Image of the Otus 85mm by Digicameinfo
UPDATE: The lens can be preorderd at BHphoto in the Nikon mount (Click here) and Canon mount (Click here) version.
This is going to be a hot lens for all E-mount camera owners. Hot and $4,490 expensive I should add 🙂 And we learned that Zeiss will announce it within a few hours at 14:00 (2pm) London time. That’s:
6am in San Francisco
9am in NYC
15:00 in Berlin
22:00 in Tokyo
First preorders will be online at exactly that time!
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Ordering 5 for Christmas gifts
Makes a good stocking stuffer.
LOL> Lotta fuss for a lens that will sell 5 copies
No one will use this lens on E-mount cameras, admin, go canon or nikon please !
And really; how many Nikon or Canon users are going to buy this lens. Very very few.
Apparently, admin has decided to respond to criticism that this lens has little to do with Sony Alpha, by making another three posts about it. Well played 😀
The higher the site traffic, the higher the ad rates. Controversial topics stir web traffic like nothing else. Advertisers notice that.
Were so many of us not to have commented, then admin would probably not run the story so many times.
Besides, not everyone criticized the posts. Most did yes. But if the info is interesting to a few, then the majority can exercise their right to pass it by with no interest. Or they can contribute to higher ad rates and foster the very thing they complain about.
A post on A99-II would probably bring in more comments than anything else, if prior A-Mount posts are any indication.
In fairness to Admin, you get what you pay for..
Hmm, as far as I can remember, most Otus 55mm reviews I saw were made with the Sony A7r. So IMHO, one of the best FF lenses mountable on a Sony e-mount is very relevant to Sony users.
I must admit, the luster of official announcement has been somewhat diminished by the previous rumors. As far as I’m concerned, the lens was already announced on this site many times before. The sparkle has dulled. We’re all very aware of the object most of us cannot justify the need or expense for.
I’d rather purchase the collector edition Minolta 85/1.4 SE. Mint samples going for around $4G. It fits my A-Mount, has a charm of its own, and will continue to rise in collector value for many decades to come. Or perhaps a Contax Jahre 85/1.2 would cast more character and hold collector value better.
Ah… decisions decisions. Either way, smart togs realize a good tax credit when they see one.
Zeiss marketing has no clue what most Americans think about when they hear ‘Otus’
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMTM4OTExODM4OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMjY5OTcxOA@@._V1_.jpg
That’s Otis not Otus, but anyway what does Otus mean in German.
It means Otis in German.
That’s $5 cheaper than I expected.
http://diglloyd.com/blog/2014/20140908_0001-TheProject.html
Check later today to see if the hype about this lens is true.
awesome.
Another boring 85 1.4.. I hope zeiss gets on some good fast AF glass for alpha or e-mount. They can take this manual focus crap and sell it to leicaphiles.. That will be day I pay for this thing.
This lens is not meant to be used by amateurs who have never held a professional MF lens in their hands and are unable to focus themselves.
Can you guys fight with more hate?
What professional photography work do you do? Website?
Considering I am a professional photographer and have been for a number of years I think your statement is very naive. I have shot on lots of Leica glass and arguably some of their glass is on par with the Otus series (i.e. apo-summicron 50mm) and prior to the last couple of years was considered the best professional glass. However many working professional photographers like myself require fast auto-focus and enjoy anti-shake. This is a nifty toy for us, on Sony e-mount with its highly inaccurate focus peaking to properly nail focus with this lens consistently will require using the zoom focus feature and that is absolutely useless for anything other then static subjects. Would it be a nice lens for that, yes, I am sure the IQ is great. Does it beat the current Zeiss 85mm for sony (which sorely needs to be updated with a proper AF motor), doubtful.
There are already plenty of nice 85mm on the market. Don’t assume just because this has exacting clinical Zeiss optics that only amateurs will not find it useful.
Calling focus peaking “inaccurate” is an inaccurate statement. The camera effectively highlights areas with a contrast higher than a certain value. It does what it does. With practice, you could eventually learn how much of the focus ring to turn once your subject is highlighted before you reach critical focus. You could even “hunt” to get a better grasp, you’d probably hunt faster than an AF lens working under contrast AF. It works. You need sufficient practice.
Sigma.. Save us.. More art lenses. Not this 1920s technology
This is optics, not technology. And the best in the world
Optics are technology. And best is a relative feature in optics. Just because a lens is sharp with good micro-contrast and flare control doesn’t make it the best. Character and signature are also important.
Though the technology in the optics are modern, this lens is missing other key modern technologies like Anti-shake and Auto focus. Thus, though the optics are modern, the vehicle of delivery is still 1920’s tech.
Meh. what’s the fuss all about? More clinical images from clinical glass
Decent quality. Fair enough price. What more can you ask for, when you are giving it as a gift to someone?
In that case, send me one. Pretty please. With a Cherry on top.
I say, do you realize that the existence of this lens means we can expect a STELLAR 85mm f/1.8 AF lens for the E-mount???
This is just going by the exemplary 55mm f/1.8 AF lens vs the 55mm OTUS.
The Sony 55mm FE and the 55mm Otus are completely different optical designs. They have nothing in common.
“This is going to be a hot lens for all E-mount camera owners.”
Yup, not gonna burn my fingers on this one.
But I’m waiting for Apple’s keynote, not Zeiss’…
Personally, I don’t get blowing $5k on (one piece of) 35mm glass. If I’m going to blow that much on a lens, I might as well be shooting medium format.