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2023-11-29 Articles by Lloyd on Zeiss Lenses

2023-05-24 Nikon Discontinues Crucial Nikon FTZ Adapter

2022-07-27 SHOOTOUT: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Nikon D850 + Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon, Deck And Roof

2022-07-22 Fujifilm GFX100S: Does it Deliver Meaningfully More Detail than the Best 35mm? Or is it just an Oversampling Megapixels Poseur?

2021-08-22 Panasonic S1R vs Other Cameras for Landscape — Transition Camera for Zeiss Otus/Zeiss Milvus 'glass'?

2019-10-30 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Surviving Aspen (Nikon D850 monochrome)

2019-10-13 Various Zeiss Milvus and Zeiss Otus Lenses Now with Monochrome Examples from Nikon D850

2019-10-06 Epic Monochrome Panoramas at Pine Creek, Rock Creek with Nikon D850 monochrome

2019-07-26 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Backyard Trees (Fujifilm GFX100)

2019-07-25 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar: First Look at how it does adapted to the Fujifilm GFX100

2019-07-19 Reader Question: Zeiss Otus vs Voigtlander APO Lenses for Sony 16-Shot High-Res mode

2019-06-29 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Painted Rock (Multi-Shot High-Res Mode, Focus Shift)

2019-06-28 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar: Focus Shift

2019-06-27 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Painted Rock (Panasonic S1R, Multi-Shot High-Res Mode)

2019-05-18 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar at 187 Megapixels: Church Mosaic Straight-On (Panasonic S1R Multi-Shot High-Res Mode)

2019-05-18 Full MTF Series for Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar

2019-05-17 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar at 187 Megapixels: Church Mosaic (Panasonic S1R Multi-Shot High-Res Mode)

2019-05-09 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Tower at Night (Nikon D850)

2019-05-08 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: 'The Claw' Fountain (Nikon D850)

2019-05-07 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Examples: Campus Dusk and Night (Nikon D850)

2019-05-06 White Balance and Tint for Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar in Adobe Camera Raw — Differs for f/1.4

2019-05-06 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Mosaic (Nikon D850)

2019-05-02 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar with Novoflex lens adapter mounted on Panasonic S1R

2019-05-01 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Examples: Flowers, Plants, Ad-Hoc (Nikon D850)

2019-04-30 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar: Portrait Example (Nikon D850)

2019-04-30 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Flowers Backlit by Window (Nikon D850)

2019-04-30 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Orange Poppies (Nikon D850)

2019-04-29 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar

2019-04-11 Novoflex Nikon F Lens to Leica SL/T Camera Body Lens Adapter with Zeiss Otus 55/1.4

2019-03-21 15+ Reader Comments on “Request for Feedback: How Best to Partition my Publication Offerings”

Milvus 35mm f/1.4

Highest performing 35mm from Zeiss ever..

Optical Performance

Sharpness and rendering..

Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon

Fast high performance APO wide angle..

Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon

Ultra high performance apochromatic normal lens, first in the Otus line..

Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Rendering Style

Rendering style, bokeh and beauty..

Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar

Ultra high performance apochromatic medium telephoto, overview and technical..

Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Rendering Style

Rendering style, bokeh and 'transparency' without peer..

85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Night Vision

Peering into shadows at night with the very best..

Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar

Razor sharp with gorgeous bokeh..

Focus Stacking Overview

Bypass the limits on depth of field and diffraction..

Focus Stacking Shooting Tips

Best practices for shooting stacking frames..

Diffraction

Getting peak performance from your lens.

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Understanding Longitudinal (Axial) chromatic aberration (LOCA)..



Blog posts, reverse chronological

2023

2023-11-29 Articles by Lloyd on Zeiss Lenses

2023-05-24 Nikon Discontinues Crucial Nikon FTZ Adapter

2022

2022-07-27 SHOOTOUT: Fujifilm GFX100S vs Nikon D850 + Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon, Deck And Roof

2022-07-22 Fujifilm GFX100S: Does it Deliver Meaningfully More Detail than the Best 35mm? Or is it just an Oversampling Megapixels Poseur?

