Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/21

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Subject: [Leica] Zeiss Otus
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:40:35 +1000
References: <CAJ3Pgh5FrVbioLNRN=0Z3mozv0E+-Rbg7XN-ERZgHO97hNiUhA@mail.gmail.com> <CF04786D.16CAE%mark@rabinergroup.com> <CAF8hL-EUYWcG3rO7kLruRqOeuJ7AhqME1Q=N8-n6caNgn4bgGw@mail.gmail.com> <CAFfkXxsMBZt-HQ_myTe0djzYRizh9XVWRYxR+0z7ia9QDHMFFA@mail.gmail.com>

Beat you to it on the touit pun Sonny!


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 22 January 2014 13:36, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Otus was a twin son of Poseidon.  I guess the other lens was made when
> Zeiss got around Touit.
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Richard Man <richard at 
> richardmanphoto.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Touit and Otus?!
> >
> > What happened to Gauss, Tessar, Distagon, Biogon and the legendary
> Hologon?
> > :-)
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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>
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Zeiss Otus)
In reply to: Message from roark.paul at gmail.com (Paul Roark) ([Leica] Zeiss Otus)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Zeiss Otus)
Message from richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] Zeiss Otus)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Zeiss Otus)