Here is one a little closer up to compliment the image above. I think it is one of the more unique flowers my wife has and is aptly named as the "Fireball" Dahlia
Bought the Zeiss 15mm Milvus ZF about a month and half ago and I have really enjoyed it. I actually owned the distagon version but came across a deal on a used Milvus that I couldn't resist. I was able to upgrade to the milvus at almost no out of pocket.
I definitely preferred the build and material of the Distagon. It was all metal and just felt stronger. The focus ring felt better and I really dislike the rubber on the Milvus. I wish they didn't use that Rubber.
With that said I like the smaller footprint of the milvus. It is heavier but it is smaller especially with the hood off.
These lenses are suppose to have the same optics but something is definitely different. The Milvus just seems noticeably better for image quality. I know the Milvus line has new coatings but I didn't expect such a difference. The colors and contrast just seem noticeably better. I also think flare control is better. Outside of the material I am loving the Milvus.
Here is some shots I have gotten with it over the past month or so. Almost all taken with the Nikon D810 except the last two is with the D850. Image heavy, I have really enjoyed using it. Obvious from the post it is my goto nightscape lens.
1. Didn't save this right for web so doesn't look as sharp as it actually is Breckenridge Colorado
mysh wrote:
Bought the Zeiss 15mm Milvus ZF about a month and half ago and I have really enjoyed it. I actually owned the distagon version but came across a deal on a used Milvus that I couldn't resist. I was able to upgrade to the milvus at almost no out of pocket.
I definitely preferred the build and material of the Distagon. It was all metal and just felt stronger. The focus ring felt better and I really dislike the rubber on the Milvus. I wish they didn't use that Rubber.
With that said I like the smaller footprint of the milvus. It is heavier but it is smaller especially with the hood off.
These lenses are suppose to have the same optics but something is definitely different. The Milvus just seems noticeably better for image quality. I know the Milvus line has new coatings but I didn't expect such a difference. The colors and contrast just seem noticeably better. I also think flare control is better. Outside of the material I am loving the Milvus.
Here is some shots I have gotten with it over the past month or so. Almost all taken with the Nikon D810 except the last two is with the D850. Image heavy, I have really enjoyed using it. Obvious from the post it is my goto nightscape lens.
A few photos from a recent London trip. They are mostly taken with Zeiss lenses although the red pleasure craft and the landscape Tower Bridge/HMS Belfast are both with the Samyang 135mm.
muc_marlin wrote:
Another passion from me, besides photography, is denim and workwaer.
Great set. Like the last one the most for special 3D rendering in the picture.
BTW I haven't posted here for quite a long time. Glad the thread continues and gets new pictures that are so lovely for those who values Zeiss rendering.
This time I'd like to share a picture from Nesebar, BG. More to come.
The road to Nesebar Old Town (2 exposures manually blended in PS / colors are a bit oversaturated, I know)
Canon EOS 6D + Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/100 ZE, ƒ/11.0, 30 sec., ISO 100
Ohhh how I miss my old ZE 1.4/35. Just have not found a comparable lens for a7 series platform. In the individual full sized images, you could clearly see the individual branches of the shrubs...probably only a centimeter in diameter...from 1/4 mile away. RESOLUTION!!!
thrice wrote:
Jim I can't help but be distracted by the stitching seam on the left of your image. What did you use to stitch?
Hi Thrice,
Great to see you around here again. I still have vivid memories of your tide pool shots, mostly with the Leica R 19 that were color explosions. They were a great way to warm up cold winter days in the Northern hemisphere.
I see a distortion most apparent along the water horizon line that should instead be straight that I missed when I made the panorama, but there is no seam, even when looking at the full res image. What you might perceive as a seam in the wave pattern where it looks almost duplicated or off register is actually in a single image and was just what the wind was doing to the water that day. Similarly, at some point moving from left to right along the horizon, the water line appears to abruptly skip up. This is also real, as the leftmost cloud was actually dropping rain.
If you meant the curvy horizon, that appears to be do to all but the leftmost image not having had the lens correction applied to it in LR prior to making the panorama. I used LR to make it. I fixed that anomaly - mostly - in the re-posted image here. I ended up using the stitcher in PS this time, as neither LR nor Hugin got the left tip of the coast right with the lens correction used.
Thanks for commenting. I can only blame either too much or too little wine consumption while editing last night as the issue.
First edited image from an autumn trip to Colorado that I returned from last night. This was shot in the morning at a beaver pond near Marble, Colorado. It was my first real use of the Zeiss zf.2 25mm f/2 lens that I recently purchased from another FMer. I have to say - this lens is incredible and I have been thrilled by what I have seen so far from using it.
What a wonderful capture! I can't stop looking at it! Great work, Adele!
Abuttolph wrote:
First edited image from an autumn trip to Colorado that I returned from last night. This was shot in the morning at a beaver pond near Marble, Colorado. It was my first real use of the Zeiss zf.2 25mm f/2 lens that I recently purchased from another FMer. I have to say - this lens is incredible and I have been thrilled by what I have seen so far from using it.
