Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm going to have to just come out and say it: Any personal lens test which indicates the glass from Zeiss ultra premium lens lines (what Zeiss had always been about) as being less than Supercalifragilistic in every way points to the lens tester not the lens. Those soft boxes are way too big and the angle is too steep reflecting glare off the paper and off white wall right back into the lens. Plus they have no baffling on the edges that are flush with the front surface so we are getting glare right into the camera from the soft boxes themselves. (the lens hood it not huge) The test results I've seen so far from 55mm f/1.4 Otus Apo Distagon T* resets the bar on modern lens design period. Outdoes Leica glass. Though if Leica M glass had a two pound weight parameter I'm sure it could give the Zeiss for SLR more than a run for its money. ( f/0.95 Noctilux-M 1.54 lbs) The 55mm f/1.4 Otus Apo Distagon T* is not an exceedingly great lens. Its an over the top impossibly great lens which spares nothing and takes no prisoners. Glass which Zeiss outsources for the consumer market is never intended to be in the same category of Otus leaving no regrets. On 1/21/14 11:17 AM, "Paul Roark" <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure the Otus is worth the weight disadvantage in light of how good > the Zeiss that is made for the Sony is. See > http://3d-kraft.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=151&catid=40&; > Itemid=2&limitstart=1 > > Also, my metabones M to E adapter was terrible (Novoflex fine). It has > made me reluctant to buy the metabones Canon to E adapter, though many seem > to use it. > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > > > On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:58 AM, Steve Barbour <steve.barbour at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> Steve Barbour >> >> On Jan 20, 2014, at 11:10 PM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> >> wrote: >> >> Popflash has an Otus in stock... I think it fits the Sony, but not sure.. >> >> for Canon >> >> >> >> >> >> Frank Filippone >> >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/