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Carl Zeiss Milvus 85 mm f/1.4

30 December 2015
Arkadiusz Olech

6. Distortion

The chart below shows distortion results of different fast full frame 85 mm lenses which we’ve tested so far.


Zeiss
Milvus 1.4/85
Zeiss
Otus 1.4/85
Sigma
1.4/85
Nikkor
1.4/85G
Samyang
1.4/85
Canon
1.2/85
APS-C/DX
−0.05%
+0.06%
−0.08%
−0.19%
−0.11%
−0.28%
FF
−0.38%
−0.04%
−0.36%
−0.41%
−0.43%
−1.03%


As you can notice the Zeiss Otus remains unrivalled in this category – on both types of detectors it got a result amounting practically to zero within the margin of error. The second place is awarded joint to the Milvus and the Sigma. What’s interesting the expensive Canon EF 1.2/85 II performs the weakest in this group. Still it should be mentioned that the distortion level of all these lenses remains low and it won’t bother you at all in practice.


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Canon 50D, 85 mm
Carl Zeiss Milvus 85 mm f/1.4 - Distortion
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Carl Zeiss Milvus 85 mm f/1.4 - Distortion