I thought the same thing when I read the article yesterday, seems a bit strange. I dismissed it when I couldn't reconcile the differences in field of view between the M9 and the D3x both with 35mm lenses. A 35mm f/1.4 would be awesome though, assuming the smaller aperture performance isn't compromised over the f/2.
I like the way he fails to frame the test image properly with the M9. He's given it a few percent advantage before he even starts. Good old Puts. It's also interesting to see how much more barrel distortion the SLR 35 f1.4 shows, as expected I suppose. Easily fixable though.
I spoke with the people of Zeiss at the IBC, Amsterdam last month.
we discussed their ZF lenses, and the upcoming new ZE lenses.
Then they asked: "How would you like a 35mm f1.4?"
I have been wondering since they released the ZF 35/2, why not f1.4?
The existing format for Y/C 35/1.4 can not clear the mirror of 5D. But it should be a cup of cake for Zeiss to make some small adjustment to overcome it.
I hope it is true! The 35/1.4 has been one of my most loved lens. Now even better to have one that works on my 5D II without having to shave the mirror.
The Zeiss 35/1.4 (later rubber ring HFT version) for Rollei QBM works withtout a mirror shave on my 5DII (and SLR/C) with Kindai adapter. Amazing lens.
Cinstance wrote:
I have been wondering since they released the ZF 35/2, why not f1.4?
The existing format for Y/C 35/1.4 can not clear the mirror of 5D. But it should be a cup of cake for Zeiss to make some small adjustment to overcome it.
I hope it is true! The 35/1.4 has been one of my most loved lens. Now even better to have one that works on my 5D II without having to shave the mirror.
Indeed, I read the paragraph about "a very new redesigend Zeiss Distagon 1.4/35 with Floating element" two hours ago, and now it's gone.
Erwin Puts has edited it out.
While it would be cool, it also will not autofocus, have CPU contacts for auto-aperture and will costs close to $2000. All of these make the existing 35/1.4 AIS a winner over the potential ZF for me, I know braniac isn't a fan of its wild bokeh, but for $2000-3000 you could get the 28/1.4 which blows everything else out of the water.
Cinstance wrote:
I have been wondering since they released the ZF 35/2, why not f1.4?
The existing format for Y/C 35/1.4 can not clear the mirror of 5D. But it should be a cup of cake for Zeiss to make some small adjustment to overcome it.
I hope it is true! The 35/1.4 has been one of my most loved lens. Now even better to have one that works on my 5D II without having to shave the mirror.
My Distagon 35mm F/1.4 clears on my 5D2 without a problem.
I have owned 3 5D's, 2 5D2's and 3 Distagon 35 f1.4's. I've never had a mirror clearance problem with any of them. Of course I'm not saying you won't, but I suspect that reports of such are probably due to incorrect adaptors. Yes, my distagons do focus to infinity.
