philber wrote:
Jim, Ajay, super stuff!
Donuss, your last shot is simply breathtaking!
And yes, dergiman, I find the 35 f:1.4 easier to focus than any other ZE I have owned. A combination of f:1.4, focal length and throw make it really easy. I have lent it to other FM members who all had the same experience. I will take it out this week-end.
dimitris77 wrote:
Am I the only one preferring the busier ZE35/2 bokeh?
so far I am also still prefering it. The 35/1.4 looks so clean in comparison, the 35/2.0 seems to have more of a character on it's own. But the smoothness of the bokeh of the 1.4 version is indeed adorable.
freaklikeme wrote:
Hey, Thomas, thank you very much.
As for the bokeh, Lars gave you an excellent example of what it is people complain about. It's got the right idea on light dispersion in the OOF areas, but it's global contrast is too strong to give it the smooth, watercolor-like performance of a lower contrast lens, like that of the Summilux-R or Nikon AIS, in a medium-to-high contrast lighting scenario with a busy background. In a studio setting with controlled lighting a solid-color or low-contrast painted backdrop, it's very well behaved wide open at close distances. It's not blazing sharp at that aperture, so it will even be kind to your older subjects.
Take it outside or shoot in less-controlled indoor conditions, I'd stop it down or give myself some working room. It's sharper wide open at distances of about 3m or so, and the bokeh isn't anywhere near so distracting (Martin has an excellent example of this). The nice thing about stopping down with the lens is that the shape of your bokeh doesn't deviate much at all from perfectly round, so even stopped down to f/2, the bokeh of the lens is much more comparable to a native f/2 lens shot wide open than that of most 50/1.4s stopped down to f/2.
Just my opinion based on my experience, of course. I hope it helps.
