I have recently visited an old railway depot and had a reason to give a try to my wa Zeiss ZE lenses with the A7/Metabones III.
Distagon 21/1.8 ZE confirmed it's strong position on the A7 being still the best wa lens that I have.Very sharp and very contrasty.Some negligible corner smearnig visible at f2.8.
21/1.8 at f2.8
Distagon 28/2 ZE is a very good lens,but not up to the 21/2.8.It could have been better if the field curvature wasn't that pronounced.But stop it down to f5.6 and it turns up excellent.Corner smearing at f5.6 is acceptable,but 21/2.8 has the same amount of it only at f2.8.
28/2 at f5.6.BTW:this old carriage served the famous Orient Express before the WWII.
Planar 50/1.4 ZE at f1.4 - well,just a great lens.Here it captured the old steam engine from 1890.
Makro Planar 100/2 - superb lens as we all know.Pictured the german steam engine from the WWII.
Peire wrote:
I have recently visited an old railway depot and had a reason to give a try to my wa Zeiss ZE lenses with the A7/Metabones III.
Distagon 21/1.8 ZE confirmed it's strong position on the A7 being still the best wa lens that I have.Very sharp and very contrasty.Some negligible corner smearnig visible at f2.8.
Distagon 28/2 ZE is a very good lens,but not up to the 21/2.8.It could have been better if the field curvature wasn't that pronounced.But stop it down to f5.6 and it turns up excellent.Corner smearing at f5.6 is acceptable,but 21/2.8 has the same amount of it only at f2.8.
