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Zeiss Batis 85mm F1.8 lens... swirley!!!

Message #13125148 by Beni · 2 earlier versions stored · newest first

Current versionSaved Jul 29, 2015 at 12:26 AMTitle changed

This is just pathetic. A guy posts about something he has seen from his lens. He doesn't make any judgement and if he did, he bought the lens, it's his right. If it has swirly bokeh and I assume he has photos to prove it, that is important information for someone looking to buy what is after all an extremely expensive f1.8 portrait lens. Some like the OP sees it as a plus, to others it may be a problem. But he gets slammed by fanboys immediately leaping to the defence of a what they presume is a slur on a lens they don't even own, adding condescending insults and presuming that their interpreted 'issue' will disappear by taking more photos, another condescending presumption that the OP has not done so extensively.

The forum has become so pathetic of late that I don't bother coming on here that much any more. The Sony talk used to be about people excited to explore and share their experiences in a new world. For good or bad, to allow educated decisions. Now it's become DPReview mkII. To be frank I wish Fred hadn't separated Sony from Alt. The atmosphere there would have loudly welcomed information like this. We would have learnt how to use and how to avoid the swirls depending on how we want to draw a particular image.

Version 2Saved Jul 29, 2015 at 12:26 AM

Re: Zeiss Batis 85mm F1.8 lens... swirley!!!

This is just pathetic. A guy posts about something he has seen from his lens. He doesn't make any judgement and if he did, he bought the lens, it's his right. If it has swirly bokeh and I assume he has photos to prove it, that is important information for someone looking to buy what is after all an extremely expensive f1.8 portrait lens. Some like the OP sees it as a plus, to others it may be a problem. But he gets slammed by fanboys immediately leaping to the defence of a what they presume is a slur on a lens they don't even own, adding condescending insults and presuming that their assumed issue will disappear by taking more photos, another condescending presumption that the OP has not done so.

The forum has become so pathetic of late that I don't bother coming on here that much any more. The Sony talk used to be about people excited to explore and share their experiences in a new world. For good or bad, to allow educated decisions. Now it's become DPReview mkII. To be frank I wish Fred hadn't separated Sony from Alt. The atmosphere there would have loudly welcomed information like this. We would have learnt how to use and how to avoid the swirls depending on how we want to draw a particular image.

Original postPosted Jul 29, 2015 at 12:21 AM

Re: Zeiss Batis 85mm F1.8 lens... swirley!!!

This is just pathetic. A guy posts about something he has seen from his lens. He doesn't make any judgement and if he did, he bought the lens, it's his right. If it has swirly bokeh and I assume he has photos to prove it, that is important information for someone looking to buy what is after all an extremely expensive f1.8 portrait lens. Some like the OP sees it as a plus, to others it may be a problem. But he gets slammed by fanboys immediately leaping to the defence of a what they presume is a slur on a lens they don't even own, adding condescending insults and presuming that their presumed issue will disappear by taking more photos, another condescending presumption that the OP has not done so.

The forum has become so pathetic of late that I don't bother coming on here that much any more. The Sony talk used to be about people excited to explore and share their experiences in a new world. For good or bad, to allow educated decisions. Now it's become DPReview mkII. To be frank I wish Fred hadn't separated Sony from Alt. The atmosphere there would have loudly welcomed information like this. We would have learnt how to use and how to avoid the swirls depending on how we want to draw a particular image.

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