2021

2021-08-22 Panasonic S1R vs Other Cameras for Landscape — Transition Camera for Zeiss Otus/Zeiss Milvus 'glass'?

2019

2019-10-30 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Surviving Aspen (Nikon D850 monochrome)

2019-10-13 Various Zeiss Milvus and Zeiss Otus Lenses Now with Monochrome Examples from Nikon D850

2019-10-06 Epic Monochrome Panoramas at Pine Creek, Rock Creek with Nikon D850 monochrome

2019-07-26 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Backyard Trees (Fujifilm GFX100)

2019-07-25 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar: First Look at how it does adapted to the Fujifilm GFX100

2019-07-19 Reader Question: Zeiss Otus vs Voigtlander APO Lenses for Sony 16-Shot High-Res mode

2019-06-29 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Painted Rock (Multi-Shot High-Res Mode, Focus Shift)

2019-06-28 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar: Focus Shift

2019-06-27 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Painted Rock (Panasonic S1R, Multi-Shot High-Res Mode)

2019-05-18 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar at 187 Megapixels: Church Mosaic Straight-On (Panasonic S1R Multi-Shot High-Res Mode)

2019-05-18 Full MTF Series for Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar

2019-05-17 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar at 187 Megapixels: Church Mosaic (Panasonic S1R Multi-Shot High-Res Mode)

2019-05-09 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Tower at Night (Nikon D850)

2019-05-08 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: 'The Claw' Fountain (Nikon D850)

2019-05-07 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Examples: Campus Dusk and Night (Nikon D850)

2019-05-06 White Balance and Tint for Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar in Adobe Camera Raw — Differs for f/1.4

2019-05-06 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Mosaic (Nikon D850)

2019-05-02 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar with Novoflex lens adapter mounted on Panasonic S1R

2019-05-01 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Examples: Flowers, Plants, Ad-Hoc (Nikon D850)

2019-04-30 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar: Portrait Example (Nikon D850)

2019-04-30 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Flowers Backlit by Window (Nikon D850)

2019-04-30 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar Aperture Series: Orange Poppies (Nikon D850)

2019-04-29 Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 APO-Sonnar

2019-04-11 Novoflex Nikon F Lens to Leica SL/T Camera Body Lens Adapter with Zeiss Otus 55/1.4

2019-03-21 15+ Reader Comments on “Request for Feedback: How Best to Partition my Publication Offerings”

2019-03-07 Shootout: Zeiss Otus 28/1.4 vs Sigma 28/1.4A: Alabama Hills Creek to White Mountains (Nikon D850)

2019-02-07 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Examples: Snowstorm Lundy Canyon (Nikon D850)

2019-02-06 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Sprinter in Snowstorm (Nikon D850)

2018

2018-11-03 Reader Question: Canon RF 50/1.2L USM vs Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Plus White Balance and Tint

2018-10-20 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Aperture Series: Waterfall Amid Aspen (Nikon Z7)

2018-10-19 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Waterfall Amid Aspen (Canon EOS R)

2018-10-15 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Lundy Canyon at Dusk (Nikon Z7)

2018-10-10 Nikon Z7: Examples, Handheld with IBIS, Very Slow Shutter: Lundy Canyon (Zeiss Otus 28/1.4)

2018-08-31 Zeiss Lenspire Articles—Read all 17

2018-07-15 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Examples: Monitor Pass Area

2018-03-11 Shootout: Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar vs Nikon 85mm f/1.4G: Boreal Ski Slope at Night

2018-02-27 Shootout: Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar vs Nikon 85mm f/1.4G: Tools Closeup

2017

2017-12-04 Articles by Lloyd on Zeiss Lenses

2017-11-11 Late Season Shooting in the Eastern Sierra

2017-11-07 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: Some New Focus Stacking images (Nikon D850)

2017-10-18 Care and Feeding of Otus 85

2017-09-29 Nikon D850: Apparent Build Tolerance Error in Flange Focal Distance vs Optical Viewfinder, Causes Major Focus Error with Manual Focus Lenses and Focus Confirmation

2017-09-03 Shootout: Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon vs Zeiss Milvus 50mm f/1.4: Lundy Painted Face Rock (Nikon D810)

