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Zeiss Distagon T* 25mm f/2 ZF.2

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I had this lens and used it for a while with my A7R.  My copy was sharp us close and was still sharp at infinity, and had decent bokeh for a wide angle; it was a very, very good lens.  But I put mine on Craigslist when the Batis 25 was announced and I am very happy with the decision.  I have already taken about 300 shots with my new Batis 25 and it is simply a fantastic lens.  I bought it partially for the autofocus, but mostly because of the electronic communication with the camera.  I have been shocked to discover as added bonuses that it is even sharper than the Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 and has really, really nice bokeh wide open.

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Thanks for that info Jimmy. I don't mean to question your judgement here but are you positive the Batis is sharper than the ZF.2?? I know they are different lenses with the ZF having an extra element I think. Basically, I just want to make sure you are confident that the Batis is the better lens because if it is then sweet as the autofocus is handy to have as well!!

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Hi Christo25.  I did not own both lenses at the same time, so I never had a chance to do a head to head test, and so I have no hard evidence to point to.  But sharpness matters a lot to me (probably too much), and my subjective observation on the Batis 25 images is consistent razor sharpness to a degree that I did not see in my ZF.2 images.  And I am always paying attention to sharpness.  Now its possible the adapter had a part in this, but I was using a high quality Novoflex adapter.  So not 100% sure, but a high degree of confidence.  What I am extremely confident of is that the Batis is at least as sharp as the ZF.2, and IMHO has nicer bokeh and better colors. 

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Interesting, I will wait until people start posting some RAW files online. Luminous Landscape posted some jpegs to download at 100 percent but I wasn't very impressed with the results I could see there but the reviewer doing it may have not been so fussy with the focusing, who knows?

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