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That is of course silly to say. The Zeiss 55mm f1.4 will be also a great lens on a 1D-X, a 5D mk II/III, or even a 6D. Or a D600, or a D4.

And a lot other FF, yes - but still the D800E is currently the only very high resolving FF (another one with vibrating shutter doesn't count, blurred 36MP without AA filter still remain blurred) - so what good is that high price lens for, if the sensor remains below it's quality? And maybe the next D800S will offer a bit more and come really without AA filter.

Nonetheless, I also reserved a Sigma and am hoping to get it within the next 3 months.

@A64: No, Zeiss is not off their track - they just have not much of a traffic on that track, few hardcore manual focus clients make it difficult to develop a really well working AF. And if they had one, the next lot of people would wail about lack of vibration reduction.

They try to talk their weakness in not offering AF into advantage and for manual focus they are better than those short turning kit- or "standard"-zoom lenses.

Yes, 25 years ago I used a Planar 85/1.4 for portraits and I liked the look very much - it was in my eyes better, more neutral and less aggressive than a Nikkor 105/2.5 from a friend. For action portraits painfully slow to focus because of grease damping, but for normal portraits in a more relaxed atmosphere I didn't had much more blurred photos than these days when AF and hand tremor decide for another point of interest.