2017-08-29 New Article on Zeiss Lenspire Site: “Micro Contrast and the Zeiss 'Pop'”

2017-08-27 New Article on Zeiss Lenspire Site: “Zoom or Prime Lens? Normal Lenses”

2017-08-03 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Ellery Lake at Dusk

2017-05-22 New Article on Zeiss Lenspire Site: “Zoom or Prime Lens? A series by Lloyd Chambers”

2017-04-26 Evaluating 9 Top-End 35mm DSLR Lenses on the Fujifilm GFX

2017-04-26 Evaluating 9 Top-End 35mm DSLR Lenses on the Fujifilm GFX

2017-04-25 First Impressions in Adapating Lenses to the GFX (Otus 55/1.4)

2017-02-28 What Zeiss Has Not Done, Hasselblad in effect Has Nailed: Relatively 'Slow' Lenses for High-Grade Performance and Portability

2017-02-16 New Article on Zeiss Lenspire Site: “Zoom or Prime Lens? A series by Lloyd Chambers”

2017-01-31 Reader Comment: Medium Format vs Nikon D810 and Future Nikon

2017-01-31 Reader Comment: Medium Format vs Nikon D810

2017-01-11 Hasselblad X1D-50C or Fujifilm GFX?

2017-01-11 Fujifilm GFX: Might a Zeiss Otus Image Circle Fill Most of the Sensor?

2016

2016-08-04 My Articles on the Zeiss Lenspire Site

2016-07-16 Stacking Two Frames for Impossible Depth of Field

2016-06-09 Focus Stacking with the Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 Distagon for Outdoor Scenes

2016-05-31 My Articles on the Zeiss Lenspire Site

2016-04-03 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Mining Cabin Interior

2016-04-03 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: Pre-Dawn to Dawn in 20 Mule Team Canyon, Death Valley

2016-04-03 Capturing Context and Subtleties Together

2016-03-04 Astrophotography with Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon

2016-02-04 Sony Diffraction-Free Computed (not measured) Fantasy MTF Charts

2015

2015-12-27 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Frosty Pomegranate

2015-12-23 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar and 55/1.4 APO-Distagon are Discounted (Instant Rebates)

2015-12-04 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon to Ship in February

2015-11-18 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: It Has the Magic No Other Normal Lens has

2015-11-05 Back Home, the Snow Show Was Fun + Lloyd’s Dutch Oven Trout Recipe

2015-11-03 Cold Camp

2015-11-02 First Substantial Winter Storm + More Zeiss Images on Canon 5DS R

2015-10-31 Warm and Sunny Follows Cold Snow: Zeiss ZE 21mm f/2.8 Distagon on Canon 5DS R in Lundy Canyon

2015-10-23 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Examples: Mountains

2015-10-22 The Irrational Aim of f/1.4 Lenses

2015-10-20 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Yellow Aspen

2015-10-19 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Peering into the Fir Forest

2015-10-15 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: Ming Thein’s Take

2015-10-14 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: Size and Weight vs Classic 28mm f/2 Distagon

2015-10-14 Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon MTF

2015-10-14 Zeiss Announces the new Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon

2015-09-21 Reader Question: Nikon or Sony?

2015-09-15 Reader Comment: Weather Sealing on Zeiss Milvus vs Zeiss Otus

2015-09-15 Reader Comment: Travel Cameras, Small Kit

2015-09-13 A Visit to Zeiss, and back

2015-07-16 Left/Right Zone of Focus Skew: Not Always the Lens, the Sensor and Lens Mount Might not be Plane-Parallel

2015-07-09 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series at 50 Megapixels: Moots at Barcroft (Canon 5DS R)

2015-07-06 Sony A7R II, Sony A7R III, Sony A7R IV with Zeiss Otus and other Lenses

2015-07-05 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series at 50 Megapixels: Summit Building on White Mountain Peak, North View (Canon 5DS R)

2015-06-25 Canon 5DS R Hits New High, With Zeiss Otus

2015-06-20 Canon 5DS R: Resolving Power vs Canon 5DS and Canon 5D Mark III

2015-06-16 Canon 5DS R: Sharpness, Noise, Monochrome Potential

2015-06-15 Canon 5DS R *and* 5DS Expected Tomorrow, and Which Lenses for 50 Megapixels

2015-06-12 Canon 5DS R Expected Soon: What About Lenses and Sharpness?

