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The thread is quite the lovefest 
Fred has both RX1rii and ZM35/1.4. I'm sure he'll chime in.
Unlike M bodies, which have an ungodly number of options at 35mm, including this lens firing on all cylinders, the quest for the great 35 on the A7 series has been long and arduous.
Does this really beat the Rx1rii at 5.6 for landscape? Fred would know. No way, I think it would need f/8 at least to get there and I still would be surprised if it won. But maybe that's wrong, and I think he said the zm is actually better.
Bokeh? Well coma issues aside, it seems pretty good. RX1rii and CV 35/1.2 I would put well ahead, but maybe I have that wrong too, many nice pics here. I did a few tests with the CV on my stock A7r in 2013:
35/1.2 by unoh7, on Flickr
and I believe this is the CV stopped down to f/8 or 11 on stock A7:
DSC02315-3 by unoh7, on Flickr
At the time this seemed the best RF 35 by quite aways. Interestingly the same lens is searing on the Kolari A7 with great landscape performance. Better than on M9. Of course I do not lug it around in the landscape. It is my M9 lowlight mainstay.
But I would love to see a head to head on the stock r2 CV35/1.2 vs ZM35/1.4 both at speed and at f/8
In Sony world the ZM 35/1.4 is a small lens. In M world everyone is appalled by the size. The ZM 35/2 actually beats it for landscape, according to Lloyd, on M240. I like the 1.4, but why would I carry it for my on a hike? Well, I could make some nice blurry flowers, I guess. My current ZM 35/2 in this role on M9:
L1034609 by unoh7, ZM 35/2 f/4 M9
Of course that lens is execrable on A7 and just usable on the Kolari. If was still shooting a stock A7 I would already have the ZM35/1.4, and not look back as all you guys have proven to me. It's actually a very good deal compared to FLE.
A7rii.mod2....well I guess I will just have to test and see if I really pine for a better 35, once I get my act together and do a next gen mod on that thing. I am resisting M10, which has seductively made ISO6400 a reality with M body. But the M9 is a personal delight for me daily. It still just kills at base ISO, to my taste. And the r2 with a Leica level mod would really compliment the M9 in so many ways, with lots of new possibilities even the gorgeous M10 can't offer: 42mp, AF with M, Silent Shutter, and 4k, plus great with the long glass I have, even may AF it. Most of you will have the A9 by then
Here is how the CV does on my current Kolari at f/8:
DSC08979 by unoh7, on Flickr
That shot kind of shocked me. It's better than the ZM35/2 on the Kolari by quite a bit. Same day now WO:
DSC08999 by unoh7, CV 35/1.2 WO A7.mod (kolari v2)
Bottomline, I'm glad to see a 35 everybody is crazy about for A7x, and the thread inspires me to seriously consider it.
My current lens lust list is: 1) SEM18(I finally realize it is better than ZM18 and Kolari loves it-prices down). 2) 50 Lux asph (I've wanted on forever to use one the M9-prices way down) 3) ZM...... 
But first things first...prices on A7rii dropping.....yum yum 
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