Zeiss Distagon 35mm f/1.4ze vs Canon 50mm f/1.2

[dje]

It's so weird to fall in love with a lens's histogram.

It is indeed Kathy. I can just see you caressing it and dreaming about it at night.

I'm afraid I'm stuck with my chunky old Sigma histogram.

Dave

[inkista]

It is indeed Kathy. I can just see you caressing it and dreaming about it at night. ...

Precioussssss.... my gaplesssss precioussss......

[Glenn NK]

Seems like the first thing you need to do is to decide what focal length lens you need. If you are concerned enough with optical quality to be considering prime over zoom lenses, then it seems rather self defeating to go into a decision planning on stitching to achieve your ultimate result.

+1

Otherwise comparing lenses is pointless - like comparing my 100 macro to my 24TSE.


Glenn

[lukaswerth]

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I haven't quite forgiven Leica that they have not produced a full-frame DSLR (can't afford the S2 line) yet so that I can use all of my Leica glass. I have to reserve that for those couple of times of year that I go back to shoot film.

Perhaps you have heard of those "Leitax" guy who makes adapters, also from Leica to Nikon?

Lukas

[Manfred M]

Perhaps you have heard of those "Leitax" guy who makes adapters, also from Leica to Nikon?

Lukas

I haven't forgotten at all; in fact I do use these lenses on my video camera using a Novoflex adaptor.

My issue really is that part of the Leica camera "feel" (and frankly one of the reasons I bought into the system in the first place) is that my D800 feels downright cheap when shooting beside my 35 year old Leicas. These camera bodies have always been beautifully built machines, assembled on an optical bench, rather than on an assembly line. The focusing screen in the Nikons, Canons, Sonys, etc. have been developed for autofocus and simply are not the bright and crisp ones used in the the film cameras, and while I do understand that there are third party screens, the ones I looked at are poor compared to the old ones.