Zeiss 15mm f/2.8 Distagon - Some B&W

[atpaula]

Continuing to test this nice piece of glass.
Thanks for looking.











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[beryllium10]

Aguinaldo - nice photos, with a strong flavor of black-and-white film photography (taken with a red filter and printed on No. 4 paper!).  I like the first one best - the cyclist leading into the frame and the bottom-to-top gradation from bright white sand to darkened sky are great.  For the second and third, having the horizon roughly half way up the frame risks losing the subject into the depths of the wide-angle view.  Perhaps tilting the view upward and moving closer in would have emphasized the subject of the second one, and expanded the backdrop of the dramatic sky.  Just a thought - John

[atpaula]

Aguinaldo - nice photos, with a strong flavor of black-and-white film photography (taken with a red filter and printed on No. 4 paper!).  I like the first one best - the cyclist leading into the frame and the bottom-to-top gradation from bright white sand to darkened sky are great.  For the second and third, having the horizon roughly half way up the frame risks losing the subject into the depths of the wide-angle view.  Perhaps tilting the view upward and moving closer in would have emphasized the subject of the second one, and expanded the backdrop of the dramatic sky.  Just a thought - John

Thank you so much for the comment John.
It surely will help me in improving my framing.
I have difficulty in expressing myself in words like you did.

[bobfriedman]

is this the new one or the old one?... i have been told that the new is an improvement over the old one although i though the optical formula was identical.. i have noticed, at least with the old one, that this lens is generally not as sharp in the corners as the nikkor 14-24/2.8G  however, i do find it renders better in the center that the nikkor.. with that 3-d zeiss effect present.

[atpaula]

is this the new one or the old one?... i have been told that the new is an improvement over the old one although i though the optical formula was identical.. i have noticed, at least with the old one, that this lens is generally not as sharp in the corners as the nikkor 14-24/2.8G  however, i do find it renders better in the center that the nikkor.. with that 3-d zeiss effect present.

This is the old, named Distagon.
The new one is named Milvus.
I really don't need to replace my Distagon with the Milvus.
I stop using the Nikkor 12-24mm because of the distortion that started to annoy me.
The difference in sharpness is insignificant to me and I prefer the 3D look.

[bobfriedman]

This is the old, named Distagon.
The new one is named Milvus.
I really don't need to replace my Distagon with the Milvus.
I stop using the Nikkor 12-24mm because of the distortion that started to annoy me.
The difference in sharpness is insignificant to me and I prefer the 3D look.

ok.. i have the Distagon as well.. thx for the terminolgy..i thought they were both Distagons as that is a lens design technique. 

i wil keep my copy..

nice images by the way..

[atpaula]

ok.. i have the Distagon as well.. thx for the terminolgy..i thought they were both Distagons as that is a lens design technique. 

i wil keep my copy..

nice images by the way..

Thank you.
I was referring to the Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G in my comment.

[bobfriedman]

Thank you.
I was referring to the Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G in my comment.

.. i figured it was a typo

[JKoerner007]

Super images, Aguinaldo.