03-23-2011, 03:39 PM
[quote name='Klaus' timestamp='1300881071' post='7043']
Frankly I've always been wondering about the hype about these f/2.8 standard zooms in general. They're too short to be useful for portraits (compared to much cheaper primes a la 85/1.8) and not really any better than more moderate f/4 zoom lenses but exceedingly more expensive.
The Zeiss remains a good lens, of course, and it should be easily possible to work around its limitations in most scenes.
Klaus
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Thanks for supporting the A-Mount, I'm sure that the Sony community appreciate the efforts.
Some general comments:
-In the forums (like when reading this post), Sony FF is missing from the Lens Review menu.
-In the Zeiss ZA 24-70mm f/2.8 SSM test (and I think in all the Sony tests), the "poor/fair/good" scale is missing from the resolution chart.
-Maybe you can add a resolution chart that shows "best in class" performance to show how good/bad the tested lens performs. For the Zeiss ZA 24-70mm f/2.8 SSM, you could have compared with the ZA 24/2.0.
-For the bokeh evaluation, you can also show how a "good" lens performs. For example the ZA 85/1.4 but also the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8.
Frankly I've always been wondering about the hype about these f/2.8 standard zooms in general. They're too short to be useful for portraits (compared to much cheaper primes a la 85/1.8) and not really any better than more moderate f/4 zoom lenses but exceedingly more expensive.
The Zeiss remains a good lens, of course, and it should be easily possible to work around its limitations in most scenes.
Klaus
[/quote]
Thanks for supporting the A-Mount, I'm sure that the Sony community appreciate the efforts.
Some general comments:
-In the forums (like when reading this post), Sony FF is missing from the Lens Review menu.
-In the Zeiss ZA 24-70mm f/2.8 SSM test (and I think in all the Sony tests), the "poor/fair/good" scale is missing from the resolution chart.
-Maybe you can add a resolution chart that shows "best in class" performance to show how good/bad the tested lens performs. For the Zeiss ZA 24-70mm f/2.8 SSM, you could have compared with the ZA 24/2.0.
-For the bokeh evaluation, you can also show how a "good" lens performs. For example the ZA 85/1.4 but also the Nikon 24-70mm f/2.8.