Received my new 35mm Carl Zeiss Distagon today. It's my first German lens and feels very different from my other Nikon lenses. (I hate to say this, but it actually feels like the difference of Apple and Dell.) They even includes a test certificate, signed by their quality assurance person. Unbelievable! The manual focus is easier than I expected (and actually quite fun). The color rendering seems to be more neutral than my 14-24mm (which tends to be overwhelmingly warm) but still very saturated. The bokeh is very nice (in terms of a 35mm wide angle lens). Below are a few test shots. We will see how it performs over the weekend.
A flower way past its prime. The bokeh (background blur) looks nice. Is this the famous Zeiss 3D look?
Miti is not happy to be a test subject.
The 35mm Distagon, dwarfed by the Nikon 14-24mm. Except this one, all the above photos were shot with the new lens.
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