Posted by Mark Windom on August 24, 2012 at 5:04 PM
I'm interested in hearing from anyone else with this combination. I have found the images with the 21 to be very soft on the short dimension edges, at all fstops. It doesn't become noticeable until the midground (and continuing on to infinity) of the scene, the immediate foreground is sharp edge to edge.
After noticing this on my copy I tested another one at my local dealer and found the same "problem".
I am having to crop the left/right (shooting horizontally) or top/bottom (shooting vertically) edges to make them acceptable for stock and in the process am losing about 1/4 of the image. Fortunately with the D800 that still leaves me with a large file size but it's not what I expected with a lens the caliber of the Zeiss.
Perhaps it is intrinsic with UWA lenses due to the bending of light rays to cover the full frame sensor but it seems extreme in my case.
Anyone else seeing this with the D800/e, or any other high MP full frame camera?
Posted by Bunn Martin on August 25, 2012 at 9:23 AM
I subscribe to Lloyd Chamber's site. He has a lot to say about the Zeiss 21 as well as all the Zeiss line. I have the 800E and the 14-24. I find this combo stunningly sharp w/o focus shift as described by Lloyd.
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1 repliesAfter noticing this on my copy I tested another one at my local dealer and found the same "problem".
I am having to crop the left/right (shooting horizontally) or top/bottom (shooting vertically) edges to make them acceptable for stock and in the process am losing about 1/4 of the image. Fortunately with the D800 that still leaves me with a large file size but it's not what I expected with a lens the caliber of the Zeiss.
Perhaps it is intrinsic with UWA lenses due to the bending of light rays to cover the full frame sensor but it seems extreme in my case.
Anyone else seeing this with the D800/e, or any other high MP full frame camera?