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Zeiss’s New 55mm f1.4 Receives Some Serious Hype

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Last updated on 02/18/2013
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Last Updated on 02/18/2013 by Chris Gampat

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Zeiss has been known to deliver some serious optical performance. We reported on their lens chart results a while back from DXOMark and now it seems like they’re trying to push the performance even more. When they announced their 55mm f1.4, they stated that it was designed for Full Frame DSLR with extremely high megapixel counts.

We had the chance to play with the lens a while ago at Photo Plus, and it is very much something that the company would produce. Zeiss has produced a creative marketing video talking with the lens’s designer about the optic. The charts he mentions and showcases are the exact same results that we saw in our meeting with Zeiss.

But in terms of optical performance, they’re absolutely correct. As an owner of Sigma’s 50mm f1.4 (one of the latest and best) I can attest to the fact that this new lens from Zeiss nearly destroys anything else out there. I’ve also been a user of Leica, Canon, Nikon, and more. Nothing comes close.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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