Dave Sanders wrote: DaveFP wrote: Dave Sanders wrote:
For what it's worth, I think the L25 is the sharpest 24/25mm for landscape purposes, full stop. Trading your Zeiss 2/2.8 combo would likely be a solid move, though I know how one gets attached to long-serving tools.
Actually - other than the fact that they are all Zeiss 25s they are very different lenses.
The 2.8's specialty is very wide, very close images and the 2's party trick is crazy 3D wide open.
The 2.8 is probably the better landscape lens.
I would never sell them for another 25.
I do like the idea of a small Zeiss 25 for landscape. I shoot at 24-25 all the time; my favorite landscape fov.
I almost bought the 25/2.8 in F mount multiple times...it's a fascinating lens. My brief experience testing it suggested that the many who called it soft we're focusing closer and failed to understand the field curvature. At infinity the sample shots I took suggested that it was very sharp, certainly sharper than my venerable Nikkor AIs 28/2.8, a lens that can also perform some close-up trickery, though I think it's the reverse of the Zeiss, strong up close, weaker at infinity.
Alas, my (amazing) wife bought me a Nikon 24/1.8 for Christmas and the next time I was in the market for that focal length, I wound up with the Loxia. My copy is a bit of a tricky beast to focus at infinity but it's stellar optically in all ways. Optically flawless, more or less.
So, you have my full endorsement to add the L25 to your stable of Zeiss 25s haha. I could own half a dozen lenses in the 85-105 range and claim I needed another for a specific purpose so I respect your unwillingness to part with your unique duo.
The 2.8 required a thorough understanding of its design to be effectively employed.
As you suggested; it wasn't appreciated by the "more money than talent" contingent.
A very interesting lens when used to its strengths.
I will (for better or worse) have the Loxia on my short list.
PS - it was only available in the ZF/ZF.2 mount for some odd reason.
Aug 27, 2021 at 04:06 PM
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