Image courtesy: Photozone
Zeiss Touit 12mm at Photozone:
Ultra-wide angle lenses are never really perfect. However, within its scope the Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 delivers decent results. The center quality is great and the border and corner quality are good to very good at mainstream settings. The low lateral CAs contribute to the high sharpness perception. The distortions are fine at 2% – this is a normal value for such a prime lens and lower than on most conventional zoom lenses for sure. However, the vignetting is very high especially at max. aperture.
Photozone also reviewed the 32mm Zeiss Touit and writes:
The Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8 didn’t really convince us – at least on the NEX 7. The image center is sharp straight from the max. aperture and even stunning when stopping down. However, the borders aren’t all that hot at large apertures although at least very decent beyond f/4. Lateral CAs may be just visible without being disturbing. Distortions are usually auto-corrected either by the camera or your favorite RAW converter. However, when looking behind the scenes, you can spot higher than expected issues here – which is a bit disappointing for a pricey Zeiss lens.
DSLRmagazine (translation here) compared the new Zeiss Loxia vs the Leica Summicron:
The Leica Summicron-M shows its classical analog in nature, being the center pointer on the corners, while the Zeiss Loxia shows a more “docile” nature’s own “flat curve” of digital optics with corrections computer support.
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Sony should do themselves & the world a favor and gift Photozone.de a A6000 for testing. Its about time they let the NEX7 go…
They still use a Canon 50D for Canon lenses FFS!
I tend to like Photozone, but the guy doesn’t like anything related to Sony. Great resolution, low CA, below average distortion, yet “the Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 delivers decent results.”
It’s interesting to compare the results to the very same lens attached to the Fuji Xpro1 on the same site, including the conclusion and score.
Hello Zeiss, can we please have 50% discount on touit again? Thanks and Merry Christmas 😀
If they’d do that on the Loxias, I would not wait a second… 🙂
have both Touit agree on the review~ abit disappointed with the 32mm edge sharpness but again for USD919 for both lens. The 12mm made my day even with the distortion
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“The Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8 didn’t really convince us – at least on the NEX 7. ”
and all sample images were taken by A6000 and they looks fine to me..
Photozone should not base new reviews on a 3.5 year old camera (nex-7). Buy a new camera for gods sake!
all sample images were taken by A6000 but test result by NEX 7(?)
Klaus at Photozone is a clown, and deliberately so. He seems to purposely avoid using the best equipment possible. Why use an A6000 for testing lenses when you can skew the results with an NEX-7? That sensor has well documented problems with certain lenses.
Still no review of the FE 55/1.8 – we don’t want Sony to look too good now, do we?
DSLRmagazine […]:
“The Leica Summicron-M shows its classical analog in nature, being the center pointer on the corners, while the Zeiss Loxia shows a more “docile” nature’s own “flat curve” of digital optics with corrections computer support.”
Please translate this into English. I can’t figure out what they are trying to tell us… What’s wrong with plain english?
This is a Google translation. Basically, both lenses perform fine on the a7r, but the Leica is more than twice as expensive.
Well, it is a 50-year-old optical design. Leica never upgraded this particular lens for some reason, while all of its siblings have received multiple optical upgrades.
But I expect the new flatline MTF APO-summicron to completely floor the Loxia.
You mean, the one that costs 8 times more?
Performance comes with a premium. Performance and compactness comes with a double premium. If you want only the first half you can get an Otus, which is only 4 times as expensive. If you want the second half, then the regular summicron is nice enough.
And the Zeiss isn’t nice enough? Not sure what you are trying to prove here.
The Apo-Summicron wipes the floor with the Otus according to certain tests. And the Summicron v5 holds its remarkably well versus the Sigma 50/1.4, the Otus, the Apo-Summicron, and the Sony 55FE.
As you can see from the samples, the Summicron is the stronger lens. The Loxia requires internal corrections to compete.
Bottom line… Nobody can make a better mouse trap. Be happy with what you have. Or at least that’s what your wife tells you.
At the time when I was using a NEX 7 I was happy when the touits were announced.
And usually if I can grab a Zeiss for my Sonys I take it. But for the touits I made an exception.
As 35mm is my preferred “every-day”-focal length, the OSS, quicker AF and slightly better IQ where argument to save 300,-….
With
the 12mm I was quite happy with IQ but the AF was a pain in the butt.
Loud and hunting every, really every time. IQ was better than on the
1018, but the AF was both less noisy and quicker, so again I saved 300,-…
Have the Touit Combo and NEX7
bought it for USD919 (if not mistaken)
best price to performance value ever (for the Touit lens)!