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Zeiss ZM 35/2 Aperture Series (Radio Towers)
This page examines the optical performance of the Zeiss ZM 35mm f/2 Biogon on the Sony NEX-7.
The 35/2 Biogon is a very sharp lens, but one cannot assume that it will perform to its optical best because of ray angle interaction with sensor cover glass.
Test scene, Jan 7, 2012
A beautiful January day in the San Francisco Bay Area. I rode my Moots MootoX YBB 29er mountain bike up here with the camera and 5 lenses in a small hip-pack— something not possible with a large DSLR. The whole kit with the hip pack weighed just under 5 pounds, a compelling argument for the Sony NEX-7 form factor.
Shots were taken handheld at high shutter speeds (a bike ride is required to get here, and I had no tripod, besides it was very windy and a tripod can vibrate). To align them, a very slight cropping was done. Focusing was done just once (of course), at f/2.8.
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