Gunzorro wrote:
The Loxia 35 has become my favorite lens overall, having a focal length with perfect balance of f/stop and DOF at f/5.6 to f/8, near and far, for more intimate scenes, even at infinity. Rendering and sharpness are exceptional at these apertures, but I'm not afraid to use it between f/2.8 and f/4 either. Even wide open the center is very sharp.
Jim, I really like the results you’ve been getting with the Loxia 35 and am curious as to how well you think it might work for the kinds of pictures I take in the street? Not so much for tight portraits, which for me are best done with a 50/55, but for groups of two or three people. I’ve been wondering if zone focusing with a 35 would be more predictable than AF. The TrueDoF-Pro app on my iPhone indicates that at f/8 and a focus distance of 2 meters, the depth of field extends from about 1.5 to 3 meters. But my experience indicates that I’d actually need f/11. The Loxia 35 provides EXIF data and is smaller than an adapted 35 but I question whether at f/8 to f/11 it would offer significantly better image quality than the Summicron-R 35 I already have. I’d appreciate your thoughts on this...