Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Otus is a lens for rich Touits. On 22.01.2014 04:58, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Better think of one touit sweet...! > > > On 1/21/14 10:40 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> // richard <http://www.richardmanphoto.com> >>>> // http://facebook.com/richardmanphoto >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sonny >>> http://sonc.com/look/ >>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>> 1714 >>> Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase >>> >>> USA >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > >