Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It was announced about a year ago, many people waiting to see what it is like. It is huge/heavy but expecting very good results (the Zeiss 135mm APO is well liked). Puts did a bit of a comparison with the M 50AA a while back, even more expensive but a very small fraction of the size..... http://www.imx.nl/photo/leica/apo-summicron-m-250-mm-asph.html - however his usual technical stuff ;-) Many lenses are found lacking on the D800(E) if you are very critical, if you are not that critical why did you buy one ;-) john > Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon just about to be out. > Zeiss has aligned its Otus line to be not just for mirrorless bodies any > more > but for DSLR'S of the Canon Nikon flavors so far. > 4 grand usd I just got word of via email on a 35mm 1.4. > Seems they are saying its Hasselblad Zeiss quality glass in the modern age > for > your DSLR'S. > They are huge. And I'm sure heavy. Just like the Hasselblad Zeiss glass I'm > sued to. > There was a Jazz guy who played winds for Ray Charles who had one put on > his Nikon F that was 1970. I was working at the nightclub they were playing > at. > > They really seem be going after Leica in the sense they they are making a > lens which all others would be compared against. Vying for top dog. > And in the Contarex bulls eye sense. > No ones telling them to keep the weight or bulk down. > > by coincidence I'd just been scooping out 35 1.4's for my D700 Nikon even > looking at third Party Sigma's. I don't even have a decent slow 35mm optic > for > my D700. > This Otus thing looks like a 135mm! > You pay the four grand so you get less sick less fast of lugging it around! > Its one of those lenses you get when you die and go to heaven. > Only its weightless. As I'm sure you'd be. > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photographer > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >