B&W Fine Art Photography
B&W Fine Art Photography
One of the best “bang for the bucks” out there. Its strongest point is the colour rendition, tipically Zeiss despite the Yashica lineage. The first weakest point is the relatively vast amount of flare when shot in backlight (otherwise it would have scored a full 4 stars). Its second weakness is that the macro focus …
Not one of the best Zeiss lenses, but a solid performer anyway. His strongest point is the colour rendition, tipically Zeiss. 100% crops. Left center, right borders (on Canon 5D Mark II): On the other side, resolution wise, it is not better that a Canon 24mm f/2,8, especially at the borders. Good if …
Heavy, big and expensive, but a terrific tool for available light photography. Sharp wide open, and razor-sharp from f/2,8 even in the borders. The biggest problem at full aperture, but only in specific lighting conditions, is the purple fringing that occurs in the specular highlights. If you can afford one, and obviously if you shoot …
My sample came well beaten up, with the filter ring bented and the focus ring locked. I repaired it by myself with a couple of hammer blows. Now it works like a charm. Unbelievably small and compact for a SLR lens it is, like every almost other normal lens, a wonderful performer. Even if, for …
Very good for low-light photograpy. As compact as his Ai sibling, just a little less sharp at all the apertures. For landscape is not the best lens out there, because the borders are very soft even stopped down (and if you compare it to a 40/2 Leica Summicron C as I did you will be …
Picture from Nikon.com Dirty cheap (used), but a not-so-bad performer. Someone rate this in a more favourable manner, but at least with my sample the performance was nothing to write home about. It’s a pity, because this is a very useful focal on the reduced sensor size of the DX format cameras. Rating: