Zeiss Otus easily outperforms all other DSLR lenses!

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A couple of weeks ago I reposted that image of the Sony 7r with the superb Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 OTUS lens (Image courtesy: ThePhoBlographer). I was confident that this extravagant combination would not be that popular among A7r owners. Why use a big DSLR lens on a small camera? That is what I thought until today.  But we now have two new Otus lens reviews that could convince quite some SAR readers to buy the lens!

Roger from Lensrentals (Click here) writes:

I won’t try to say whether the Otus is worth $4,000 to you. But I can certainly say that Zeiss did what they said they had done: gave it exceptional performance even in the corners at widest aperture. From a resolution standpoint, it is, as Zeiss said it would be, “the absolute best SLR lens in the world today.”

DxOmark (Click here) tested the lens and says the lens has a “Peerless Outstanding Optical Performance”:

With outstanding optical quality, the Carl Zeiss Otus 1,4/55 certainly represents a high water mark for a retrofocus fast standard for DSLRs. However, it might not be the high price that deters people, in practical terms the large size and lack of autofocus may be the more limiting aspects, but there’s no denying optical quality like this demands attention.

In short, if you want the very best lens than you can grab it in Canon or Nikon mount version at BHphoto (Click here). Use and adapter and there you go!