Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 Otus - Review & Sample Images

[andrewflo]

http://blog.mingthein.com/2014/09/09/lens-review-zeiss-zf-2-1-4-85-otus-apo-planar/

 

[jrista]

That Eta Carinae image is nice. Freakin psychotically sharp for that focal length.

 

[Tanispyre]

Wouldn't the Carina Nebula be a more accurate description, Eta Carinae is a single star in the Homunculus nebula which is a small part of the much larger Carina nebula right?

 

[jrista]

Eta Carinae is indeed a star in that nebula. The nebula is also often called "The Eta Carinae Nebula" (which so happens to be it's original name), one of a few alternate names to the Carina Nebula officially offered by Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carina_Nebula. I've always called it Eta Carinae nebula myself, and I know other astrophotographers who also call the whole nebula, NGC 3372, "Eta Carinae" or "Eta Carinae Nebula".

Homonculous Nebula is just the planetary nebula of ejected material from the hypergiant star Eta Carinae itself. That's quite small in comparison to the Carina/Eta Carinae Nebula, which is rather vast. It's one of my favorite regions of the sky...I'm rather bummed I cannot see it from were I live (along with the magellanic clouds.)

 

[Tanispyre]

Yea, I am a northern hemisphere dweller, so most of what I know of the southern skies, I learned long time ago when taking classes in school. My few trips south of the equator I have seen the megellanic clouds, but I have never had access to good optics to see anything else.