04-24-2019, 11:27 PM
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04-25-2019, 11:15 AM
Says the guy who complains like
Apparently it has to be the right brand coming up with bricks...
This one weighs 1.4 kg and comes without AF.
Quote:The bigger question mark may be whether you are bold enough to carry such a brick. At more than 1.1kg, it's not for the weak. While we surely congratulate Sigma for releasing high-quality lenses into the market, we aren't sure that super-sizing everything for gaining quality is always desirable. It's good for getting fairly high ratings but it reduces the fun factor to some degree - and for most of us, fun is what all this is about.
Apparently it has to be the right brand coming up with bricks...

04-25-2019, 08:54 PM
I said "nice" that it doesn't have bokeh fringing. I didn't say that I would dare to buy and/or use it ;-)
04-25-2019, 10:02 PM
For 4500.- € or CHF 5300.- one should be able to expect no bokeh fringing. Apparently enough people have this kind of money to burn.
04-25-2019, 10:14 PM
Or: So few people will want to afford that lens that it explains the high price? Anyway, isn't the much cheaper Sigma 105mm f1.4 already remarkably free of LoCA?
04-26-2019, 06:29 AM
In this aspect the Sigma is better than the Nikkor. But the Otus is an Apochromat, no? I found it remarkable, that no manufacturer of 105 or 100/1.4 lenses focuses closer than 1.0 m. I think because of that, I'm much better off with the 135/1.8 (0.85 m).
04-26-2019, 01:13 PM
I guess that the size(s) of the focussing group elements and space they have to move restrict the MFD?
04-26-2019, 10:47 PM
The 135 mm and the 85 mm both are shorter than the 105 mm. With the 85 and the 105, it's the 10×FL rule to define the MFD, but the 135 it's only 6.5 × FL. When I tried the 105, I often needed to step back a bit - that doesn't happen with the 85 or 135.
04-28-2019, 07:16 PM
(04-26-2019, 10:47 PM)JJ_SO Wrote: [ -> ]The 135 mm and the 85 mm both are shorter than the 105 mm. With the 85 and the 105, it's the 10×FL rule to define the MFD, but the 135 it's only 6.5 × FL. When I tried the 105, I often needed to step back a bit - that doesn't happen with the 85 or 135.
Which 135mm and 85mm are shorter? The 135mm, does it have less elements?
04-28-2019, 09:36 PM
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