2015-02-05 Canon’s 50 Megapixel Leap: EOS 5DS and EOS 5DS R

2014

2014-12-24 Think Otus for High-Res Sensors

2014-12-17 Zeiss Otus 85/1.4 for Nikon IN STOCK + Nikon D7000 for $484 + X-Rite i1Display Pro for $154

2014-11-16 Zeiss 55/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Glacial Blue, Winter’s Icy Hint (Nikon D810)

2014-10-31 Last Light

2014-10-30 Back From Trip: Shot a Lot

2014-10-29 Ready for the Snow (Plumage)... White-Tailed Ptarmigan

2014-10-08 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar: Full MTF Series from f/1.4 - f/16

2014-10-02 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar: First USA Shipments at Dealers Today

2014-10-02 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar: Flare Control

2014-09-14 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Aperture Series 'DeChambeau Yellow Wagon'

2014-09-10 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Aperture Series 'Trees, Tiles, Tower'

2014-09-09 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar: Versatility for any Challenge

2014-09-09 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Arrives Soon at B&H

2014-09-08 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar Aperture Series 'Wet Aspen Trunk'

2014-09-08 Yes, it snows in August

2014-09-08 Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar: Exceptional Optical Efforts

2014-09-08 Image Circle Size for 55/1.4 APO-Distagon and 135mm f/2 APO-Sonnar

2014-09-08 Filters for the Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar

2014-09-08 Uber Lens: Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar offers Unprecedented Performance

2014-09-08 In Depth Review of the Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 APO-Planar

2014-08-23 Zeiss 55/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Thunderstorms over Pine Creek Drainage (Nikon D810)

2014-08-20 Nikon D810 vs Pentax 645Z: Visual Impact Out in the Field with a Real Image (Comparison)

2014-08-18 Back from Trip

2014-08-13 Field Shooting the Pentax 645Z

2014-08-06 Is the D810 Sharper than the D800E?

2014-08-04 Nikon D810 vs D800E at ISO 3200, and is the D810 Sharper than the D800E? White Balance Diff?

2014-08-02 ISO 3200 on Nikon D810

2014-07-25 Leica 50mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH: $900 Price Rise

2014-07-22 Reader Comments: Lenses for Sports Photography

2014-04-17 Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 to be Introduced in “near future”

2014-04-11 Merits of an Aperture Ring on the Lens

2014-04-02 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: Secondary Color Correction Comparison (Canon 5D Mark III)

2014-04-01 The Fig Tree Declares that it is Spring

2014-03-16 Zeiss ZE Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon for Canon

2014-03-13 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon goes IN STOCK at B&H Photo

2013

2013-12-29 Nikon Df Examples: Pescadero Creek with Otus APO-Distagon

2013-12-23 Sony A7R and Sorbothane Bumper with Zeiss Otus

2013-12-22 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon on the Sony A7R: Red Barn Aperture Series

2013-12-22 Handheld Optical Nirvana with the Sony A7R and Zeiss Otus 55m f/1.4 Distagon

2013-12-21 Supporting the Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon on the Sony A7R

2013-12-21 Recommended Products, and Free Next Day Delivery from B&H Photo

2013-10-11 Zeiss Otus 55/1.4 APO-Distagon with Adapter on Sony A or NEX or Similar?

2013-10-10 Interview with Zeiss on the Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon

2013-10-09 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: Night Shooting

2013-10-08 MTF of Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Wide Open

2013-10-07 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: The Medium Format Look

2013-10-07 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: Sets a New Metric for Lens Performance to Rival the Best of Medium Format

2013-10-07 Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon: Ideal for Video?

2013-10-07 Zeiss Otus 55m f/1.4 APO-Distagon: Ordering and Cross-platform Notes

2013-07-31 Is the Full Frame DSLR the New Medium Format? What do DSLRs Lack?

2013-03-23 Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Distagon and 135/2 APO-Sonnar and Build Tolerances

2013-02-15 Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Distagon (Video)

2012

2012-09-06 New Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Super-High-Spec Prime for Nikon and Canon

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