Sometimes I envy you for your simple way to look at things. None of the persons you describe will buy an Otus, most of them never heard of it.
You sincerely believe, people order a 4000$ lens without eben tried it? Zeiss is offering testing days. That's the least they can do if one is about to throw this kind of money. And I believe, people first are blown away by it's sharpness, contrast and bokeh. And after a while they find out nobody actually sees it, it's impractical to focus, heavy to transport - plus, to make bad things worse: If they use a camera with a normal AA filter, contrast as well as sharpness do suffer. And the whole thing still is only 135 format, but at MF prices and weight - so why not go the last mile and invest in a visible quality increase?
Otii are meant to bring MF IQ to smaller cameras (than a Phase One...). Each Fuji GFX picture will attract more viewers than any Otus picture. I say, it's a waste of money and everybody needs time to get that view...
You sincerely believe, people order a 4000$ lens without eben tried it? Zeiss is offering testing days. That's the least they can do if one is about to throw this kind of money. And I believe, people first are blown away by it's sharpness, contrast and bokeh. And after a while they find out nobody actually sees it, it's impractical to focus, heavy to transport - plus, to make bad things worse: If they use a camera with a normal AA filter, contrast as well as sharpness do suffer. And the whole thing still is only 135 format, but at MF prices and weight - so why not go the last mile and invest in a visible quality increase?
Otii are meant to bring MF IQ to smaller cameras (than a Phase One...). Each Fuji GFX picture will attract more viewers than any Otus picture. I say, it's a waste of money and everybody needs time to get that view...