OK, Here\'s the bokeh and distance IQ wide open between the two lenses. There are 5 scenes. For the Bokeh comparisons I tried to choose scenes which pose bokeh difficulties for lenses in the 100mm range. I took great care in ensuring that there were no human-error anomalies. A tripod was used for all shots - so no camera shake. I waited for totally still winds or skipped the shot all together - so no motion blur. I used 15x MF assist focusing and spent extra time to make sure the ultimate focus was achieved - so no focus differences were introduced. I focused on the exact same scene elements between lenses - again so there were no focus differences. I also tried to frame and compose the scenes as closely as possible. In order to do this and make up for the difference between 100mm and 125mm I moved the tripod about 1/10 of the focus distance. So if the focus point was 10m like in scene 1, 2, and 3 I moved the zeiss up closer about 1 meter. In the 100% crop samples this should actually give the Zeiss an ever-so-slight advantage but as you\'ll see it didn\'t even come close to closing any gaps. In scenes 1 and 4 this difference in camera position added a little bit to the bokeh differences but I took extra shots at the same distances and compared to ensure that what you\'ll see are dang close to the actual differences had the camera positions remained the same. These scenes were selected as best representations from about 10 total scenes shot. <pant pant>
Each scene has the scaled image from each lens followed by the 100% crops from each with one scene per post (4 total images per post). The 100% Crop areas represent the focus subject in each set. None of these have any PP at all. All sliders were set to zero even including color NR and ect. These are direct RAW conversions. All images were shot on the GH1. Where there\'s a color difference look to the Lanthar image for the actual colors - this lens nails them every time! And lastly don\'t forget that the Zeiss is an exceptional lens by itself! Besides the Lanthar it\'s the sharpest lens in my collection and that includes the Canon 300 f/2.8 L which I love and the 4.0L. Enjoy:
OK, Here\'s the bokeh and distance IQ wide open between the two lenses. There are 5 scenes. For the Bokeh comparisons I tried to choose scenes which pose bokeh difficulties for lenses in the 100mm range. I took great care in ensuring that there were no human-error anomalies. A tripod was used for all shots - so no camera shake. I waited for totally still winds or skipped the shot all together - so no motion blur. I used 15x MF assist focusing and spent extra time to make sure the ultimate focus was achieved - so no focus differences were introduced. I focused on the exact same scene elements between lenses - again so there were no focus differences. I also tried to frame and compose the scenes as closely as possible. In order to do this and make up for the difference between 100mm and 125mm I moved the tripod about 1/10 of the focus distance. So if the focus point was 10m like in scene 1, 2, and 3 I moved the zeiss up closer about 1 meter. In the 100% crop samples this should actually give the Zeiss an ever-so-slight advantage but as you\'ll see it didn\'t even come close to closing any gaps. In scenes 1 and 4 this difference in camera position added a little bit to the bokeh differences but I took extra shots at the same distances and compared to ensure that what you\'ll see are dang close to the actual differences had the camera positions remained the same. These scenes were selected as best representations from about 10 total scenes shot. <pant pant>
Each scene has the scaled image from each lens followed by the 100% crops from each with one scene per post (4 total images per post). The 100% Crop areas represent the focus subject in each set. None of these have any PP at all. All sliders were set to zero even including color NR and ect. These are direct RAW conversions. All images were shot on the GH1. Where there\'s a color difference look to the Lanthar image for the actual colors - this lens nails them every time! And lastly don\'t forget that the Zeiss is an exceptional lens by itself! Besides the Lanthar it\'s the sharpest lens in my collection and that includes the Canon 300 f/2.8 L which I love and the 4.0L. And I still maintain ToothWalker is wrong or had a bad copy. Enjoy:
