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ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 Lens for Sony E Mount
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The ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 Lens for Sony E Mount is a manual focus prime lens, which offers legendary optical performance, solid metal build quality and pin sharp results with high resolution and micro contrast.
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We Love
- ZEISS Distagon optical design delivers exceptional sharpness, edge-to-edge consistency, and true-to-life colours
- Manual focus system offers precise control with a long focus throw, smooth torque, and clear yellow-engraved scales
- 10 blade aperture and aspherical elements create beautifully smooth bokeh, with minimal distortion and consistent high resolution
- An all-metal construction with a frosted anodised surface provides a premium feel, excellent grip, and durability against harsh environments
- De-clickable aperture ring and cine-style focus compatibility make this manual focus prime ideal for photographers and videographers
ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 Lens for Sony E Mount Summary
After a long hiatus ZEISS is back with two new manual focus lenses for full-frame Sony mirrorless cameras. The ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 Lens for Sony E Mount delivers legendary ZEISS optics, with exceptional sharpness, accurate colours and a signature 3D pop to images.
The metal focus ring is smooth and precise, with a high-precision helicoid drive that ensures easy and extremely accurate focusing. The all-metal construction provides a premium feel, reinforcing the made-in-Japan craftsmanship and durability.
The Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 renders exceptional colour fidelity, with minimal chromatic aberration and an aspherical optical design that virtually eliminates distortion. The ZEISS T anti-reflective coating* reduces glare while maintaining high clarity and micro contrast, ensuring that even the very finest details are preserved.
Despite its exceptional build quality and optical performance, the lens is remarkably compact and lightweight, measuring approx. 77 x 100mm and weighing 677g.
Sony camera users who are looking for a premium manual focus prime for landscapes, architecture, interiors, street or portraits, will find the ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 is an outstanding choice.
ZEISS Otus ML 1.4/50 Key Features
- Legendary ZEISS manual focus prime lens
- Smooth metal focus ring with precision helicoid drive for easy and accurate focusing
- Precise focus throw for additional confidence
- Unique ZEISS Look with high sharpness, accurate colours and 3D Pop
- Apochromatic lens design for excellent colour fidelity with minimal fringing
- Aspherical design with virtually distortion-free optics and superior optical quality
- ZEISS T* anti-reflective coating for reduced reflections
- Manual aperture control with de-click function for fine-tuning settings silently
- All-metal construction with the highest craftsmanship and quality made in Japan
- Clear, easily readable, and precise scales, allow quick and accurate adjustments
- Compact and portable form at 77 x 100mm
- Weighs 677g
ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 Lens for Sony E Mount in More Detail
Premium Optical performance
The ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 reveals an extraordinary level of detail, delivering optical performance that meets the highest professional standards. Thanks to a Distagon optical design, the lens resolves exceptional sharpness and detail, with edge-to-edge consistency and a level of colour accuracy that renders scenes with absolute accuracy.
As an apochromatic lens, chromatic aberrations are well controlled using special glass elements with anomalous partial dispersion, significantly reducing colour fringing and similar unwanted artefacts. This ensures a natural colour balance, well-defined contrast, and an overall image clarity that is consistent from close focus to infinity.
The aspherical lens construction further refines image quality by minimising spherical aberration and distortions. This allows for high resolution across the entire frame, with subjects rendered in lifelike depth and clarity throughout the frame. Notorious ZEISS T anti-reflective coating* reduces ghosting and flare, preserving contrast even in backlit conditions, while the ten-blade aperture enhances out-of-focus areas, creating a smooth and natural bokeh.
Even when shooting at f/1.4, the lens is exceptionally sharp, allowing for precise subject separation with a signature 3D rendering that makes images appear almost tangible for the viewer. Resolution is consistently high, regardless of aperture settings or shooting distance, ensuring the same level of sharpness across the frame.
Precision Manual Focus
The manual focus design of the Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 provides absolute precision, with a long focus throw for smooth, consistent torque. The finely machined metal focus ring provides a tactile experience that enhances MF control, allowing photographers to find the exact focus point with ease. Unlike many autofocus lenses, this manual design offers zero focus shift when adjusting focus, ensuring that compositions remain stable and predictable, which is ideal for focus stacking or video recording.
