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Would have preordered it if I am a Nikon/Canon shooter or if it had been Loxia sized. It is of no interest/use currently
Yes, make up any lame excuse instead of admitting you can’t afford it and or wouldn’t know how to use it anyway.
You think a no compromise 85/1.4 could have been the size of a Loxia?
What is a “no compromise”? They already compromised on the size and the heft among other things, besides claiming “the best lens ever”. Complete nonsense.
It is designed to be no compromise in terms of image quality – most people know that.
Of course that means compromise in terms of it size, but that should make you realise how silly your Loxia sized comment was.
What is silly is this “no compromise” claim.
This lens is for big boys, both in price and size.
Most of the reviewers say it’s best to be used on the A7 cameras. Of course it’s too big for a walkaround lens, but that is not what the lens is made for. this lens clearly isn’t for 99% of us photographers. but the 1% will love it and get uncomfortable results from it
Sorry incomparable
Actually, the mistype fits. 🙂
Nice trophy piece. I wonder how many bought will ever make it out of the box.
So what you’re saying is that YOU would never take it out of the box, stop projecting.
Hardly. I use my gear. It’s nothing for me to drag a few Zeiss out into the woods in the rain and shoot pics- could care less. If it’s bought, it’s used.
These OTUS lenses sure get a lot of press on this site and they are not even native E-mount lenses.
Just read the reviews to understand why it matters like:
1) It’s the best 85mm lens you can use on the A7 series
2) The lens actually works best on Sony and not on Canon-Nikon cameras because the helpful focusing tools the A7 series has (like peaking and so on)
But by this logic, any lens would be better on Sony (Leica, Voigtlander, Ziess M). Except for other mirrorless mount lenses, you can mount just about any lens on Sony E. My guess would be that 99.99% of the people reading this won’t ever consider buying this lens for obvious reasons.
Yep, any lens would be better.
Oh, please! This is worse than the Cosina 40/2.8 plus adapter.
“The lens actually works best on Sony and not on Canon-Nikon cameras
because the helpful focusing tools the A7 series has (like peaking and
so on)”
Hahaha.
Zeiss should have listened to this nonsense before designing, making and selling them for Canikon cams.
it is so much fun to read your “comments” :-))
No way! The fun is in Zeiss intro on the Otus 85mm as they set out who it is for and then at the bottom that it is available in Nikon F or Canon EOS mounts. 😉
actually it would be best on a mount, as you would have same evf and focusing aids, and ibis 🙂
olympus would be good too cept tiny sensor :/
annoying zeiss/sony 😐
And you sure have a lot to say about a subject you know absolutely nothing about.
Thanks bud!
Actually, HabsFan sounds like they know what they are talking about. He/She knows they aren’t native E-Mount. He/She knows that OTUS is a type of lens. He/She knows this site is about Sony and that it’s providing “press” to the public.
HabsFab has demonstrated they know a lot more than you do. You claimed HabsFan has “a lot to say”. You’re wrong, because one sentence is not a lot to say. You claim HabsFan knows “absolutely nothing” about this “subject”. You’re wrong, as demonstrated above.
Get RealRap. There’s more to life that prowling forums looking for insult opportunities. You may be developing a psychosis. Try going outside and take a deep breath. Feel the breeze friend. No need to project your personal angst upon anyone else. It’s ok man.
PopFlash Photo is selling those since Oct 10…
I wonder who is buying those lenses and for what purposes.
Photographers buy them to take pictures with.
Plumbers buy them to fix toilets with.
My first reaction was Studio and Glamour, then I checked flickr and changed my mind. So much versatility!
That was my thinking as well. But I find that between the price and the weight it does become somewhat restrictive.
I have a Contax G Zeiss 90/2.8 lined up for that area. Should be under $300.
Great, just cut the aperture in half and you have a F1.4 lens! Oh and use a saw to cut 5mm off, tadaaa, you got an Otus for 300$! ah don’t forget to glue a blue Zeiss badge on it, it will further increase the optical quality of the lens!!
No need for any of that. You just sell the photos for the same price. There, you got your Otus for 300$!
Oh my. Are you OK?
We would all like an Otus, no doubt at all.
I am thinking of spending almost the Otus amount on a Zook but we will have to see how the Christmas sell off works out.
I would totally get this if it was either A or E mount.
No point in using an adapter and degrading the quality in any way.
How will the adapter degrade the quality?
They are meant for Canon or Nikon. If you look at the Loxia intro from Zeiss, they go to great lengths to explain why the Loxia are custom designed for the Sony A7 series. The Otii are not.
If you want to use one on Canon, you should not buy the Nikon version and use it with an adapter.
The only real problem so far is wide angle lenses. With the rather extreme angle needed to reach the edges of the sensor, on such a short flange distance, we get smearing.
This in no way affects longer lenses, especially when we use appropriate adapters, as the point of an adapter is to provide the correct flange distance. Any of the 40mm range DSLR adapters will provide a doubling of flange distance, completely eliminating any chance of edge problems.
Lenses create an image when light from a scene passes through them. That image needs to cover the sensor and be focus able. That’s about it. The rather strange horror about adapters having micro inaccuracies just reveals an almost complete misunderstanding of basic optics.
Well then, go for it! Buy a Canon and a Nikon version for good measure and shoot them both on an A7s. 🙂
Not me. 😉 I have no interest in the a7S anyway.
It’s also a matter of principle. If you’re spending $5000, you shouldn’t have to throw on a cheap adapter and make it look like $#!T
ROTFLMFAO Another one. You people value every thing as prestige. Maybe just worry about the images you can get.
I am amused by people concerned about how they look with a camera. It’s pretty deep irony ya know. 😉
I don’t need to worry about my images… it comes naturally.
Who said I was concerned about how I look?
I’m talking about how the camera looks to me.
You know, Metabones makes some pretty sweet adapters. I’m thinking of getting the expensive Champagne one for my Contax G Zeiss 90/2.8, it’s another $10:
http://www.metabones.com/products/details/MB_CG-E-GD1
The Nikon F mount in red is pretty sporty as well:
http://www.metabones.com/products/details/MB_NF-E-RM2
I dunno. I buy stuff for what it does myself.
The Otus will deliver Imatest scores above 4500. Both my 55mm and 85mm do this. If you’re using $4k+ lenses it makes perfect sense that you buy a Novoflex and check your system for corner alignment (near equal resolution scores) as well as center ROIs.
The usual overkill from theorists. Forget about it and use your lenses.
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2013/09/there-is-no-free-lunch-episode-763-lens-adapters
Yeah, yeah, a chart.
When is B&H getting them in stock?
Hasn’t this been available for a while? Certain I have seen it in at least a couple of stores now.
I would have ordered this lens but unfortunately I have a fear of the colour yellow. So I’m just gonna pass on this line of lenses, otherwise I would have ordered several.
THEY ARE NOT COMING IN A MOUNT!!!
WE KNOW
Oh man, my facebook pics are about to go to a whole other level.