I have no Zeiss 18/3.5 but I saw some samples from my friend. Vignetting is
observability at wide open, F8 and lower speed will be better. As Cosina
Zeiss style, I believe that contrast, color saturation are higher than
Zuiko's. And, Zeiss one is very sharp with high resolution. Compare with
Zeiss 21/2.8, the quality of edge is poor than 21/2.8 if 100% viewing.
It's seldom to sell used Zeiss 18/3.5 (even ZF mount) in the used market,
cannot compare the price for the used one but the new 18/3.5 is over
HK$10,000 I think Zuiko's is still attractive. Moreover, as Iwert said, the
size of Zuiko's is much smaller than Zeiss's as 49mm (without adaptor) or
72mm (with adaptor) vs 82mm filter size.
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Michael
2009/9/15 Dawid Loubser <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Now that the Zeiss Distagon 18mm f/3.5 is available for EOS mount, I
> am curious about two things:
>
> * How does the Zeiss compare to the OM Zuiko 18mm f/3.5 ?
> * Do you think there is any chance of the prices of the 18mm dropping
> because of this?
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