Originally posted by Thomas Dilloyd just posted his review of the 35mm FA- lukewarm praise. Likely a lot of sample variation in this lens, since many find it outstanding
Take a different altitute and thinking the glass is half full.
For example, if I had the 35mm lens Lloyd tested, I would be actually very happy for the little skew he has seen. Rotate to the left, and shooting vertically, it becomes a lens with little bit down tilt, just like my purposely and elaborately modified P67 55mm. My foreground would be much sharper without the needs to stop down to f/16-f/22 in a near-far composition, which is part of my shooting style, from what I can see in Lloyd's 100% crops (the left side foreground is very sharp at f/5.6, while the right side is very sharp at far greater distances). Even the shot I use as my icon on the left would benefit a little, since the rock is nearby on the left, and the mountains to the right are far away.
If I don't need the tilt (or the swing), at f/11-f/16 the results are passible on prints as well, so I actually have a little bit of the both worlds, and would not exchange it for a perfectly aligned sample.
Thinking things not purely technical, and be creative.
Last edited by leping; 03-07-2011 at 07:32 PM.