Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/