Comments on: RUSH HOUR: fashion editorial shot with the 135mm F2 and Nikon D800E http://www.mikekobal.com/rush-hour-fashion-editorial-shot-with-the-135mm-f2-and-nikon-d800e/ PHOTOGRAPHY Sun, 14 May 2017 00:27:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 By: mike.kobal http://www.mikekobal.com/rush-hour-fashion-editorial-shot-with-the-135mm-f2-and-nikon-d800e/comment-page-1/#comment-8093 Fri, 03 May 2013 22:39:39 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=8058#comment-8093 Thank you, Derek, totally agree, the AFS70-200mm is excellent optically and a truly versatile lens. And as soon as you stop down to 5.6 or 8 the Zeiss advantage, despite the slightly higher resolution, wont be obvious in most photos. What separates all those 135mm lenses from the 70-200 is that one magic f stop, shooting wide open truly produces stunning bokeh, a 70-200 can get close but side by side, the 135mm at 2.0 has that WOW factor built in. Of course shooting anything live at 2.0 with manual focus will be a very frustrating experience.

]]> By: derek http://www.mikekobal.com/rush-hour-fashion-editorial-shot-with-the-135mm-f2-and-nikon-d800e/comment-page-1/#comment-8091 Fri, 03 May 2013 22:28:32 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=8058#comment-8091 hi Mike , appreciate your hands-on preview on that interesting lens.
I think the Sony Zeiss 135mmf1.8 is still better than this new expensive MF only 135mm ZF2 lens.
and I agree regardless of its optical quality it is really not practical to shoot MF-only 135mm.
in addition to that, this Zeiss 135mmf2ZF2 is too heavy to as a prime, if I want to carry something like this or the Zeiss1.4/35mmZF2, then I just simply use my AFS70-200f2.8GEDVRii zoom,which is optically not far worse than the best prime in its range, with much more usable range + VR.
But your samples are amazing and I think this Zeiss 135mm f2ZF2 is optically quite promising for any one shoot in a studio or landscape type of things.

as always thank you for your time and effort.

]]> By: mike.kobal http://www.mikekobal.com/rush-hour-fashion-editorial-shot-with-the-135mm-f2-and-nikon-d800e/comment-page-1/#comment-8088 Fri, 03 May 2013 22:20:51 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=8058#comment-8088 the Zeiss 135/1.8A is an awesome lens! I am sure the Nikkor is a different design because of its defocus control feature

]]> By: mike.kobal http://www.mikekobal.com/rush-hour-fashion-editorial-shot-with-the-135mm-f2-and-nikon-d800e/comment-page-1/#comment-8087 Fri, 03 May 2013 22:18:58 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=8058#comment-8087 yup, it will fit right in :)

]]> By: Chris K. http://www.mikekobal.com/rush-hour-fashion-editorial-shot-with-the-135mm-f2-and-nikon-d800e/comment-page-1/#comment-8086 Fri, 03 May 2013 21:48:23 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=8058#comment-8086 (oh and forgot to mention, my use case is concert photography and wildlife photography. Given I often use 35mm f/0.95 for concerts and 400mm at f/5.6, I’m guessing I’ll have similar experiences with shallow DoF on this lens…

]]> By: Chris K. http://www.mikekobal.com/rush-hour-fashion-editorial-shot-with-the-135mm-f2-and-nikon-d800e/comment-page-1/#comment-8085 Fri, 03 May 2013 21:45:35 +0000 http://www.mikekobal.com/?p=8058#comment-8085 Looking forward to my Zeiss 135/1.8 A-mount; here’s hoping Sony takes the 36MPix sensor from the 800E and puts it in an Alpha body…someday. (I’m sure Nikon has an exclusivity period.) Surprised the Nikon mount 135 tops out at f/2 (not like that’s a big difference.) Did they decrease max aperture to control vignetting or is it a different optical design?

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