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Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/2 ZM on micro-4/3 - Review / Test Report - Sample Images & Verdict |
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Lens Reviews -
(Micro-)Four-Thirds
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Sample Images
Here're a few sample images taken with the GF-1.
Click on a thumbnail to view the original file (opens in a separate window). Please note that the originals are FULL SIZE samples
(=several megabytes) thus requiring a significant amount of bandwidth so please take care of the limited resources here.
| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GF1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
40.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/8 |
| Exposure |
1/800s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GF1 |
| ISO Speed |
200 |
| Focal Length |
50mm |
| Aperture: |
f/2 |
| Exposure |
1/4000s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GF1 |
| ISO Speed |
100 |
| Focal Length |
50.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/2 |
| Exposure |
1/4000s |
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| Make |
Panasonic |
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| Model |
DMC-GF1 |
| ISO Speed |
100 |
| Focal Length |
50.0mm |
| Aperture: |
f/2 |
| Exposure |
1/3200s |
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Verdict
The Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/2 ZM may be an exotic choice for micro-4/3 users but it's certainly an interesting and viable one. Performance-wise it struggles at f/2 but it's perfectly usable for portraits due to a very high center performance and a pretty good bokeh (out-of-focus blur). At f/4 and beyond it's extremely sharp across the frame. Distortions, vignetting and lateral CAs are very well controlled and it shows that this is all possible without any auto-correction by the camera or RAW-converters - this is the real thing and not a compromise design.
The build quality is just stellar thanks to an all-metal body and super-smooth controls. In a world of plastic lenses this does simply rock! As mentioned the Zeiss lens is actually designed for the Leica M mount (and Zeiss Ikon) so you've to live with an adapter solution and as such without AF. However, thanks to the micro-4/3 camera design (magnified focus view, LiveView) this is less of an issue compared to adapter solutions on DSLRs. However, make sure that you can live with this workflow prior of rushing out and go for it.
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