OK, Here\'s the bokeh and distance IQ wide open between the two lenses. There are 5 scenes. For the Bokeh comparisons I tried to choose scenes which pose bokeh difficulties for lenses in the 100mm range. I took great care in ensuring that there were no human-error anomalies. A tripod was used for all shots - so no camera shake. I waited for totally still winds or skipped the shot all together - so no motion blur. I used 15x MF assist focusing and spent extra time to make sure the ultimate focus was achieved - so no focus differences were introduced. I focused on the exact same scene elements between lenses - again so there were no focus differences. I also tried to frame and compose the scenes as closely as possible. In order to do this and make up for the difference between 100mm and 125mm I moved the tripod about 1/10 of the focus distance. So if the focus point was 10m like in scene 1, 2, and 3 I moved the zeiss up closer about 1 meter. In the 100% crop samples this should actually give the Zeiss an ever-so-slight advantage but as you\'ll see it didn\'t even come close to closing any gaps. In scenes 1 and 4 this difference in camera position added a little bit to the bokeh differences but I took extra shots at the same distances and compared to ensure that what you\'ll see are dang close to the actual differences had the camera positions remained the same. These scenes were selected as best representations from about 10 total scenes shot. <pant pant>
Each scene has the scaled image from each lens followed by the 100% crops from each with one scene per post (4 total images per post). The 100% Crop areas represent the focus subject in each set. None of these have any PP at all. All sliders were set to zero even including color NR and ect. These are direct RAW conversions. All images were shot on the GH1. Finally, where there\'s a color difference look to the Lanthar image for the actual colors - this lens nails them every time! Enjoy:
OK, Here\'s the bokeh and distance IQ wide open between the two lenses. There are 5 scenes. For the Bokeh comparisons I tried to choose scenes which pose bokeh difficulties for lenses in the 100mm range. I took great care in ensuring that there were no human-error anomalies. A tripod was used for all shots - so no camera shake. I waited for totally still winds or skipped the shot all together - so no motion blur. I used 15x MF assist focusing and spent extra time to make sure the ultimate focus was achieved - so no focus differences were introduced. I focused on the exact same scene elements between lenses - again so there were no focus differences. I also tried to frame and compose the scenes as closely as possible. In order to do this and make up for the difference between 100mm and 125mm I moved the tripod about 1/10 of the focus distance. So if the focus point was 10m like in scene 1, 2, and 3 I moved the zeiss up closer about 1 meter. In the 100% crop samples this should actually give the Zeiss an ever-so-slight advantage but as you\'ll see it didn\'t even come close to closing any gaps. In scenes 1 and 4 this difference in camera position added a little bit to the bokeh differences but I took extra shots at the same distances and compared to ensure that what you\'ll see are dang close to the actual differences had the camera positions remained the same. These scenes were selected as best representations from about 10 total scenes shot. <pant pant>
Each scene has the scaled image from each lens followed by the 100% crops from each with one scene per post (4 total images per post). The 100% Crop areas represent the focus subject in each set. None of these have any PP at all. All sliders were set to zero even including color NR and ect. These are direct RAW conversions. All images were shot on the GH1. Enjoy:
OK, Here\'s the bokeh and distance IQ wide open between the two lenses. There are 5 scenes. For the Bokeh comparisons I tried to choose scenes which pose bokeh difficulties for lenses in the 100mm range. I took great care in ensuring that there were no human-error anomalies. A tripod was used for all shots - so no camera shake. I waited for totally still winds or skipped the shot all together - so no motion blur. I used 15x MF assist focusing and spent extra time to make sure the ultimate focus was achieved - so no focus differences were introduced. I focused on the exact same scene elements between lenses - again so there were no focus differences. I also tried to frame and compose the scenes as closely as possible. In order to do this and make up for the difference between 100mm and 125mm I moved the tripod about 1/10 of the focus distance. So if the focus point was 10m like in scene 1, 2, and 3 I moved the zeiss up closer about 1 meter. In the 100% crop samples this should actually give the Zeiss an ever-so-slight advantage but as you\'ll see it didn\'t even come close to closing any gaps. In scenes 1 and 4 this difference in camera position added a little bit to the bokeh differences but I took extra shots at the same distances and compared to ensure that what you\'ll see are dang close to the actual differences had the camera positions remained the same. These scenes were selected as best representations from about 25 total scenes shot. <pant pant>
Each scene has the scaled image from each lens followed by the 100% crops from each with one scene per post (4 total images per post). The 100% Crop areas represent the focus subject in each set. None of these have any PP at all. All sliders were set to zero even including color NR and ect. These are direct RAW conversions. All images were shot on the GH1. Enjoy:
OK, Here\'s the bokeh and distance IQ wide open between the two lenses. There are 5 scenes. For the Bokeh comparisons I tried to choose scenes which pose bokeh difficulties for lenses in the 100mm range. I took great care in ensuring that there were no human-error anomalies. A tripod was used for all shots - so no camera shake. I waited for totally still winds or skipped the shot all together - so no motion blur. I used 15x MF assist focusing and spent extra time to make sure the ultimate focus was achieved - so no focus differences were introduced. I focused on the exact same scene elements between lenses - again so there were no focus differences. I also tried to frame and compose the scenes as closely as possible. In order to do this and make up for the difference between 100mm and 125mm I moved the tripod about 1/10 of the focus distance. So if the focus point was 10m like in scene 1, 2, and 3 I moved the zeiss up closer about 1 meter. In the 100% crop samples this should actually give the Zeiss an ever-so-slight advantage but as you\'ll see it didn\'t even come close to closing any gaps. In scenes 1 and 4 this difference in camera position added a little bit to the bokeh differences but I took extra shots at the same distances and compared to ensure that what you\'ll see are dang close to the actual differences had the camera positions remained the same. These scenes were selected as best representations from about 25 total scenes shot. <pant pant>
Each scene has the scaled image from each lens followed by the 100% crops from each with one scene per post (4 total images per post). The 100% Crop areas represent the focus subject in each set. None of these have any PP at all. All sliders were set to zero even including color NR and ect. These are direct RAW conversions. Enjoy:
OK, Here\'s the bokeh and distance IQ wide open between the two lenses. There are 5 scenes. For the Bokeh comparisons I tried to choose scenes which pose bokeh difficulties for lenses in the 100mm range. I took great care in ensuring that there were no human-error anomalies. A tripod was used for all shots - so no camera shake. I waited for totally still winds or skipped the shot all together - so no motion blur. I used 15x MF assist focusing and spent extra time to make sure the ultimate focus was achieved - so no focus differences were introduced. I focused on the exact same scene elements between lenses - again so there were no focus differences. I also tried to frame and compose the scenes as closely as possible. In order to do this and make up for the difference between 100mm and 125mm I moved the tripod about 1/10 of the focus distance. So if the focus point was 10m like in scene 1, 2, and 3 I moved the zeiss up closer about 1 meter. In the 100% crop samples this should actually give the Zeiss an ever-so-slight advantage but as you\'ll see it didn\'t even come close to closing any gaps. In scenes 1 and 4 this difference in camera position added a little bit to the bokeh differences but I took extra shots at the same distances and compared to ensure that what you\'ll see are dang close to the actual differences had the camera positions remained the same. These scenes were selected as best representations from about 25 total scenes shot. <pant pant>
Each scene has the scaled image from each lens followed by the 100% crops from each with one scene per post (4 total images per post). The 100% Crop areas represent the focus subject in each set. Enjoy:
OK, Here\'s the bokeh and distance IQ wide open between the two lenses. There are 5 scenes. For the Bokeh comparisons I tried to choose scenes which pose bokeh difficulties for lenses in the 100mm range. I took great care in ensuring that there were no human-error anomalies. A tripod was used for all shots - so no camera shake. I waited for totally still winds or skipped the shot all together - so no motion blur. I used 15x MF assist focusing and spent extra time to make sure the ultimate focus was achieved - so no focus differences were introduced. I focused on the exact same scene elements between lenses - again so there were no focus differences. I also tried to frame and compose the scenes as closely as possible. In order to do this and make up for the difference between 100mm and 125mm I moved the tripod about 1/10 of the focus distance. So if the focus point was 10m like in scene 1, 2, and 3 I moved the zeiss up closer about 1 meter. In the 100% crop samples this should actually give the Zeiss an ever-so-slight advantage but as you\'ll see it didn\'t even come close to closing any gaps. In scenes 1 and 4 this difference in camera position added a little bit to the bokeh differences but I took extra shots at the same distances and compared to ensure that what you\'ll see are dang close to the actual differences had the camera positions remained the same. These scenes were selected as best representations from about 25 total scenes shot. <pant pant>
Each scene has the scaled image from each lens followed by the 100% crops from each with one scene per post (4 total images per post):
Enjoy: