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Vivek
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After the dozen or so testers, the dozen more who bought them (knowing the bulk and heft) surely enjoy it.That view would mean nobody could ever enjoy shooting Otus handheld for example.
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After the dozen or so testers, the dozen more who bought them (knowing the bulk and heft) surely enjoy it.That view would mean nobody could ever enjoy shooting Otus handheld for example.
Why would you purchase the Otus when you can get practically the sameI have to admit , I didn´t buy the Otus either.
But mostly because I´m so happy with the results of my old FD lenses that I use now on the A7R, the 1,2/85mm FD-L, the 2,0/135 FD-N and the 2,0/100mm FD-N, plus my Vivitar 1,2/55mm.
And I am pretty sure these will nicely work on 50 Mpix plus - which I can test next week in Cologne when we have a test shooting with the new Canon 5Dr (maybe an S instead of R , not quite clear yet) and I have remounted all these with ED Mika EF mounts so that will be pretty nice to see them performing on the newest digital Body.
Regards
Stefan
I hope not too.Did you see this - I hope this will not delay the new high MPix Sony:
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sony...rs-first-does-this-delay-alpha-camera-launch/
I understand professions like film making and testing (probably a bigger money maker than film making). What is stereography?That may not be a reason for amateurs to buy the otus, but if you need to squeeze out every bit of information from an image for filmmaking, stereography and optical measurements, color definition and especially forthcoming highres cameras with smaller pixel pitch, you will see it and the people who buy it also need it.
For handheld use currently the A7R is the optimal platform; slightly better sensor performance of a Nikon is more than offset by the huge handheld focus advantage of an A7-series camera. Given that Otii are DSLR lenses (small ray angle) so they do not need to be optimized for A7-series specially.But most of all, why hang it on a sub optimal A7r and the like when there are better cameras (for which they are optimised) out there? Zeiss went to lengths to explain how the Lotus and Batii are optimised for Sony.
I have a hard time understanding this whole line of thinking. Like Stefan said (Zeiss emphasise this), the Otii are not for everyone. Why then would they make it for Canon and Nikon? If the testers think a 11 bit file producing camera is better for the Otii (touted as the "best") just because of focusing convenience while handholding (that does not make sense if the photographer wants to squeeze every 11 bit information out of every pixel available as Stefan stated) why Zeiss, a Sony partner, did not make it for Sony E mount?For handheld use currently the A7R is the optimal platform; slightly better sensor performance of a Nikon is more than offset by the huge handheld focus advantage of an A7-series camera. Given that Otii are DSLR lenses (small ray angle) so they do not need to be optimized for A7-series specially.
Otus 85 + 36 MP Nikon gets following verdict in terms of a focusing (Ming Thein):
On the subject of focusing, I think this is going to be the biggest hurdle for most users: even with my custom focusing screens, calibrated mirror and finder magnifier, it’s extremely challenging to consistently hit critical focus wide open. The viewfinder system is simply inadequate. The only optical finder-based method I’ve found that can nail focus involves racking it slowly while shooting a burst – disastrous for critical timing, but just fine for static subjects. Live view and a tripod is of course highly advisable.
Personally I do not have trouble understanding why someone would want to use it in a camera where focusing handheld is quite trivial.
I believe their is little chance it will sell that low.1499 Euros if it includes a metal mount, EFCS and SSS (aka IBIS). If and only if that price is there, I will bite.
Of course, this does not matter for those discerning professionals with Otii who will accept no compromises.
For discussion purposes we were to assume a 36MP sensor.Vivek, assuming you are interested in 59 MP instead of 36, it requires significant increase in processing power. Add in EFCS and SSS, further increase in processing power. Plus put this in a small package as required by the A7 series, add in metal mount etc, the cost is most likely going to be closer to 2.5 to 3k rather than 2k (in dollars). But if it comes in under 2k it will surely make me interested.