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 p.15 #10 · Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 35mm f/1.4 (according to Roger Cicala/lens rentals.com) | |
carstenw wrote:
No, not personally. As far as I understand from friends who have used it, it is very good, but not as good as the 50 Lux R, which is newer, and more modern. It is much better than the Leica 35/2, which I had and was mildly disappointed with, although I have seen great shots made with it. My guess is that the 35/1.4-R is overpriced, but if it is what you want, you get it anyway. Now that there will be an alternative, the lust for the Leica might fade a bit. I expect that the look will be as good as the Zeiss, but it will have less 3D, and with stop-down metering on a Canon, it is an acquired taste.
There are certain R lenses which I would place right at the top with the best M lenses, and anything Zeiss or anyone else has made, but it is not as long as the list of M lenses I feel similarly about. Some (many) of these I have not tried, so it is more a list of impressions, with a fairly high degree of certainty: 15/2.8, 15/3.5, 19/2.8 II, 28/2.8 II, 50/1.4 last model, 80/1.4, 100/2.8 Macro, 180/2.8 APO, 180/2 APO, 280/4, and the APO Telyt triple set.
I should point out that the presence of the 80/1.4 in this list is not in any way an indictment of anything else in the list. It is a personal favorite of mine, and I know there are people out there who would rather buy a Rokinon or whatever else. The 280/4 is one of those perfect lenses in the world. I have never heard of anyone who has found any fault with that lens. The 180/2 is stunning, another personal favorite, but in the end I put my money towards the Nikkor 200/2 VR, another classic, for practical reasons. If I should ever get stinking rich, I will add the 180/2 to my kit....Show more →
Thanks for the detailed reply. I have used the Leica R 28 2.8 E55 and, indeed, it lives up to the hype. Best 28 I have used. The other Leica lens I would love to get my hands on, which I see missing from your list, is the last R- 90 F2 APO Summicron. I really loved the rendering of the non APO version but it does suffer from some softness at certain distances.
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I don't mind a bit of a split-personality-disorder between f/1.4 and f/2.8. But really, as the Germans would say, this is really "jammern auf hohem Niveau" (difficult to translate perfectly: complaining at a high level). The 35/1.4 ZE looks to be very good, and I am sort of already beginning to save for one.