Season of Touit - Picture 13 Week 39, Wednesday - Sea of Light
"Today's picture is something that was already shot some time ago. And it was actually taken by Sari, Aura's mother, while me and Aura were playing in the lake. One of my favorites of this summer for sure. There are two reasons why I wanted to include this picture in to 'Season of Touit'. First of all it's a good example how nice the Touit 2.8/50M can be shooting in standard range. Even though it is labeled as a macro lens, many times it works very nicely in standard photography too. The second reason is that the picture also exemplifies the optical quality of this lens [...]"
Season of Touit - Picture 14 Week 39, Saturday - Shadow Theatre
"Getting back to Zeiss story I think I've now examined the Zeiss Touit 2.8/12 and Touit 2.8/50M from a technical point of view, and I feel I should concentrate on other aspects as well. To me part of the Zeiss appeal comes from the fact that Zeiss is over one hundred years old company and they has been manufacturing lenses for a long time, probably longer than any other of the current companies. This means history and with a history comes a tradition. The current Zeiss is, of course, not the same one as in the past and other companies have their traditions as well, but maybe because of this self comprehension the Zeiss offers more information and history about their lenses than others. [...]"
H.Lux wrote:
Mike, it's there in the file. It was already quite dark, so it's a high dynamic range. Wether it comes from the sensor or the lens, I don't know. Here's the crop of a mostly unprocessed version:
Season of Touit - Picture 15 Week 40, Wednesday - Getting closer
"With the last post I wrote tradition and Zeiss. Now I would like to tell you about another side of it, since when there is a tradition and culture, there also a community of people. For what I've understood the Zeiss community is spread across different manufacturers, camera models, their specific mounts and works in many different internet forums (I haven't been able to find any main place, but at Fred Miranda there are loads of Zeiss users). In digital age the communities that are build around specific products and brands, like Zeiss, are also a part of the 'user experience' and can be understood as a resource which might enhance your physical use of the product. [...]"
