Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f1.4 review

When Zeiss introduced their manual focus Otus 55mm f1.4 for Canon and Nikon DSLRs in 2013 this marked the beginning of a series of excellent optics far out-resolving yesteryear’s (and even today’s) sensors, while combining this with an iconic design and exceptional build quality. I had the pleasure to review them all: The Zeiss Otus 55mm f1.4, Zeiss Otus 85mm f1.4 (2014), Zeiss Otus 28mm f1.4 (2016), and Zeiss Otus 100mm f1.4 (2019). And they all got Highly Recommended although they were big, heavy, expensive, and manual focus only.