Re: Zeiss "Batis" AF lens line to be released for FF E-mount
philber wrote:
I am Pascal\'s blog partner, and I have posted there my response to his article. Pascal owns and shoots a Zeiss Distagon ZF 25 f:2.0. So his thinking that he won\'t buy the Batis should be understood in context, meaning that he doesn\'t think the Batis will be good enough for him to sell his existing lens, take a loss, and buy the other one new.
Despite his being my blog-partner and dear friend, I have a 25 on order for the reasons I list in my response. The main one being that I have no recollection of any Zeiss lens being a disppointment upon release (plese note, this does not extend to Sony-Zeiss, which are basically Sony lenses), or not competitive. So I am confident enough to buy a Batis 25 sight unseen. Then Pascal and I can have a \"shoot-out of the 25s\", which sould be fun. My only question is whether I am confident enough to sell my Leica Elmarit R 28 v.II, in itself a very good lens indeed, in anticipation of the Batis being better...
Philber - thanks for your reply - your shots have always impressed (and I think you\'ve spoken well of the 35/2.8 - which I think is an underappreciated lens given its goals).
your rationale for the pre-order of the 25/2 matches mine - while the 35/2.8 had an engineering priority of \'tiny\' and therefore tradeoffs, I don\'t see any \'compromises\' being made re: size/price with the 25/2 - but b/c of my respect for you and pascal and your site in general, his words gave me pause. my guess was that it was going to be typically good zeiss b/c it is their design/priorities.
and while the FE 35/1.4 seems perfectly lovely WO, up-close, I\'m not sure it\'s as exceptional stopped down at distance. I keep reviewing photos trying to determine.
I\'ve been hoping sony or zeiss would deliver lenses similar to the goldilocks 55/1.8 - a great compromise of size/price/IQ and while sharp and corrected it may lack a bit in \'rendering\' - I really love everything about that lens, except its focal len (just not my cup of tea). so, I may get what I\'ve been looking for and pascal may keep his existing 25/2 - at least we\'re getting some nice choices now!
thank you again for taking the time to reply and great work on DearSusan!
Apr 27, 2015 at 01:44 PM
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