Mirek Elsner wrote:
I purchased the 100ZE to replace my 100IS, but I still keep both. The Canon has flatter looking image, but the IS and weather sealing are very practical and the Canon has discernibly less CA. In addition, the Canon goes to 1:1 and has pretty good AF. I would say one is an artist\'s tool and the other is a work horse.
I don\'t have any direct comparisons, but about a month ago there was a thread in the Alt forum with blind test of several ~100mm lenses including the ZE and IS and I believe Samuli provided some samples and comments recently as well.
Thanks for the comments. I took my 100L to botanical garden yesterday and with the help of IS every single photo was blur free, the colors were nice, and sharpness was great as well. After seeing the results with my Zeiss 50/2 ZE, I have a feeling that the Zeiss rendering may benefit flower photography. The 50/2 outdoor shots look like they were taken with a polarizer and I started thinking about how that would look with 100/2. The 100L is just such a workhorse as you said, it has IS, is light, AF, weather sealing, 1:1 magnification. Oh how I wish Zeiss had a 150 or 200mm ZE macro so I could justify owning both 100L and Zeiss. Decisions, decisions...
Here\'s a link to all the 100L photos I took yesterday in case you\'re interested: http://photo.kupcik.com/Private/Family/2010-04-03-Atlanta-Botanical/
The place was amazing, but I need to come there without wife and a kid next time to have sufficient time to think the photos through.
Mirek Elsner wrote:
I purchased the 100ZE to replace my 100IS, but I still keep both. The Canon has flatter looking image, but the IS and weather sealing are very practical and the Canon has discernibly less CA. In addition, the Canon goes to 1:1 and has pretty good AF. I would say one is an artist\'s tool and the other is a work horse.
I don\'t have any direct comparisons, but about a month ago there was a thread in the Alt forum with blind test of several ~100mm lenses including the ZE and IS and I believe Samuli provided some samples and comments recently as well.
Thanks for the comments. I took my 100L to botanical garden yesterday and with the help of IS every single photo was blur free, the colors were nice, and sharpness was great as well. After seeing the results with my Zeiss 50/2 ZE, I have a feeling that the Zeiss rendering may benefit flower photography. The 50/2 outdoor shots look like they were taken with a polarizer and I started thinking about how that would look with 100/2. The 100L is just such a workhorse as you said, it has IS, is light, AF, weather sealing, 1:1 magnification. Oh how I wish Zeiss had a 150 or 200mm ZE macro so I could justify owning both 100L and Zeiss. Decisions, decisions...
