Latest or all posts or last 15, 30, 90 or 180 days.
2024-03-19 03:15:01
Designed for the most demanding needs of photographers and videographers.
877-865-7002
Today’s Deal Zone Items... Handpicked deals...
$3399 $2999
SAVE $400

$2997 $2997
SAVE $click

$348 $248
SAVE $100

$999 $699
SAVE $300

$5999 $4399
SAVE $1600

$1049 $879
SAVE $170

$4499 $3499
SAVE $1000

$999 $849
SAVE $150

$999 $799
SAVE $200

$5999 $4399
SAVE $1600

$799 $699
SAVE $100

$1199 $899
SAVE $300

$1099 $899
SAVE $200

$348 $248
SAVE $100

$1602 $998
SAVE $604

$3399 $2999
SAVE $400

$3997 $3697
SAVE $300

$5999 $4399
SAVE $1600

$1397 $997
SAVE $400

SHOOTOUT: Sony FE 50mm f/1.4 ZA vs Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2: Upper Lee Vining Creek Meadow (Sony A7R II)

See my Sony mirrorless wishlist and other wish lists at B&H Photo.

See my review of Zeiss Loxia and review of Sony mirrorless lenses in Guide to Mirrorless.

Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar

A far distance comparison is extremely demanding of any lens, with infinity focus tending to reveal any latent lens asymmetries as well as field curvature effects and across-the-frame performance. As it turns out, this comparison hits the nail on the head in all these areas.

This effort confirms the findings in Shootout vs Zeiss Loxia 50/2: Spuller Lake View to Mt Conness. To see similar results and come to similar conclusions in two different scenes is important when comparing lenses. As discussed in that comparison, the Sony 50mm f1.4 ZA has a skew problem of the same character as seen with two samples of its 35mm f/1.4 ZA sibling.

Sony FE 50/1.4 ZA vs Zeiss Loxia 50/2: Upper Lee Vining Creek Meadow, Sony A7R II

Includes images up to 28 megapixels + large crops, all from f/1.4 through f/6.3.

The about $949 Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar makes a very fine landscape lens when stopped down to peak performance range.

* Loxia 50/2 limitations: a decades-old all-spherical design derived from a rangefinder optical formula tweaked to compensate for the sensor cover glass. One simply cannot expect high performance across the field with such a design for the first few stops. But the Planar design is very strong stopped down to f/5.6 - f/8.

f6.3 @ 1/100 sec, ISO 100; 2016-08-24 16:53:42
Sony A7R II + Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar

[low-res image for bot]

View all handpicked deals...

Nikon Z7 II Mirrorless Camera
$2997 $2997
SAVE $click

diglloyd Inc. | FTC Disclosure | PRIVACY POLICY | Trademarks | Terms of Use
Contact | About Lloyd Chambers | Consulting | Photo Tours
RSS Feeds | X.com/diglloyd
Copyright © 2022 diglloyd Inc, all rights reserved.