Zeiss 135mm f2 APO - As good as OTUS?

Featured Monday, 21 December 2015 21:07

At less than half the price of an Otus lens, how close is the 135 APO image quality??

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  • Comment Link William Cornett Thursday, 24 December 2015 22:05 posted by William Cornett

    OK, Matt, good stuff, EXCEPT!

    The lens does NOT "GO DOWN" TO 1.4, IT "OPENS UP" TO 1.4. THE LOWER THE NUMBER, THE HIGHER THE F-STOP. The lenses "go down" to f22 or f32.

    Remember that--
    SMALLER NUMBERS UP (AS IN OPEN UP)
    BIGGER NUMBERS DOWN (AS IN CLOSES DOWN)

    And you NEVER "STOP UP" a lens. Never.

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  • Comment Link John Smith Tuesday, 29 December 2015 15:51 posted by John Smith

    Talking of crazy comparisons: How about a comparison between the Otus and the 50mm APO-Summicron? (Of course, you'd need a Leica body for the latter, so it wouldn't be a pure lens comparison but rather a system comparison.)

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