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2017-11-09T06:30:22
This is the ultimate lens. No imperfections everything I take is either out of focus or pure gold. I actually hate deleting photos because even those are good. Its either great or nothing. I will now buy a 28mm Otus. This lens made me into a Zeiss believer.
Joshua J.
2016-11-24T13:43:11
Can not say enough about the color rendition of this lense absolutely fabulous. It does take a creative hand to work with the manual focus . But what a precision instrument, a real pleasure to work with.
ALAN N.
Zeiss
2040-292
Zeiss Otus
Black
Telephoto
Canon EOS
Full Frame
Manual Focus
Not Applicable
31.5" / 80cm
N/A
Not Applicable
85mm
28.24 deg.
Not Applicable
10.97 x 7.31" / 278.85 x 185.61mm
f/16
f/1.4
N/A
N/A
Yes
N/A
86mm
11 Elements / 9 Groups
N/A
5.43" / 140mm
42.3oz / 1200g
None
N/A
N/A
N/A
Over the past several years, Zeiss has rolled out a series of superlative prime lenses for both APS-sensor MILCs and full-frame DSLRs. The company's approach—give 'em the best optics money can buy with no compromises—has resulted in a set of lenses designed for photographers and filmmakers wi...
Designed as a portrait lens with excellent image quality even when at full aperture, the short telephoto lens is designed especially for studio work, fashion, advertising, product and architectural photography. Zeiss claims outstanding edge-to-edge sharpness at all apertures, making it a good cho...
Finally, a lens that can keep up with your super hi-res DSLR.35mm-sensor DSLRs are, for many professional photographers, taking the place of medium-format film cameras. The image quality you can get out of a Nikon D800, for instance...
Recently Carl Zeiss announced a new lens in their Otus line of lenses for DSLRs. The 85/104 is Zeiss' andswer to the question "What do I use for a portrait lens?" Let me start this review with the question many of you are asking - is it a good lens? To be perfectly honest this is easily the best ...
a real pleasure to work with
By ALAN N.
Can not say enough about the color rendition of this lense absolutely fabulous. It does take a creative hand to work with the manual focus . But what a precision instrument, a real pleasure to work with.
Best image quality no imperfections.
By Joshua J.
This is the ultimate lens. No imperfections everything I take is either out of focus or pure gold. I actually hate deleting photos because even those are good. Its either great or nothing. I will now buy a 28mm Otus. This lens made me into a Zeiss believer.
ZEISS Otus 1.4/85 The best short tele lens in the world
The Otus 1.4/85 is a superlative lens in every respect - just like every other focal length in the unique ZEISS Otus family. A lens designed and constructed with the comprehensive expertise and vast experience of ZEISS.
Features in portraits and finest details in textures are not the only things reproduced in perfect quality by the Otus 1.4/85. Its extremely large initial aperture is simply ideal for isolating subjects from their backgrounds. At the same time, the Otus 1.4/85 is far more than a portrait lens. Take advantage of its high speed for available light photography, its moderate angle of view for landscapes or its close focusing distance for reproductions.
The optical correction of the Otus 1.4/85 completely eliminates almost all possible forms of aberration - and makes every picture you take as exciting as the first, even after thousands of exposures.