denoir wrote:
Thanks Paul & ewadler. That would have been pretty much impossible with any other lens - at least of the ones that I've used. On occasion I can get a better medium format camera look from a single 35/1.4 shot than from a panorama shot with the 100/2.
+1
That is due to the difference in drawing style, especially the bokeh rendering difference between the two lenses.
And I don't see the same 3-d pop in the new 35/1.4 as it renders more like the 35/2 and both MP's as far as bokeh and separation.
Lloyd Chambers has some samples in the Zeiss guide now. From those I would say it has a bokeh/DOF fallof similar to the old 35/1.4 while the colors are more like the rest of the ZE line and in that respect similar to the 35/2.
denoir wrote:
Lloyd Chambers has some samples in the Zeiss guide now. From those I would say it has a bokeh/DOF fallof similar to the old 35/1.4 while the colors are more like the rest of the ZE line and in that respect similar to the 35/2.
I just saw that ...
What would be the price for new ZE 35/1.4?
I used to have both Contax and Rollei 35/1.4 and I preferred Rollei wide open and Contax stopped down. Sold Contax, now I want it back... But I am sure once Rollei is gone my feelings will reverse
Yes, I saw noticeable improvement with Rollei, especially at 100%. Actually, you can see it yourself. Rollei on the left, Contax on the right, 100% magnification: http://s54.radikal.ru/i143/1009/b9/793711ba0856.jpg
Given sample variation that applies to all lenses (or optomechanical items, for that matter) to some extent, I'd be hesitant to make a blanket statment about one version being better/different than the other based on a sample size of "one". That's how rumors start.
Ataboy wrote:
Yes, I saw noticeable improvement with Rollei, especially at 100%. Actually, you can see it yourself. Rollei on the left, Contax on the right, 100% magnification:
Interesting. How come you miss the Contax if the Rollei was an improvement?
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I'm going to be accused of again posting gloomy cloudy pictures but I really love the way the 35/1.4 renders the colors of clouds:
lol what you talking about .. there looks to be some blue n the clouds hehe. great shots! i love the distance sunlight peeking through behind the clouds
denoir wrote:
Lloyd Chambers has some samples in the Zeiss guide now. From those I would say it has a bokeh/DOF fallof similar to the old 35/1.4 while the colors are more like the rest of the ZE line and in that respect similar to the 35/2.
I just looked at his latest samples in the Zeiss guide for the prototype ZE 35/1.4 and its bokeh still looks different than the CZ/Rollei 35/1.4, not seeing the painterly bokeh, and the 3-d look is less. Hard to say for sure since a lot of these shots were taken in lousy dark/dusk conditions and are mostly close up type shots.
He does mention painterly bokeh in the end while discussing the portrait shots but I don't see it in his shots with the crappy dark background. Still a nice lens and am waiting for someone to take some pictures with it which do it justice.
That would have been pretty much impossible with any other lens - at least of the ones that I've used. On occasion I can get a better medium format camera look from a single 35/1.4 shot than from a panorama shot with the 100/2.