Jochenb wrote:
(It\'s a pity I don\'t see more photos taken with the 85/1.4 in here.)
I will fix it for you. It is one of my favorite lens. I had Nikon 85G as well, for a moment,I thought Nikon is sharper than ZF85, but after I carefully shot many frame during my daughter watching TV, and surprisingly find out that ZF85 is a little sharper. And returned G afterward. (Might get it onve price cool down or 1.8G in the future for convenience.) It either my 85G is a lemo or my ZF85 is superb, but both is good enough for my taste.
(disclaimer, i almost always hand hold, so it is really not a technique perfect tests. I have some threshold in my mind to see if it is sharp enough, past that, I don\'t really care which is more sharper than which. That is why I prefer ZF85 to MP100.)
Wide open, it was cropped, I can\'t remember how much is the crop in this one? (it is not available for check right now)
My son\'s portrait, again wide open:
My ZF85 is very sharp (or I should say sharp enough for me) from all distance. I don\'t understand its reputation. From available internet review of it, my copy is definitely better at close distance when view 100%. However, the real challenge is long distance focus, focus confirmation dot no longer work as charm, I am at mercy of luck. I seldom use LV as I mostly chasing my two kids with it and focus ring is heavy damped, and throne is too long to my taste, make is not a idea solution for me. I have to pre_adjust the ring based on distance before shooting for quick action.
Hope this info are helpful for anyone interested in that lens. This thread use to be a lot useful info here, but with depart of some ZE/ZF shooter and seems we only have image left
A quick question for its owner, do you feel the focus ring is damped too much make it hard to turn, say compare to any other Zeiss.
