Zeiss Touit and the Roman Ruins
I’ve had my eye on the Zeiss Touit range for some time now. These APS-C lenses for both Sony and Fuji cameras seem to have somewhat of a bad reputation, as they do need some software corrections to get the best out of them. I don’t mind as always shoot in RAW, and I always use a lens profile in my workflow anyway.
For anyone who is concerned with the AF on the Sony A6000 with a Zeiss Touit: no worries. I hear they’re preparing a firmware upgrade that will allow full use of the PDAF, but it already works decently fast.
So during my last trip to Morocco, I went to the ruins of the ancient Roman Empire outpost of Volubilis.These ruins remained largely intact until they were devastated by an earthquake in the mid-18th century and subsequently looted by Moroccan rulers seeking stone for building a nearby city. An excellent opportunity to try out the Zeiss Distagon Touit 12mm F/2.8. I got some beautiful images using it, and dare I say it, this combo gave me pictures that look just as good as the A7r with FE 70-200 G I had with me too.
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Hello Wim! Thank you for another review and nice picture show. I understand that your priority was to test Zeiss 12mm lens, but it would be interesting to look at the pics made with X-T1 to compare with a6000. To me, some of those pictures made with a6000 are underexposed and have lack on contrast. Consider plenty of light in Morocco, deep skies and beautiful stone structure of ruins it may cause by the camera’s metering error. As to the lens, it does good job what is quite common for Zeiss – minimum distortion for 12mm and good sharpness meet their standards well. Thank you.
Hi Vladimir! I think it’s my processing you don’t like here, not the camera. I also reduced contrast, as I thought it looked too harsh in the midday sun (not the best time to visit for photography but there are unfortunately always practical considerations to consider), and added a touch of micro contrast. I’m working on a post with the A7r (I did not take the XT1)…