Chad Wadsworth Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Brief hands on with the new Batis lenses and a comparison with the FE 28mm here: http://chadwadsworth.com/2015/05/29/batis-25mm-and-85mm-hands-on-and-comparison-with-the-fe-28mm-f2/ Mathias and SAR_admin 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Hi Chad Wadsworth, Take a look here Brief hands on with the new Batis lenses and a comparison with the FE 28mm. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
christer Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I prefer the top picture. No matter what lens. Enormicon, Chad Wadsworth and kiawui 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethwebber Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks. Very useful. I have a 25 on pre-order which i cancelled my order for the 28 & 21 adapter for. Chad Wadsworth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Wadsworth Posted May 30, 2015 Author Share Posted May 30, 2015 Agreed christer. Gareth, I think you will be very pleased with the 25mm Batis. I'm selling the 21mm UWC and sticking with my old Minolta 20/2.8 for UW. The Batis 25mm will be used for interiors work and editorial. I'm going to hold onto the FE 28mm though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheatah Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I would be afraid to publish an so called comparable lens test, between this two lenses, which I had only an chance to hold them no longer than five minutes! Come on, this is a joke! My preference is the 25mm BATIS! Portrait Painter X 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Eater Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 I would be afraid to publish an so called comparable lens test, between this two lenses, which I had only an chance to hold them no longer than five minutes! Come on, this is a joke! My preference is the 25mm BATIS! That's probably why he referred to it as a "hands-on" and put a big disclaimer in the first paragraph stating his time with the lenses was only brief. What exactly were you expecting? Chad Wadsworth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Wadsworth Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 That's probably why he referred to it as a "hands-on" and put a big disclaimer in the first paragraph stating his time with the lenses was only brief. What exactly were you expecting? Exactly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batis Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Thank you for the quick experience with both lenses, Chad. I preordered both because I knew they were going to be special. I am glad to hear the 85 seems fast and spot on. Having a Canon 85 1.2 L that means a lot. Chad Wadsworth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freqphoto Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 Hello Chad, just curious, the first reports of the distortion performance of the 85mm was from diglloyd ( http://diglloyd.com/blog/2015/20150429_1044-ZeissBatis-85f1_8-MTF.html ) showing up to 3% distortion. I'm curious if you can comment on that? Did you get to test that aspect? Was your auto distortion correction ON in camera or in Lightroom for the portrait above? I'm a portrait photog, so I'm seriously curious about this. I know you commented on the distortion from the 25mm... Great shooting by the way! Also, if you have any others please post!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Wadsworth Posted June 1, 2015 Author Share Posted June 1, 2015 Hello Chad, just curious, the first reports of the distortion performance of the 85mm was from diglloyd ( http://diglloyd.com/blog/2015/20150429_1044-ZeissBatis-85f1_8-MTF.html ) showing up to 3% distortion. I'm curious if you can comment on that? Did you get to test that aspect? Was your auto distortion correction ON in camera or in Lightroom for the portrait above? I'm a portrait photog, so I'm seriously curious about this. I know you commented on the distortion from the 25mm... Great shooting by the way! Also, if you have any others please post!!!! No corrections in LR and I am unsure if there are any supported in camera for the Batis. I didn't notice the strong distortion that Lloyd reported but I probably am not as keyed in to identify it in portraits as I am for a wide-angle shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freqphoto Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 No corrections in LR and I am unsure if there are any supported in camera for the Batis. I didn't notice the strong distortion that Lloyd reported but I probably am not as keyed in to identify it in portraits as I am for a wide-angle shot. Awesome, thanks for the reply. I am wanting to pick this thing up but that reported 3% distortion scared me a little. What's crazy is that one portrait you shot in the 20 seconds you had the lens taught me more about the lens than all of the sample images given by Zeiss thus far. How processed was that image if you don't mind me asking?? Could you perhaps post an unprocessed version? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheatah Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 That's probably why he referred to it as a "hands-on" and put a big disclaimer in the first paragraph stating his time with the lenses was only brief. What exactly were you expecting? I would not expect that this fairly low cost Sony 28mm, will be better, as the much more costly 25mm Zeiss Batis! No way! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Eater Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I would not expect that this fairly low cost Sony 28mm, will be better, as the much more costly 25mm Zeiss Batis! No way! He didn't say that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantemi Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Hi Chad, I ordered a sony A7r II and a sony zeiss 55/1.8. Can you recommend the batis 25 as a second wide lens or should I go with the 28 or 35/1.4? Thanks a lot. dantemi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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