Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M: Many Examples + Bokeh Aperture Series

2016-09-17 • SEND FEEDBACK |
Related: bokeh, Nikon, Nikon D810, Nikon DSLR, Zeiss, Zeiss 100mm f/2 Makro-Planar, Zeiss DSLR Lenses, Zeiss Lenses, Zeiss Milvus, Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M

See my Zeiss DSLR lenses wish list and other wish lists at B&H Photo.

The about $1843 Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M is my preferred all-around telephoto. While marketed as a macro lens, it is also superb at distance with “high and flat” MTF free of field curvature plus no focus shift and no distortion and unrivalled bokeh. It delivers richly saturated colors with very high contrast. No other lens in its range can pull all that together. So many shots just have that special quality to them that I don’t see in other lenses in its range.

I’ve published a whole range of examples, including an aperture series showing the very special bokeh style as well as a second bokeh page:

• Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M Bokeh Aperture Series: Wild Onion and Shining Lake
• Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M Macro Examples: Out of Focus Specular Highlights
• Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M Macro Examples: Shape of Out of Focus Specular Bokeh
• Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M Macro Examples: Impressionistic Macro, High Sierra
• Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M Macro Examples: Bees and Bugs, High Sierra
• Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M Macro Examples: High Sierra Variety

All pages include images up to 28 megapixels.

Sedges

f2 @ 1/2500 sec handheld, ISO 64; 2016-08-29 17:18:37
NIKON D810 + Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M

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White Daisy

f11 @ 1/1600 sec, ISO 400; 2016-08-24 10:42:15
NIKON D810 + Zeiss Milvus 100mm f/2M

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