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How do the Sony Zeiss Sonnar 35mm f/2.8 and Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 lenses compare on the Sony a7? (I am interested more with image quality than ergonomics, build quality, price, etc.)
I am particularly curious about sharpness and detail preservation for large landscape prints. Also, good corners in the f/5.6 to f/14 range. Lastly, chromatic aberration around high contrast areas (like purple fringing around leaves in front of a bright sky).
Here is an example of the Sony Zeiss 35mm f/2.8 on the A7ʀ at f/5.6:
And here's a crop of the extreme bottom left corner (right click -> "view image to see it at 100%"):
Sharpness in the corners is very impressive for a 36 megapixel sensor. Chromatic aberration is well handled by lightroom, I've not had any problems with it
I don't have the Loxia to compare it to but that's a lens geared towards a classic rendering and bokeh, I wouldn't expect it to match the Sony lens for landscape use, if you're after image quality stopped down then I would definitely go for the Sony Zeiss f/2.8 lens.
