We\'ll see in time, but I suspect that what has happened with this test is that the digital picture tests the lens from a fairly close distance and lens just performs poorly in this range. If you look at the review of the the ZF version of this lens at 16-9.net, you will see that the ZF version tested did quite poorly between 1 and 2 meters, but was an excellent performer at greater than 2 meters. I would expect the ZE version to show this same characteristic. As more people get this lens I expect this sort of picture to emerge. Many will love the lens if they shoot from farther away, but others will really dislike it if they shoot from close range. This weakness in close range shooting is also to be more or less expected in a lens without a floating element design and perhaps not coincidentally it is in such close range shooting that focus shift problems will be their worst.
Nov 19, 2008 at 06:48 AM
Previous versions of Steve Spencer's message #6397242 « Zeiss 85mm 1.4 for Canon »
