As I promised, here are my attempt to do some comparisons of ZF.2 35/ 1.4 and 2.0. Shots are mostly done on a tripod with cable release, manual exposure, focus was done on Live VIew with Loupe. D700 images are shot as NEF, and I adjusted the exposure to roughly match ( except for the boat shot) so that it is less distracting. Resizing was simple bicubic, with no sharpening applied.
First, F2 bokeh
f3.2
f4
Earlier I mentioned about 1.4 to be brighter at the same exposure setting. Here is an example. These photos also shows 1.4 to have shallower DOF at the same f stop. ( Or at least it appears that way)
both at f4, 1/3200
Distortions are about the same from medium distance on. Nikon 24-70 is also shown for comparison. Nikon shows much less distortion at 35mm
As D700 is limited to 12MB ( which is plenty for me, but ), I also did a quick comparison on a NEX5. This one was without a tripod. (need to get a universal plate ) Camera was set against a railing, but you can see compositions are not the same.
and 100% crop from center area
My finding is that I am not that analytical type of a person
I love them both !
I love f.2 for its contrasty rendition, however, it is more challenge to achieve oof background compare to 1.4 at the same aperture. And as much as I like f2\'s bokeh, 1.4\'s bokeh is just wonderful. 1.4 shows a silky elegant rendition, which brings out more subtlety, and to me, also feels more \'transparent\' as I keep using this expression. My only gripe is ( for both Zeiss lenses) relatively strong distortion. However, when all cards are down, still love the rendition. Eventually, I may let go of f2 if it does not get much use, time will tell.
As I promised, here are my attempt to do some comparisons of ZF.2 35/ 1.4 and 2.0. Shots are mostly done on a tripod with cable release, manual exposure, focus was done on Live VIew with Loupe. D700 images are shot as NEF, and I adjusted the exposure to roughly match ( except for the boat shot) so that it is less distracting. Resizing was simple bicubic, with no sharpening applied.
First, F2 bokeh
f3.2
f4
Earlier I mentioned about 1.4 to be brighter at the same exposure setting. Here is an example. These photos also shows 1.4 to have shallower DOF at the same f stop. ( Or at least it appears that way)
both at f4, 1/3200
Distortions are about the same from medium distance on. Nikon 24-70 is also shown for comparison. Nikon shows much less distortion at 35mm
As D700 is limited to 12MB ( which is plenty for me, but ), I also did a quick comparison on a NEX5. This one was without a tripod. (need to buy universal plate to mount them ) Camera was set against a railing, but you can see compositions are not the same.
and 100% crop from center area
My finding is that I am not that analytical type of a person
I love them both !
I love f.2 for its contrasty rendition, however, it is more challenge to achieve oof background compare to 1.4 at the same aperture. And as much as I like f2\'s bokeh, 1.4\'s bokeh is just wonderful. 1.4 shows a silky elegant rendition, which brings out more subtlety, and to me, also feels more \'transparent\' as I keep using this expression. My only gripe is ( for both Zeiss lenses) relatively strong distortion. However, when all cards are down, still love the rendition. Eventually, I may let go of f2 if it does not get much use, time will tell.
As I promised, here are my attempt to do some comparisons of ZF.2 35/ 1.4 and 2.0. Shots are mostly done on a tripod with cable release, manual exposure, focus was done on Live VIew with Loupe. D700 images are shot as NEF, and I adjusted the exposure to roughly match ( except for the boat shot) so that it is less distracting. Resizing was simple bicubic, with no sharpening applied.
First, F2 bokeh
f3.2
f4
Earlier I mentioned about 1.4 to be brighter at the same exposure setting. Here is an example. These photos also shows 1.4 to have shallower DOF at the same f stop. ( Or at least it appears that way)
both at f4, 1/3200
Distortions are about the same from medium distance on. Nikon 24-70 is also shown for comparison. Nikon shows much less distortion at 35mm
AS D700 is limited to 12MB ( which is plenty for me, but ), I also compare them on NEX5. This one was without a tripod. Camera was set against a railing, but you can see compositions are not the same.
and 100% crop from center area
My finding is that I am not that analytical type of a person
I love them both !
I love f.2 for its contrasty rendition, however, it is more challenge to achieve oof background compare to 1.4 at the same aperture. And as much as I like f2\'s bokeh, 1.4\'s bokeh is just wonderful. 1.4 shows a silky elegant rendition, which brings out more subtlety, and to me, also feels more \'transparent\' as I keep using this expression. My only gripe is ( for both Zeiss lenses) relatively strong distortion. However, when all cards are down, still love the rendition. Eventually, I may let go of f2 if it does not get much use, time will tell.
As I promised, here are my attempt to do some comparisons of ZF.2 35/ 1.4 and 2.0. Shots are mostly done on a tripod with cable release, manual exposure, focus was done on Live VIew with Loupe. D700 images are shot as NEF, and I adjusted the exposure to roughly match ( except for the boat shot) so that it is less distracting. Resizing was simple bicubic, with no sharpening applied.
First, F2 bokeh
f3.2
f4
Earlier I mentioned about 1.4 to be brighter at the same exposure setting. Here is an example. These photos also shows 1.4 to have shallower DOF at the same f stop. ( Or at least it appears that way)
both at f4, 1/3200
Distortions are about the same from medium distance on. Nikon 24-70 is also shown for comparison. Nikon shows much less distortion at 35mm
AS D700 is limited to 12MB ( which is plenty for me, but ), I also compare them on NEX5. This one was without a tripod. Camera was set against a railing, but you can see compositions are not the same.
and 100% crop from center area
My finding is that I am not that analytical type of a person
I love f.2 for its contrasty rendition, however, it is more challenge to achieve oof background compare to 1.4 at the same aperture. And as much as I like f2\'s bokeh, 1.4\'s bokeh is just wonderful. 1.4 shows a silky elegant rendition, which brings out more subtlety, and to me, also feels more \'transparent\' as I keep using this expression. My only gripe is ( for both Zeiss lenses) relatively strong distortion. However, when all cards are down, still love the rendition.
