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Examples — Environmental Portraits
With 36 megapixels in a DSLR (Nikon D800E), and the need for fast manual focus—
How does the Zeiss 28mm f/2 Distagon fare when used for outdoor portraiture of fast-changing subjects?
I loved shooting the Zeiss 28/2 Distagon this day. It seemed a perfect fit for the activities.
Often under-rated as a focal length and lens, the 28/2 is a wonderful lens for environmental scenes. I find its vignetting and field curvature behavior when shot at f/2 particularly attractive, albeit more challenging to focus with so little depth of field.
The portraits on this page are intended to show general rendering characteristics of the Zeiss 28/2 Distagon; this is not a “how sharp can it be page”. Not all are perfectly focused or perfectly sharp (shutter speed), but all are chosen as instructive in some way.
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Nikon D800 + Zeiss ZF.2 28/2 Distagon