MikeEvangelist
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I want this in e-mount!
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Totally agree. But I do love fast lenses.The Batis 25mm comes pretty darn close at a fraction of the price.
5%? I think it's more like 1%.No way. Not paying for the extra 5 percent here. I'll stick with my Batis 25
Totally agree. But I do love fast lenses.
(on the other hand, I'm not likely to ever pay that much for a lens again. I left that craziness behind me when I sold my Leicas. )
Maybe astrophotograpy?Who needs a massive 28mm f1.4 lens that lacks AF? Seems a strange design choice. I would have thought absolutely perfect f2 or f2.8 optics would be much more likely to sell to perfectionist landscape shooters. Maybe they expect to sell this new 28mm to studio photographers who will shoot with live view?
This lens is too big, too heavy and too pricey for me. And then there's that smooth rubber grip. That seems to be a poor design, a case of form over function. I haven't tried the Otus lenses, but experienced a similar smooth grip on the Touits. In Ming Thein's review of the Otus 85mm, he writes: "Focusing and aperture rings are made of grippy rubber; my 55 Otus has become not so grippy after six months of heavy use; Zeiss is looking into the issue." No wonder it becomes not so grippy when it's so smooth to begin with.
And the Loxia lenses have grips that are hard to tell apart from the aperture rings: Review: The Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 Has Great Quality But a Grip That Grates
How is it that these great lenses have such obvious ergonomic issues?
One can make up funny theories about Ming's workshop attendees, or one can take him at his word that the lens has had 6 months of heavy use. You say it's "simple BS" but the fact remains that it has a smooth rubber grip. Smooth rubber is more appropriate for condoms than for lenses. :grin: Not only is it smooth, but it is flush with the lens barrel. :banghead: No other manufacturer does this, and for good reason. Human fingers work better with some ribbing or other differentiation to grip on to. Look at just about every other lens on the market (other than Otus, Touit & Batis) and ever other lens of the past 80 years or so. Look at the old Zeiss lenses for Hasselblad or Contax. Look at Canon, Nikon, Leica, etc. Look at camera dials too. The Otus smooth grip seems to be a design statement rather than a functional choice. That smooth rubber might be ok on an autofocus lens, but this is a manual focus lens where one actually has to use that smooth grip constantly.maybe ming should instruct his workshop attendees not to touch his otus with greasy fingers the otus has no ergonomic issue this is simple BS but it is the best corrected lens i have ever used whether mf, 35 or view camera lenses.
One can make up funny theories about Ming's workshop attendees, or one can take him at his word that the lens has had 6 months of heavy use. You say it's "simple BS" but the fact remains that it has a smooth rubber grip. Smooth rubber is more appropriate for condoms than for lenses. :grin: Not only is it smooth, but it is flush with the lens barrel. :banghead: No other manufacturer does this, and for good reason. Human fingers work better with some ribbing or other differentiation to grip on to. Look at just about every other lens on the market (other than Otus, Touit & Batis) and ever other lens of the past 80 years or so. Look at the old Zeiss lenses for Hasselblad or Contax. Look at Canon, Nikon, Leica, etc. Look at camera dials too. The Otus smooth grip seems to be a design statement rather than a functional choice. That smooth rubber might be ok on an autofocus lens, but this is a manual focus lens where one actually has to use that smooth grip constantly.
I sold my Leica M digital but held onto my lenses. I have to say I have been testing my Leica 75 f2 and 50 f1.4 asph lenses last couple of days on my A7rII and I really am blown away by the "look". I'm going to compare to my Otis 55 and see what differences I see just out of curiosity. Otus is HUGE on my Sony with adaptor but leicas are tiny comparatively speaking. Eleanor
Perhaps you should check out Kolari mod for your cam. I assume what you are describing here is with the Lux 50 ASPH. Please check this thread I compiled on FredMiranda:Ok...after a huge amount of testing which I won't go into to save time and space I have to report, unfortunately, I am not going to use my Leica lenses on my Sony A7rII. Center 1/3 of images is gorgeous but outer 2/3 image file is lousy even at higher f stops. Just won't do...unusable unless you want blurred edges. Leica lenses go back on the closet...sigh...Eleanor
Ok...after a huge amount of testing which I won't go into to save time and space I have to report, unfortunately, I am not going to use my Leica lenses on my Sony A7rII. Center 1/3 of images is gorgeous but outer 2/3 image file is lousy even at higher f stops. Just won't do...unusable unless you want blurred edges. Leica lenses go back on the closet...sigh...Eleanor
Ok...after a huge amount of testing which I won't go into to save time and space I have to report, unfortunately, I am not going to use my Leica lenses on my Sony A7rII. Center 1/3 of images is gorgeous but outer 2/3 image file is lousy even at higher f stops. Just won't do...unusable unless you want blurred edges. Leica lenses go back on the closet...sigh...Eleanor