I agree. With f/2 and great IQ, I thought maybe this lens could possibly simultaneously fill the rolls of the 100 macro and the 135 f/2. But the fact that it only goes to 0.5x really makes it less desirable to me as a macro lens.


Quote Originally Posted by HDNitehawk
I was expecting to hear more positives about IQ compared to the Canon's. But after reading this I was left asking would I really see any improvement.

I've never used the lens, but looking at Bryan's images it looks like the Zeiss has a real IQ edge at f/2 in the corners over anything canon makes (except the 200 f/2 of course), but stopped down as you would use a macro the canon seems to have the sharpness edge. Based on the flimsy evidence of the single picture in Bryan's review, I actually prefer the canon bokek. Of course there is mystical "Zeiss look", but I haven't been able to isolate that (though I make no claim that it does not exist)