Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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