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

Started Jul 4, 2013 | Polls thread
sonics Regular Member • Posts: 307
Re: Poll: what is your preference? 24-70 II @28mm or Zeiss 2/28 ZF

Fog Maker wrote:

You mentioned character. Fact is that something that seems to be lacking in the mk II version.

That the old version has better bokeh I think is widely acknowledged

(I also have written before how much I prefer the older design, but that is besides the point here)

but it also seem to render the images better as far as colour is concerned. The 16-35 II (even the 17-40), the 70 -200 IS II plus many of the primes has the classic Canon colours (contrast etc)

while the new one seem more related to, say, the 17- 55 2.8

- sharp but lifeless

The latter is of course hard to validate... But that how I see it

(mind you, I don't own the mk II)

So I guess you tried the MK II for several days to know this?

I wouldn't say the MKII it is lifeless but more that is has no own Idendity.

The hired MKII lens also had a slight decentering issue. The zeiss is just perfect. The build is perfect only the manual focus can be a pain in the 2m-infinity range.

I also have a contax zeiss 28mm f/2.8 distagon. (Use it on my 5D). Great lens with very much it's own character.

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