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What matter is that to anyone if it produces the best images? What extra points do you get for using anything less than the best?
If I were you, I'd see it as the 17L besting the other lenses while still offering more features like tilt and shift which are quite important for its intended use.
For example, instead of stopping down beyond the diffraction limited aperture or not being able to use the optimal aperture, as it would be the case with other lenses, on the TS-E it's possible to maximise the DOF using tilt and/or correct verticals using shift while using a good aperture for better sharpness. But which typical Zeiss or Nikon gear buff understands technique to talk about such things? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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GTW
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Geno,
Try say this on any of the other forums out there....
The Z-brigade will be all over you <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />.
Kind regards, Wim <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
What matter is that to anyone if it produces the best images? What extra points do you get for using anything less than the best?
If I were you, I'd see it as the 17L besting the other lenses while still offering more features like tilt and shift which are quite important for its intended use.
For example, instead of stopping down beyond the diffraction limited aperture or not being able to use the optimal aperture, as it would be the case with other lenses, on the TS-E it's possible to maximise the DOF using tilt and/or correct verticals using shift while using a good aperture for better sharpness. But which typical Zeiss or Nikon gear buff understands technique to talk about such things? <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />GTW
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Geno,
Try say this on any of the other forums out there....
The Z-brigade will be all over you <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />.Kind regards, Wim <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....