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Samples images Zeiss 16-70mm (probably defective) - Klaus - 10-26-2014 http://photozone.smugmug.com/Reviews/Zeiss1670f4 The blur is slightly more pronounced on the left but the right side is pretty terrible as well. Samples images Zeiss 16-70mm (probably defective) - davidmanze - 10-27-2014 FWIW. I 'm going for decentered, The right hand side doesn't look so bad to me (at original size), as does the lower left, the medium/upper left OTOH looks the softest part of the image. Form your description I was expecting much worse, but at a "grand a pop" one expects better! Samples images Zeiss 16-70mm (probably defective) - Klaus - 10-27-2014 While I agree regarding a certain degree of decentering, the (right side) corner results shouldn't be that soft across the range. Not at f/8 for sure. Oh well .... Samples images Zeiss 16-70mm (probably defective) - davidmanze - 10-27-2014 Oh right, F8! I was looking to find a reference to the aperture, maybe I don't know where to look, as you say not what you expect at F8 with a Zeiss name on it., so the Zeiss badge is not enough you have to have Otus written after it these days! My guess is all the perfectly centered lenses have gone to heaven, perhaps if I start saying my prayers I'll get to benefit from them in the end! . I'm looking forward to posting an " Angels in flight series" Samples images Zeiss 16-70mm (probably defective) - felix - 10-27-2014 Definitely not what you'd expect from a lens in this price-range. That being said, this woman in image no. 11 does have some impressive abs :blink: Samples images Zeiss 16-70mm (probably defective) - stoppingdown - 10-31-2014 It looks definitely worse than my copy, even though I can't compare at 24mp. Well, since we're discussing about this lens, it might make sense to quote one of the latest rumors from SonyAlphaRumours.com: http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr2-some-more-a7000-info-256-phase-detect-and-125-contrast-detect-points/ Very rumour, anyway they are talking about a new edition of the SEL1670Z (weather sealed, but with also different size, so it would be a redesign). Perhaps they are addressing some faults. In any case, the past year told me (not only for the SEL1670Z, and not only for the things that have been said here) that the Zeiss blue badge doesn't live up to the expectations. Samples images Zeiss 16-70mm (probably defective) - Klaus - 10-31-2014 I think the summary could be - great primes but Zeiss can't do zoom lenses. Samples images Zeiss 16-70mm (probably defective) - Guest - 10-31-2014 Well they can - 35-70 and 28-85 were fantastic lenses; probably out performs this lens by a wide margin and were desgined/produced over 25 years ago. Also the zoom for contax N was pretty decent (many folks converted it to EOS). No clue what is happening here. Quote:I think the summary could be - great primes but Zeiss can't do zoom lenses. Samples images Zeiss 16-70mm (probably defective) - Rover - 11-05-2014 Here's what Kurt Munger had to say about this lens: http://kurtmunger.com/sony_zeiss_16_70mm_f_4id354.html Samples images Zeiss 16-70mm (probably defective) - Klaus - 11-14-2014 Got a reply from Sony. Lens is according to specs. |