quick and dirty Loxia 21 test with ZF.2 21

[deanw5000]

Hi All,

 

I went down to the Classic Camera shop when the Zeiss Demo day was on and they had 2 Loxia 21mm lenses to test. I brought down my classic Zeiss ZF.2 21mm to compare with it although it was a quick and dirty test on a tripod. I attached below the photos processed on capture one with no sharpening etc on my flickr account.

 

A7r ii +

Loxia 21mm f8

www.flickr.com/photos/133862584@N08/23192293609/in/dateposted-public/
ZF.2 21mm f8
www.flickr.com/photos/133862584@N08/23264545920/in/dateposted-public/

Loxia 21mm f2.8
www.flickr.com/photos/133862584@N08/23560231445/in/dateposted-public/
ZF.2 21mm f2.8
www.flickr.com/photos/133862584@N08/23264560480/in/dateposted-public/
 

The build quality of the lens is excellent and hood seems to be well designed to shield the part of the lens that extends(a tiny bit) from the elements. The only problem I had was with mounting and removing the lens as it is quite tight on the A7rii mount and almost the whole lens turns (focus ring is 2\3 of the front then a bit in the middle that does not turn and then the aperture ring). The lens is the perfect size for the A7 system.