Zeiss ZF lenses

I’ve owned the 35 f/2 len’s for about 4 month’s and love it. I cant compare it to a Nikon 35 prime because I’ve never owned one but I can compare it to the Nikkor 20-35 f/2.8 AFD lens zoomed to 35 and even though a different focal length the Nikkor 50 1.4. I’ve been using it on a D200 as my main portrait lens and clearly noticed instantly it is much sharper. I did a side by side under ideal conditions with strobe at f/11, imported them into Aperture and zoomed to 100% and was floored. I’ve used it a little at 2, 2.8 and 4 and there is a pleasing transition between whats in and out of focus. The focus’ed on elements are tack sharp with a seemingly good edge sharpness on the periphery of the image. The 35 nikkor might be just as good but I wouldnt know. Due to the lack of a split level prism in the D200 critical focusing at 2.8 can be a little tricky.

As long as you dont mind maual focusing I’m sure you’ll be happy. It’s also built like a tank…