Carl Zeiss Apo Planar T* Otus 85mm F14 ZF.2 Nikon

Carl Zeiss Apo Planar T* Otus 85mm F14 ZF.2 Nikon

Released September 2014

Carl Zeiss Apo Planar T* Otus 85mm F14 ZF.2 Nikon
Carl Zeiss Apo Planar T* Otus 85mm F14 ZF.2 Nikon
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Carl Zeiss Apo Planar T* Otus 85mm F14 ZF.2 Nikon

Carl Zeiss Apo Planar T* Otus 85mm F14 ZF.2 Nikon

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DXOMARK Score [?]

Best at f=85mm & f/1.4 [?]
51

Lens Metric Scores [?]

Sharpness [?]
43 P-Mpix
Transmission [?]
1.7 TStop
Distortion [?]
0.2 %
Vignetting [?]
-1.4 EV
Chr. aberration [?]
3 µm

Carl Zeiss Apo Planar T* Otus 85mm F14 ZF.2 Nikon Review

Zeiss Otus 85mm f1.4 Apo Planar T* Canon ZE and Nikon ZF.2 mount lens reviews: World’s best performing 85mm portrait lens?

 Introduction The original high-speed 55mm Zeiss Otus model garnered worldwide acclaim for its outstanding optical performance and impressive mechanical construction, but at a buck short of $4,000, perfection came at a price. Today, Zeiss has announced the second model in the range, a high-speed 85mm lens with similarly hefty price tag ($4,490) and equally promising performance. It has an unusually complex optical construction for a moderate telephoto comprising of 11 elements in total with no less than six of those made from anomalous dispersion glass (with characteristics similar to fluorite) for chromatic aberration suppression, one asphere