I'm still a bit bummed out about the Batis 85mm's pincushion distortion. The early jpeg samples I'm seeing aren't helping.
Uncorrected, for the kinds of things I shoot, the distortion is...Well, it's ugly, IMO. What will happen to the lens' resolution when it's corrected? That's a big question mark for me. Maybe I'll be convinced, and move into the "new era" of lens design. Or maybe not.
I'm waiting for somebody to test this aspect of the lens. Or at least kindly supply a nice detailed uncorrected raw file of a rectilinear subject, so I can try to figure it out myself using manual corrections.
It's understandable that most of the attention goes elsewhere, since so many people have been waiting for a fastish portrait lens for the FE bodies. Many photographers want to know first of all how the Batis 85 works wide open; how the bokeh looks. (All good, as expected.)
But hey, some of us landscape folks like Zeiss lenses, too! (Sob!)
I want the Batis for its modest size, weight and, hopefully, optical quality across the frame. But I'll have to lug another lens around if the Batis can't hold its own for urban landscape.
Time, and testing, will tell.
--d