Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/01/22

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Subject: [Leica] Zeiss Otus
From: john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:50:09 +0000
References: <03a201cf173a$c2c90650$485b12f0$@verizon.net>, <CF04E9BB.16D15%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Once you use S the M asph lenses look ordinary ;-)

John

> On 22/01/2014, at 21:24, "Mark Rabiner" <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
> 
> I'd like to see it compared to some Leica S glass though the different
> formats make it kind of impossible;
> Like in the old days when we tried to compare Zeiss for Hasselblad glass
> against Leitz glass.
> 
> 
>> On 1/22/14 1:25 AM, "Frank Filippone" <red735i at verizon.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Yes, the plain old everyday Zeiss 50 is pretty darned good..... It
>> outperformed the 50 ASPH Lux....but not by a lot....  The Otus is just in 
>> a
>> different planet...
>> 
>> I would love to see the comparison of the Otus to the ASPH Summicron.. 
>> that
>> could be an interesting set of images...
>> 
>> Frank Filippone
>> Red735i at verizon.net
>> 
>> 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=4
>> 0&Itemid=2&limitstart=1
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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In reply to: Message from red735i at verizon.net (Frank Filippone) ([Leica] Zeiss Otus)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] Zeiss Otus)