Quote Originally Posted by Steve U View Post
Hey Rick, the Zeiss are not hard to Manual Focus, definitely the 5D III makes things easier, being the latest and the best.
Here are 2 shots one AFand one MFwhich one do you prefer, straight OOC, very bright day nothing adjusted.

Both f8.0 ISO100 1/400sec, 50mm.
Steve, thanks;

Looking at normal size, they are very equal. The manual focus vs auto focus sure doesn't matter.

I saved the pics and took a closer look in full screen view. I really didn't see much of anything that gave one the edge over the other until I got to 400% or more. All in all I think I would be very happy with either lens.

The Macro ability is the thing that might push me more toward the Zeiss. I had the Zeiss in the cart twice last week, once even had the credit card number entered and then changed my mind. I keep thinking I should wait and try and get a 24-70mm II when it comes out instead.