Biogon 25mm f2.8.... Anyone using it on Xpro1?

[Jamie Pillers]

Thanks. That's what I assumed. But sometimes my assumptions are wrong. BTW, I forgot Zeiss released the Distagon T* 25mm f/2.8 for ZE and ZF. So I'd probably select that one since I was originally hoping to use the Biogon 25mm f2.8 in the first place

Good to see you'll be able to use the Biogon.

By the way, I just did a quick look at flickr photos made with the x-pro1 and wide-angle M-mount lenses. I came across a photographer using the Voigtlander 15mm lens and, at flickr image sizes, they look GREAT! If there's any so-called smearing going on, it seems inconsequential to the final image.

 

[rjx]

Is this "smearing" problem, so often thrown out there these days when discussing mf lenses on mirrorless cameras, anything worth worrying about. Has anyone seen a real print from this camera/lens combination. No comment I've read on the web about this "smearing" mentions how prints on the wall look. I get a strong feeling that this "smearing problem" is just the usual junk from armchair pixel peepers. Anyone here have real world experience making big prints that look bad?

I wouldn't call myself a pixel peeper. I don't spend my time looking at test charts. I'm more concerned with real world results.

I'm actually just learning about the smearing issue. I found this thread searching on google for XP1 photographers using the Biogon 25mm f2.8.

IMO it's not like looking at charts, or nitpicking over 100+% crops. If I can see significant "smear," or "blur," or whatever it is, in one or more sections of an image on the computer monitor. Wouldn't it only become more noticeable the larger the print size?

 

[jsrockit]

If I can see significant "smear," or "blur," or whatever it is, in one or more sections of an image on the computer monitor. Wouldn't it only become more noticeable the larger the print size?

Yes. It really depends on the photograph if it'll be an issue. Portraits in the center of a frame with nothing of interest at the edges of the frame? Most likely ok even in big prints. A photo of a store front where everything should be in focus? Most likely an issue in a big print. It's all about your expectations and what you are photographing. Any lens can be used to make a great photo (even "bad" ones). However, is it the right lens for what you want to accomplish generally speaking...

 

[rjx]

Good to see you'll be able to use the Biogon.

By the way, I just did a quick look at flickr photos made with the x-pro1 and wide-angle M-mount lenses. I came across a photographer using the Voigtlander 15mm lens and, at flickr image sizes, they look GREAT! If there's any so-called smearing going on, it seems inconsequential to the final image.

Hi Jaimie

Sorry for the late reply, I'm going through a folder of older links I saved.

Do you by chance remember which users images you were looking at? I'd like to see.

Thanks.

 

[ilia]

I have some examples from biogon 4.5/21; I've seen nothing wrong with images, butyou gays might be more picky, let me know I'l email/post some samples