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Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sonnar

Overview of Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sonnar

The about $1399 Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sonnar debuts in November 2016 for the full-frame Sony A7 series.

The Loxia 85/2.4 is an all-new design for Sony mirrorless, a Sonnar design which is ray angle friendly for a digital sensor.

Image quality

Expected to be outstanding.

The MTF charts suggest performance exceeding the best Leica M APO lenses in its range, bettering that of the Leica 75mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH and Leica 90mm f/2 APO-Summicron-M ASPH by offering a higher and flatter MTF curve albeit with more astigmatism in the edge and corner areas (and a measured curve at that, vs computed).

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Optical design schematic for Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sonnar
Zeiss Loxia 85mm f/2.4 Sonnar

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