Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Frosty Pomegranate
Get Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon at B&H Photo.
The Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon focus to a reproduction ratio of 1:6.25. At such a close distance, nearly all wide angle lenses decline in performance, and most exhibit problematic focus shift and all sorts of veiling aberrations and color correction defects.
This aperture series from f/1.4 through f/13 explores the optical performance for the Otus 28/1.4 at its MOD (minimum object distance).
Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4 APO-Distagon Aperture Series: Frosty Pomegranate
Includes images up to 24 megapixels as well as large crops, from f/1.4 through f/13.
It’s great fun to see how the image “develops” across the apertures.
As an aside, I’ve now concluded that the late 2015 iMac 5K represents the best viewing experience of any display ever produced. The 14.7-megapixel screen delivers an image whose fine detail looks better than an 4 X 5 'chrome' I ever saw: larger, more luminous and absolutely crisp (with good images). I look forward to an iMac 6K or iMac 8K.
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