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Lens Talk / Re: AF-S 28mm f/1.4 E - anyone still uses it on Z?
« Last post by Fons Baerken on March 06, 2026, 15:05:11 »
Quote from: aerobat on March 06, 2026, 14:55:42
Very nice Paco!

Here's one at f/5.6 - Z5ii & Voigtländer 28mm f/2.0

Reminds me of the Voigtländer 35mm f/2 apo possibly even a tad sharper.
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Lens Talk / Re: AF-S 28mm f/1.4 E - anyone still uses it on Z?
« Last post by aerobat on March 06, 2026, 14:55:42 »
Very nice Paco!

Here's one at f/5.6 - Z5ii & Voigtländer 28mm f/2.0
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Processing & Publication / Re: What Active D-Lighting Settings Do You Use and Why?
« Last post by ColinM on March 06, 2026, 14:47:56 »
I never use Active D in camera. I shoot RAW
I sometimes use Active D in NX Studio in pp, but only when I really need it

I'd find NX Control Points more useful as a way of adjusting different parts of picture than the way Active D can work across the whole image.
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Lens Talk / Re: AF-S 28mm f/1.4 E - anyone still uses it on Z?
« Last post by golunvolo on March 06, 2026, 13:47:50 »
I for one fell in love with that lens and I continue to be  :)  The results I've got from this with the D5 are nothing short of spectacular at any settings. With the extra resolution of the Z9 I find it changes the character but again, so do many lenses with the af accuracy and resolution of that camera. Yet, I use this combo more often than I did the former.
   Talking about the 28 1.4e, 58 1.4g and 105 1.4...a dream combo. Yesterday I was using the 105 during rehearsal and it has the same magic as always.

   Here, the 28 fully open

 
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Processing & Publication / Re: What Active D-Lighting Settings Do You Use and Why?
« Last post by golunvolo on March 06, 2026, 13:25:48 »
I usually shot in "neutral" profile in camera with anything else off by default, for better exposure guide and go from there. I don't want the camera to slow down or do any adjustments that I can control later. My other way of shooting is setting the camera into a personal contrasty monochrome as it changes significantly the way I see and shoot. Again, settings as D-lighting, ect... are off as default.
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Your Weekly Blog / Re: March 2026
« Last post by Fons Baerken on March 06, 2026, 13:02:20 »
March 6

through a window

Z7_2   Voigtländer 65mm f/2

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Lens Talk / Re: AF-S 28mm f/1.4 E - anyone still uses it on Z?
« Last post by aerobat on March 06, 2026, 10:21:59 »
my new tiny travel kit with Z5ii, AF-S 58mm f/1.4 and Voigtländer 28mm f/2.0 APO Lanthar.
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Lens Talk / Re: AF-S 28mm f/1.4 E - anyone still uses it on Z?
« Last post by aerobat on March 06, 2026, 08:31:33 »
Quote from: MEPER on March 05, 2026, 21:28:51
Ok, this looks better.
To provoke LOCA an image "unparallelly" to the watch could be interesting.
The lens has a lot of "exotic" glass:
https://www.voigtlaender.de/lenses/e-mount/28-mm-1-2-apo-lanthar-e/?lang=en

I tried another shot unparallel - can't see any LoCa and also no LoCo ...  ;)
So far I really like the results and will post more real life photos.
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Processing & Publication / Re: What Active D-Lighting Settings Do You Use and Why?
« Last post by pluton on March 06, 2026, 07:11:14 »
Since I shoot raw and don't normally shoot JPEG or use NX Studio for processing, ADL doesn't figure into my stills shooting. It may prove very useful for video, however.  I did a few tests and, when turned up to high or extra high, it really seemed to help hold shadow detail on bright, contrasty direct sunlight days.
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Lens Talk / Re: AF-S 28mm f/1.4 E - anyone still uses it on Z?
« Last post by pluton on March 06, 2026, 06:33:20 »
Quote from: aerobat on March 05, 2026, 07:30:58
Many thanks Keith, did you compare the Voigtländers 28mm f/2.0 APO Lanthar to the 28mm f/1.5 Nokton?
I bought a Z Nokton 28/1.5 when it ws released early in 2025. Testing it on a Z8, I got ghastly magenta axial chromatic aberration on white objects at infinity distance until between f/5.6 and f/8.  Needless to say, I returned it. I recently got a copy of the Z 28/2 Apo Lanthar and it's good. Really good. My copy appears to have an extremely slight tilt or decentering (at the absolute limit of my technical ability to detect), and is still the highest performing 28mm I've used on Z.  It's also smaller than anything on an FTZ adapter. My previous "good" 28mm, the Zeiss ZF 28/2, is a sad cousin in terms of imaging performance though I'll probably keep it for sentimental value.
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