•• Zeiss does matter? ••

Coco Bermudez

Coco Bermudez

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How good are the Zeiss lenses? I only use fast Nikon lenses for my cameras but I am truly interested in finding out if these lenses are worth the price. I am always willing to upgrade if the image quality is superb.

I've seen a Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85 ZE 85mm f/1.4 for about $1400 and a Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/50 ZE 50mm f/1.4 for another $1200. These are made for Canon so I guess there is no need for an adapter. Are there any other lenses recommended for putting together a lens kit?
 
They are really sharp and have very good colour consistency between the focal lengths. Bokeh very pretty.

Duclos Lenses sell a cine modded version of the Zeiss ZF series. Focus gears permanently attached and aperture de-clicked for smooth exposure changes. You'd need a Nikon adapter for them.

http://www.ducloslenses.com/DL/ZeissZF.html

Worth noting is that this is the same glass that Zeiss use in their compact primes for cine cameras.

http://www.zgc.com/webstore.nsf/vindex/lenses_compactprimes

In between the two above in price are the P+S Technik - same glass again, Nikon mounts cine housed.

http://www.zgc.com/webstore.nsf/vindex/lenses-35digital
 
Hey Martti...thanks for the info.

Seems like the Ducloslenses are the most affordable ones. DO you know if they have a Canon adapter. Would prefer not to do the Zeiss to Nikon to Canon adapter thingy.
 
L Series Primes are a least equal in quality.... and they work perfectly. I dont think you will find much of an improvement over Lseries with the Zeiss ZF's..
 
The L series are Canon's top notch lenses, not Zeiss. And yes - they are as good or even better and are often at least one step faster. Here in Sweden they are more costly - a Zeiss Distagon T 35 mm f/2.0 would set me back SEK 8.665:- and a Canon EF 35 mm f/1.4 L USM SEK 14 277:- but pricing of photo gear is very region dependent so compare where you live.
 
Martti Ekstrand said:
The L series are Canon's top notch lenses, not Zeiss. And yes - they are as good or even better and are often at least one step faster. Here in Sweden they are more costly - a Zeiss Distagon T 35 mm f/2.0 would set me back SEK 8.665:- and a Canon EF 35 mm f/1.4 L USM SEK 14 277:- but pricing of photo gear is very region dependent so compare where you live.
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interesting...always been a Nikon guy so Canon lenses are a mystery to me.
 
Though i would love to take a pepsi challenge on the New Zeiss for EF lenses Vs. L series.

My money says you can barely tell the difference, except that the L's are 1/2 stop faster.
 
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