Zeiss today announced the Otus 55mm f/1.4 lens, claiming it's the world's best standard lens for high-res DSLRs.

When Nikon rolled out the D800, one of the half-serious jokes among camera users was that the resolution was so good, no lens currently available would do it justice. In fact, the 36MP sensor revealed many high-quality lens's previously unseen faults. Now, Zeiss has introduced its first premium lens designed specifically for high-end, high-resolution DSLRs, the Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4. Zeiss has decades of experience designing lenses for both 35mm and medium-format cameras, and with the Otus, they've pulled out all the f/Stops.

Both Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 lenses are available now from Adorama and will ship on a first-come, first-served basis.

First, a bit of background: Over the last 10 years, most medium-format film camera users who migrated to digital  adapted the 35mm sensor format. As the resolution of these cameras has increased, many lenses simply haven't kept up. High resolution revealed that edge sharpness was not as crisp as the center, and image quality changed based on the aperture used.

Zeiss set about to create a new line of lenses that take full advantage of high-resolution DSLRs, with no design restrictions based on weight or size, using the best possible material. The result would be a line of premium-priced lenses capable of delivering the best possible images with little or no optical distortion. The Otus line was born, and the 55mm f/1.4 is the first product. Zeiss promises more to come.

Otus? What's an Otus?

Thanks for asking. The Otus is a type of owl known for its excellent vision in darkness. Technically, the Zeiss Otus uses the APO Distagon design, which is a more complex design using more elements and Apochromatic design for sharper and contrastier images with fewer chromatic aberrations. Lower-end lenses have the Planar designation.

Bold Claims, Sharp Optics

Zeiss makes the bold claim, based on its internal MTF optical bench tests results, that the Otus 55mm f/1.4 is the best standard lens ever made by Zeiss and is the best standard lens currently available. Let's take a closer look at these claims.

First, while most lens image quality varies based on the chosen aperture, the Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 is said to offer the same high quality and maximum sharpness and contrast at f/1.4 as it does at f/5.6 or f/8. So, this lens can be used wide open and still show maximu image quality.

The lens has 12 elements in 10 groups, with a modern floating element design and T* Anti-reflex multi-layer coating. Overall, Zeiss says the lens's performance is comparable to medium format lenses.

The lens barrel is made of high-quality metal alloy and has a rubber focus ring (the lens is manual focus only) that rotates 248 degrees—that's a good amount of rotation that will make a difference when focusing at maximum aperture where depth of field is super shallow. There's a 9-blade iris and Zeiss says it produces pleasing, "organic" bokeh. The lens accomodates 77mm filters.

The Otus 55mm f/1.4 is a pro tool that Zeiss believes will be embraced by studio, wedding, commercial and even architecture photographers. It will be available in Nikon  (ZF.2) and Canon (ZE) mounts, and will cost $3,999. It is expected to be available in October.

http://www.adorama.com/alc/0014325/blogarticle/Zeiss-Otus-55mm-f14-Lens-First-Look

Otus 55转4433是有暗角的

网页都发不出RAW原片……

这镜头就是一个传说，全网搜不到一张RAW原片。

还是不明白为啥拿广角用的distagon结构做个标头
难道这货像场很大其实是中画幅广角的节奏，在135上当标头用，只用中间的部分成像当然好了。
跟全幅头用在DX机上情况类似，不过这么搞是不是有点浪费呢

不用看0.95  R50E60也是这个价了 还二手的=

标头就一定便宜

看看莱卡50/0.95

倒是很想知道800搭配这个镜头在DXO上会有什么样的效果？
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跟玩车玩表玩私拍的比起来不贵啊。

因为这个镜头——关你P事？！

这价格，少个0差不多，两万多买个标头？

看到这条消息，第一感觉是前段时间因价格饱受争议的za 50 1.4，其实是如此的厚道 本帖最后由 水牛兄 于 2013-10-8 09:00 编辑

價格亮瞎

造型略丑 不過只要是zeiss 其他無所謂了

這个价是蔡斯鏡走入死亡路口了,有這錢我首選15mm,f2.8剩下還可想其它精品

贵先不说，又是个巨大的棒槌……
单反上用，追求实用的原厂1.4就挺好
真要是土豪，完全可以去收55/1.2 100Jahre嘛

玩旁轴的话，这个价格现在能搞支银色的徕卡50/1.4A还有找

这个价格
买个标头
业余使用
纯属土豪
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