The Lord of the L rings- A hobbyist Photographer review

PhotoKhan wrote:

Damoo wrote:

The 85L II is better than the 135L. In fact this is the only lens where Canon beat's Zeiss in IQ. The Zeiss 85mm f1.4 has worser purple fringing /COMA

What curious statements...are you talking about the Canon 85 f/1.2L II?

If you are, then certainly my 85 is much worse than my 135 at f/1.2, 1.4 and 1.8 when compared to f/2 in the 135. It starts to match it at f/2, true, but the whole point of something like the 85mm is to use it at the wider apertures.

This seems to be universally true for this particular pair of lenses, not just my pair. Maybe be you have a dud 135?

As for that "Zeiss 85 f/1.4", you should also clarify if you're talking about the Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 ZE PLanar T* or the Otus just to see exactly how far from reality the statement is because, precisely, purple fringing is the main problem with the Canon 85 f/1.2L II.

In fact, optically-wise, the Canon 85 f/1.2L II is a "meh!" performer at wider apertures and I can't wait for a version III featuring BR to be introduced.

PK

As long as you can't open up the 135 to 1.2, nothing of what you say really matters.

The Canon 85mm 1.2 II is simply the best 1.2 lens in the world. Period

(I am also intersted to see what that organic thingy is all about, but it it is way too early to state anything conclusive at this point in time. And even if it is shown to work wonders (without any major trade-offs), which some samples from the 35mm seem to indicate, we still have no idea how this will translate to an even faster and much longer lens - my guess is that we will see a new, but slower, 85mm, long before the 1.2 gets an update.