alain durand
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It is too early to say if I'll sell the f/1.4 or if I'll keep it. I need a low light lens, and sometime f/2 is not enough. Now, if Nikon was to re-make the f/1.2...
Very easy, just like the ZF 100mm
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Zeiss ZF 28/f2 vs. 35/f2 - Please help me decide
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. But this will propably have to wait until I go fullframe.MWeston
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That's what I have. That said, I keep wanting a Nikon 28mm f/2.8 AIS to fill the gap. And I liked it so much on film that I'm hoping it is a fine performer on FX. HAven't seen anyone really put it to the test anywhere, though.
Hi David,
Hope u can help me with a question about the 28mm. How close does it focus? as in the minimum focusing distance? I've read user reviews that the 25mm focuses closer than the reporter 7 inches, I'm hoping that the 28mm is able to focus closer than the reporter 22cm in the specs sheet.
Would really appreciate it if you, or anyone, can shed some light on this.
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Markus, I use the 50mm makro on a d700 and have no problems focusing, even in a dimly lit room, i don't really have problems, when it gets too dark i rely on the green focus dot. It is one amazing sharp lens!
Hope u can help me with a question about the 28mm. How close does it focus? as in the minimum focusing distance? I've read user reviews that the 25mm focuses closer than the reporter 7 inches, I'm hoping that the 28mm is able to focus closer than the reporter 22cm in the specs sheet.
Would really appreciate it if you, or anyone, can shed some light on this.
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Markus, I use the 50mm makro on a d700 and have no problems focusing, even in a dimly lit room, i don't really have problems, when it gets too dark i rely on the green focus dot. It is one amazing sharp lens!
Phobos 790
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Funny that i bought a 28mm 2.8 AIS about 2 weeks before i got the 35mm ZF last month.
It's nice, but i don't see myself using it unless i want to create a dynamic scene with something extremely close in the foreground. I'll prob wind up selling it.
If you have FX and DX, the 2 former lenses are a formidable pair for all wide situations on either camera.
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I haven't done an exact measurement on the focusing distance of each lens but I can tell you that the 25 focuses at a closer distance than the 28. To figure out the exact focusing distance wether its 22, 21 or 20 cm needs a precision setup which means time and patience which I have neither one now, and does that 10-20mm make that much of a difference to you? My feeling is that the Zeiss figures are correct, I just see any reason that they wouldn't be, but there could be some sample variation in the production.
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