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Meanwhile I tend to think that my 1.4/85 G copy was just a lemon, as all here and on other forums keep telling me how great this lens is!Further examination and reading between the lines reveals only two of these lenses are new designs, the 50 1.4 & 85 1.4. The others are the same as before with new housings. I don't know about the rest of you but I detest the Otus focusing ring and now they've gone and put it on these new bodies.
ptomsu: I had the 85 1.4G and stupidly sold it as I didn't care for the overly sensitive throw in MF mode and thought I would find something more to my liking. I should have kept it as in looking over some of my old images some of the best were taken with it. The old Zeiss 85 1.4 was too long in the tooth, the Otus too big and heavy (and pricey!) so I thought I was going to have to do without an 85 but along comes Zeiss with the new design. No problem with the price but the darn thing weighs 2.6 lbs (according to the listing on B&H)! I use a tripod for 99% of my landscape images but I still want to be able to street shoot with any lens I own and anything over 2 lbs just wears me out. So I suppose I'm still looking...
AF is an issue for me as well - which is why I will only consider the 100mm macro - where AF does not really play a role.Intriguing... They are Zeiss, they have a sexy build, price is reasonable and... ...they are manual focus. And these days, that's a deal killer for me. The 21 maybe I'd go for if it's stellar, but I have the Sigma ART's in 24, 35 and 50, and have the Nikkor 28 asph and 85/1.4G; heck, I even have the 105 DC which when zeroed is a laser. Oh, and ALL of the aforementioned will AF on my D810.