The very friendly and skilled team from TheCameraStoreTV posted that Zeiss Touit lens review. It’s a great video (as usual). Enjoy watching it!
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Not so sure that I will miss them as NEX user. I have the SEL16 with UWA which gives me 12mm f2.8 and sharp pictures – at least from f5.6-8 and above, and I have the SIGMA 30f2.8, which is sharp all over the frame already wide open.
Agree with you on the Sigma lenses. The 19mm f2.8 has been outstanding for my holiday landscapes.
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The link was in a post about a new organic sensor camera for 2015.
Admin, this kid should test mobile phones, and I am not sure he would be good at that, either.
Just “Touit”…getting fab results with the 12mm on the NEX-7…shot in vertical/landscape mode the wide angle of view makes a FINE substitute for my Sinar (view camera) eliminating the need for parallax corrections…haven’t noted problems with barrel distortion, chromatic aberrations…anodized metal lens barrel and smooth, snug focus ring speak well for Zeiss design and construction quality…auto focus software of the camera itself needs an upgrade as otherwise the lens works overtime though focus, in my tests is “spot on”…diffraction probably sets in after f11 but results at f16 still look very good
I thought the 35mm 1.8 oss was considered very good? with oss and at half the price. isn’t it? I haven’t used it.
Unless the lens has 100% sharpness in the extreme corners, it isn’t worthy to being anything more than a doorstop. Allegedly.
Well thats the point of these lenses. great sharpness everywhere. They are not priced any different vs the 24mm 1.8.
the 35mm oss gives 90% of the performance. Just like with any system.
20mm 1.7 vs the 25mm 1.4 on MFT.
If you dont need that sharpness, then the 35mm will be fine for you. Some people loooove biting sharpness wide open. Im one of them. If i was an NEX user, I would buy the 32mm Zeiss over the 35mm. But 50mm equiv is my main FL, that i love. alot of people enjoy the 35mm equiv FL and buy the 24mm zeiss.
Cheers!!!
Sharpness is merely one of many params that make a lens good or bad. Resistance to flare is probably the single biggest param. It is highly underrated in “expert” forums and the biggest strength of all Zeiss T*s. T* coating alone will probably make these Touits vomit on any Sony lenses.
Photographers who look for sharpness alone are wasting their money on gear they cannot use; once they have learned the ropes, they stop grumbling about 90% sharpness in the corners wide open. Then comes the real learning, and it’s never over. I’d say 90% internet forum posters and 80% “experts” are still learning the ropes?
Sel35 OSS is a very good lens. People thought it was expensive when it was released. Now Zeiss proves what a great deal sel35 is.
Faster autofocus, Image stabilization, same sharpness at f/1.8 with touit but twice cheaper. Made by Sony for Sony. I am proud.
I just sold mine but that was because the reason I got it was because I wanted to try a 35mm. I don’t really need 35mm for what I do. I prefer 50mm. Its just not wide enough and not narrow enough for my style so I sold it just last week but Its a awesome lens. I replaced it with the 50mm which is another awesome lens/
I thought the 35mm 1.8 oss was considered very good? with oss and at half the price. isn’t it? I haven’t used it.
http://www.dpreview.com/previews/canon-eos-70d/3
Now we know how Sony mirrorless SLR will do autofocus.