Samples

The following images were taken with the Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4 lens mounted on a 45MP Nikon Z8 camera. The images are RAW files developed in Lightroom 14.5/CRAW 17.5 to Adobe Vivid profile with the lens profile compensating distortions, and vignetting. Noise-reduction was set to 0, sharpening to 50/0.5/36/10 for 45MP images or 50/1/36/10 at 180MP. I applied exposure compensation plus some extra tone, color, or saturation adjustment to produce more pleasing images which are closer to what one would normally do when processing RAW files. Most images were shot at f1.4 but for selected scenes I also included stopped down versions to demonstrate how the lens sharpens up at smaller apertures.

The individual exposure details are stated for each image. All of my high resolution Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4 sample images are available to download in their original formats for analysis at Flickr. These files are for personal evaluation only and cannot be used in another publication or website without permission.

1/640, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, large originals available at f1.4, f2.0

1/1000, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/400, f2.0, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/5000, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, large 180MP originals available at f1.4, f2.0, f2.8, f4.0, f5.6

1/400, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1600, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1250, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/4000, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1600, f2.0, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1250, f1.8, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/400, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/8000, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1000, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, large originals available at f1.4, f2.0, f2.8, f4.0, f5.6

1/1600, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/25, f1.4, 90 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/25, f1.4, 72 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/125, f1.8, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/25, f1.4, 250 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/25, f2.8, 1600 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/25, f1.4, 110 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/25, f1.4, 90 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/30, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/1600, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/60, f1.4, 64 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

1/25, f1.4, 160 ISO, Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4; click image for 4k version, here for large original

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