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You’ve done a remarkably good job in providing information that is not obtainable elsewhere and even though I am just beginning to read your comments and reviews the subscription was more than worth the price. It reminded me of the hints that Ansel Adams would give his students for real world shooting. I look forward to delving deeper into your reviews and counsel. — Ralph Z

Thank you for a great website, the ZF/ZE review is the best I have ever seen! — J

I really enjoyed the Zeiss 21mm review. Great work! It is the best review I have seen on this lens. Your pro reviews are very good value. I have learned a great deal from your reviews, especially about wide angle lenses and curvature of field. Keep up the good work!! — Dave C, New Zealand

I also must echo the comments of others regarding your Zeiss lens reviews. It made me aware of the unique traits of each lens I would not have gleaned from any other source, spared me great expense and disappointment had I bought one of the two I originally wanted and ultimately led me to choose one I would probably not have chosen otherwise. Zeiss should make it required reading for every potential new customer — Murray O

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I'd like to take this opportunity to say how useful I've found it. I have bought the 25/2.8 and am delighted with it. The 35/2 and 21/2.8 are on the cards (awaiting your review of the latter), and the 100 macro in due course. Regarding the 25/2.8, I particularly found your discussion of field curvature for close-range focus very useful... Anyhow, thanks for your work on these lenses. If hadn't found your reviews, I would have hesitated further before trying out for myself. Now that I've seen it, I think I'll end up with just one AF zoom left in my bag, and my shooting habits will change quite a bit — Suvo M, Nov 27, 2008

Thanks Lloyd, I appreciate your response, and have great respect for the work you are doing - it is refreshing to find rigorous testing and comments that look at IQ from every important perspective. I have learned much in the last 24 hours... Finished the most excellent Zeiss review and am now convinced the 35mm and 100mm would both be excellent purchases for my needs in combination with my other Nikon lenses, and the Zeiss pair would even make a versatile small/light 2-lens kit for hiking and travel, with no compromise in IQ. Thanks again, you have a new fan here and I will refer others — Ross M, Sept 2008

First I want to thank you for a great piece of work. It's a fantastic read which helped me tremendously in determining which lens would fit me... heard about your review on fredmiranda.com. Someone said it was worth the money and a good read. He didn't lie, that's for sure! — Lennert W, Sept 2008

I have just read your Zeiss lens test and I am thrilled! Very good work and extremely helpful! — Rainer U., Aug 26, 2008

Lots of good information in your review. I can't say I've compared every pixel, but in general it answered my big questions about the Zeiss ZF/ZE line. Super job! Having attempted some lens comparisons myself I know how much effort you put into this...Regardless, you've provided ample useful information to make informed purchasing decisions in these areas. For which I am very grateful. Your reviews provide a level of substance seriously lacking in other reviewers — Dennis C., May 2008

Thanks for the wonderful review. Thinking of buying these lenses. — Beng C., May 15, 2008

...Excellent report, by the way — Molly H., May 10, 2008

It's got lots of useful information and must have taken a huge amount of work...It does a terrific job of making clear just how complex the behavior of a lens can be, and how challenging it is to do a good job of characterizing it — Oren G., May 09, 2008

I've read it over and over, just love it. And reading it is going to cost me way more than your fee. — Frank B., May 08, 2008

I've read and enjoyed very much your review. Lots of rich information that we never see on other reviews. Well worth the cost, and I'm very satisfied — Jeffrey S., May 03, 2008

I read your review and I think It's wonderful and really well done. I think you've done a really great job and produced IMHO the best review and comparison of lenses that I've ever seen (I'm currently buying 4-5 photographic magazines a month and surf around all international sites), because done with different samples, a lot of similar lens test (Nikon, Canon, Zeiss) on the same DSLR basing on real examples and basing on all the parameters: test chart, bokeh, tonal color rendition, curvature of field, contrast with real life examples images 100% crop (it would be fantastic to have images at full resolution not only crops). My congratulations —Ivo N., May 01, 2008

DIGLLOYD: full-resolution images would balloon the 300MB download size to 10-20GB or more, so it’s not really feasible at present. Some full-res images are now included. The entire-frame examples are complemented by one or more generously-sized and minimally-compressed actual-pixels crops for each image.

I wanted to pass along a few comments about your Zeiss ZF/ZE article. First of all, the practical photographic examples are very helpful as these demonstrate the unique image rendering characteristics of this lens line versus resolution targets. I was sold after reading your article and made my first investment in the 100/2 makro and the 28/2 to go with my Nikon D3...I will certainly be adding to my lens arsenal with a few more Zeiss ZF/ZE lenses. And thanks to you for your very complete and informative analysis of this wonderful lens line — Jeff B., April 30, 2008

Anyway, thanks again for your reviews. I'd much rather pay for thorough, well executed and documented reviews than left wanting with so many free reviews that one can find on the internet — Nico G., April 30, 2008: