Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon T* ZM photos

Everything I've seen of this lens makes it better than the Leica lenses, optically speaking. I beleive this to be the same with the Sonnar and 50mm lenses however the whinging about focusing the Sonnar doesn't apply to the Distagon. It just seems to me to be the best there is on a RF camera.
 

Infrared (Leica M10) by Narsuitus, on Flickr

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Location: Washington Park, Chicago, Illinois USA
Date: 3/31/2021
Lighting: midday sunlight
11:33 am
Leica M10 (tripod mounted)
35mm f/1.4 Zeiss Distagon (49mm filter thread)
1 second shutter speed
ISO 800
f/8
jpeg
2000 Kelvin white balance
Monochrome
52mm Hoya 720nm infrared filter with 49-52 step-up ring
 
Shooting video with the Distagon 35 on the Panasonic S5 is pretty darn amazing. Any flavour of video from this camera is great, but what really shines is the cinema 4k 25p footage, it looks incredible, especially with the Distagon. With some colour grading, the footage has a beautifully clean, crisp look that thrills me no end. My Minolta lenses give a nice vintage look, sharp but still organic and 'round', but the Distagon makes me wonder about the Milvus lenses for when I want something clean and crisp. If any of them render like the Distagon 35, I am going to lust for them so hard.
 
Some images taken with this lovely lens:

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It has been about 3.5 years since I bought the Distagon, and it continues to amaze and impress me. It almost all I shoot on the M9 now, and it has taken countless images over the past few years. The M9 + Distagon combination is one of the best things I've ever shot. It is now so difficult to use the Voigtlander Noktons with their glow, softness, soap bubble bokeh and whatever. Zeiss for life.

M9 - Early Edition by Archiver, on Flickr

M9 - The Forest and the Trees by Archiver, on Flickr

M9 - Relaxing with Cascade by Archiver, on Flickr
 
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It has been about 3.5 years since I bought the Distagon, and it continues to amaze and impress me. It almost all I shoot on the M9 now, and it has taken countless images over the past few years. The M9 + Distagon combination is one of the best things I've ever shot. It is now so difficult to use the Voigtlander Noktons with their glow, softness, soap bubble bokeh and whatever. Zeiss for life.

M9 - Early Edition by Archiver, on Flickr

M9 - The Forest and the Trees by Archiver, on Flickr

M9 - Relaxing with Cascade by Archiver, on Flickr
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It’s amazing. The 28mm Summilux is similar - the tones just fall exactly where you want them to, and these lenses are scarily accurate at locating tonal variation with focal distance, which gives the sense of depth.

Zeiss have always been great at colour - in film days the difference in transmission made slides look quite different.
 
Not a fan of the color at all! Overly warm and contrasty not my cup of tea.... I can't believe people actually like it, but whatever. Have fun.
 
It is one of the few lenses that I feel completely comfortable using at full aperture in any situation. The sharpness across the frame is wonderful, the focus fall-off is smooth, but not gutless. The clarity! The tones! The ever-so-subtle highlight bloom around areas in focus...love it!

Jenny by Jim Fischer, on Flickr
Zeiss Ikon ZM, Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon ZM, Kodak T-Max 400, Xtol 1:1.

Jenny by Jim Fischer, on Flickr
Leica M5, Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon ZM, Kodak T-Max 400, Xtol 1:1

Jordan by Jim Fischer, on Flickr
Leica M5, Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 Distagon ZM, Kodak T-Max 400, Xtol 1:1
 
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