Poll: what is your preference? 24-70 II @28mm or Zeiss 2/28 ZF

Rick Knepper wrote:

rebel99 wrote:

thank you for posting these comparison photos, i have both lenses (zeiss 21mm f2.8 and 100mm f2.0) on canon mount so it will help my expectation from both lenses, as i haven't used neither extensively as of yet! i have noticed that perhaps the metering in your photo with canon 24-70 f2.8II could be off because it seems a bit darker or under exposed!

i have 2 zeiss lenses (as i have mentioned above), 21mm f2.8 distagon and 100mm f2.0 makro, and i clearly see the advantage goes to zeiss optics when i compare my result. it seems like zeiss lenses have their own signature and characteristic that are unmatched, whether it is sharpness or micro contrast, but they are distinct, imho. i just received my canon 24-70 f2.8II and i haven't used it seriously yet but from short period that i have used it casually, i have noticed the iq of this lens to be on par with zeiss lenses in every aspect. i have plan to use these lenses for the purpose of comparison shortly and hopefully be able to post my result for participants in these forums soon

cheerz.

I eagerly await this comparison. My Zeiss 28 isn't the lofty 21mm but it is considered quite good but I'd like to see this though the mismatch in FL will be a problem for some.

I bracketed these shots so that I would have a variety of shutter speeds to match as closely as possible. I was able to obatin the same aperture and shutter speed for both images but the one still turned out a bit darker than the other. if you downloaded the RAWs and turned everything to zero and matched WB, the 24-70 II still turns out darker (or should we say more contrasty?). Perhaps the coatings are doing this.

Okay this was a terrible sentence above but DPR will not let me edit the post.

My Zeiss 28 isn't the lofty 21mm but it is considered quite good. I'd like to see this though the mismatch in FL will be a problem for some.