The long rumoured Zeiss Otus 100mm f/1.4 was expected at Photokina last month, but it didn't officially materialize. A few days ago, Nokishita posted some images of the upcoming lens.
This will be the fourth lens in the Otus lineup. The others include the Zeiss Otus 28mm f/1.4, the Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4, and the Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 This series of lenses is generally regarded as uncompromised expressions of what Zeiss is capable of.
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Seriously:
If you look at the other Otus lenses my guess would be to take the most expensive and add +500$/€/£
In Germany this would mean about 5000€.
Overall IQ will be stellar, price, weight and size too.
I am with Maximilian concerning the price: 5000 ... 5500 EUR
weight: 1.5 kg
size: ca. 100 diam. x 150mm length
from what I guess looking at the photos.
Maybe Canon will release an adaptor for the EOS R system which can change
its length by +- 2mm: You are doing the long way with MF and the camera
makes the fine adjustments via the adapter? Would nice to have but adds another
500 EUR700 EUR for the adapter which has to move strong loads with precision ...And not RF mount either. Yuck. Not going to buy, no kidding. :p
Yes - but with an upcoming RF-EF-AF adapter it would have benefits compared to native RF mount :)
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I would posit that while the Sigma may slightly edge the Otus 85mm f1.4 in resolving (it is a much newer lens), and while it is a very good lens (especially for the price) it's overall rendering (total imaging 'prowess', if you will) will not match the Otus (for reasons already mentioned by another Poster). Although that rendering/'look' comes at a steep price premium.