Zeiss 28mm f/2.8 very sharp!!!

[meng8123]

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I was trying out the zeiss 28mm f/2.8 at B&H in NYC today. I was very impressed by how sharp this lens turns out. I use C1 to convert to 16-bit tif (no process) then archived in lightroom.

[lct]

Perhaps it comes from me or my monitor but this picture looks rather soft to me. Could you show a 100% crop?

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[giordano]

Perhaps it comes from me or my monitor but this picture looks rather soft to me. Could you show a 100% crop?

 

I've looked at it on two monitors: it's very soft on one and better - but still not crisp - on the other. But one can't hope to judge lens performance from a small jpeg, hand-held at 1/30 second, of a subject whose depth is vastly greater than the DOF.

[j. borger]

The posted sample for sure is SOFT ....... for whatever reason!

[lct]

A crop like this should tell the truth.

[ijporter]

I would have no doubt that the lens is indeed very sharp, but it is a shame that you did not have much of an opportunity to show us what it is capable of. I'm sure we'd all like to see a shot taken in good light, where focusing would not be such an issue. Do you know if you will have such an opportunity in the near future?

 

Ian

[peterb]

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Methinks some camera shake is going on here.

 

Did you buy the lens?

 

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[meng8123]

sorry about the picture I post, I had to downgrade that photo to 960pix because the forum and the quality of the picture to 60% so the file size is small enough for me to post. I am trying to get 100% crop of that photo but still too big to post here, anyone have other suggestions to do this?

[meng8123]

I try to output the file again in 100% crop, but the PS converted file just look not as sharp as C1, don't really get it.

I didn't get the lens in the end, because I didn't like the feel of the focus ring on that lens. It was too loose, maybe it was because it's a demo the new one may not feel that way.

[fursan]

Definitely soft. shake? where did you focus?

[jaapv]

sorry about the picture I post, I had to downgrade that photo to 960pix because the forum and the quality of the picture to 60% so the file size is small enough for me to post. I am trying to get 100% crop of that photo but still too big to post here, anyone have other suggestions to do this?

 

Yes- post on any server that accepts larger pics, like Photobucket and link through to here.