Zeiss Otus 55mm F1.4

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Nov, 2024

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Expert review by : Mark Goldstein (photographyblog.com)

Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 Distagon T* Review

The Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 Distagon T* is a superb standard prime lens for photographers looking for the ultimate in image quality. You’d expect sharpness to be high across both the frame and aperture range from such a premium optic, and it doesn’t...

Nov, 2015

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Expert review by : Thomas (cameralabs.com)

Zeiss Otus 1.4/55

The Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus is a standard lens with ambitious goals and a price tag to match, claiming to offer 'truly spectacular, world-class performance without compromise'. Announced in 2012, but only released in November 2013, it certainly took a...

Outstanding performance across the frame of a high-resolution full-frame sensor even wide open ; Excellent build quality

Extremely high price ; No auto-focus ; Large and heavy ; Light fall-off at apertures larger than f2.8 ; Not weather-sealed at the lens mount

Feb, 2014

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Expert review by : John Riley (ephotozine.com)

Zeiss OTUS 55mm f/1.4 APO Distagon T* Review

John Riley reviews the Zeiss OTUS 55mm f/1.4 lens, the premium manual lens with a bright aperture.

Superb optical quality ; Impeccable construction quality ; Very uniform, even performance

No weather resistance ; Manual focus difficult with AF screen ; Large and heavy lens ; Very high price

If the objective is the best possible technical quality then there is no doubt here is a lens that's probably as good as we can get. It's not a compact travel lens, it's not weather resistant, so as a constant companion it might well be a burden. In...

Jan, 2016

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