?
It pretty much confirmes what we found with my set of images.
I think the 35 is kind of sharp already from f2 on, but the 25/2.8 is alright from 2.8 on, if nothing is to close in the frame (from 3m on), otherwise the corners are bad and only sharpen up at 5.6.
I really thought the 25 hat more contrast, but apparently I did use it differently. Maybe shooting more into the light. It does have plenty CA though if you have those high contrast edges, like a mountain ridge against bright washed out sky. Or tree branches against bright sky - where most of the other Zeiss lenses would show CA as well. The 25/2 might be quite a step forward in this respect.