With engraved yellow markings focus and aperture scales are clear, easy to read, and ideal for making quick adjustments even in dark settings. The internal focusing system ensures that the physical length of the lens remains unchanged, which provides more intuitive handling, particularly when mounted on a tripod.
Manual focus is especially valuable for low-light situations, where precise control over sharpness can be critical. For portrait photographers working at f/1.4, the ability to manually select the exact focus point enables greater control over depth of field, helps achieve critical sharpness on a subject’s eyes or key details in the frame.
Manual focus for video
This lens offers super-smooth focus transitions with a large rotation angle and well-controlled focus pulls for video recording. The addition of ZEISS Lens Gears allows for a cine-style focusing experience, while the de-click aperture ring offers smooth silent adjustments, which is essential for professional video creators.
All-Metal Build Quality
The ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 is built to exceptionally high standards, ensuring long-term durability and a premium feel. The all-metal construction, which is made in Japan, offers a solid yet refined handling experience, with a frosted anodised surface for improved grip and excellent operability in all weather conditions.
Despite housing high-end optics and featuring such robust build, the lens is compact and well-balanced, measuring 77 x 100mm and weighing around 677g.
A blue sealing lens mount ring helps to protect against dust and moisture, preventing environmental elements from affecting performance. Additional sealing throughout the construction provides yet more reliability for challenging conditions, with a temperature tolerance ranging from -20°C to +55°C.
The lens is environmentally tested to DIN ISO 9022 standards, confirming resistance to mechanical stress, vibration, and shock, including drop tests, resulting in a lens that can be enjoyed for years to come.
What’s in the box
- ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 Lens for Sony E Mount
- Lens Shade
- Lens Caps (front and rear)
- Lens Pouch
- De-Click Key
- User Manual
- Warranty and Test Certificate
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Our Verdict
The ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 has set a new benchmark for manual focus lenses, with an exceptional optical design, which renders high levels of sharpness, contrast, and colour accuracy. The apochromatic design and ZEISS Distagon optics deliver outstanding image quality, with colours rendered accurately and aberrations kept to an absolute minimum. Whether you shoot wide open at f/1.4 or stopped down, the lens maintains high resolution across the entire frame, producing images with remarkable clarity, depth and signature pop.
It is also built to the highest standards, with an all-metal construction, precise focus ring, and weather sealing, which make it as durable and reliable as possible. It passes stringent DIN ISO 9022 tests, ensuring durability for the most demanding application.
The manual focus design provides a refined, tactile experience, allowing photographers and hybrid creators to achieve pinpoint accuracy, especially in low-light where the lens shines.
For videographers, a smooth focus ring, de-clickable aperture, and compatibility with ZEISS Lens Gears offer cine-style control, allowing stills and video creators to enjoy this versatile lens for their content creation. With a modest size and weight, together with a purpose-built design for the latest high-resolution mirrorless cameras, the ZEISS Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 is a truly inspiring option for creators who appreciate manual focusing for their craft.
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Condition guide
Our used products are subject to wear and tear in comparison to brand new products. This also applies to accessories that are supplied with the camera including batteries which may have a lower optimum performance level/life expectancy.
- Like New – The equipment is in a condition as if you have just bought it from the manufacturer. The item is still considered to be ‘Like New’ even without the original packaging and accessories. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect working order. Lenses are optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Excellent – The equipment should be close to being ‘Like New’ but there may be some small cosmetic blemishes that lower its grade. The product has been fully tested and is in perfect excellent order.
- Cameras – Should have no marks on the LCD screen
- Lenses – Should have no marks on the elements and optically clear. There may be light dust present that will not effect the imagery.
- Very Good – The equipment may have some slight cosmetic wear to the paintwork and cosmetic blemishes with only light signs of use and the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – The LCD screen may have small signs of wear that does not affect its display
- Lenses – The mount of the lens will start to show signs of wear
- Good – The equipment is showing more obvious signs of cosmetic wear and blemishes, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen may have scratches or wear that is starting to affect the display.
- Lenses – May have slight dust inside that does not affect images. The mount shows signs of use.
- Well Used – The equipment will show significant signs of wear. The paintwork will be coming away in large areas exposing the metal work, but the product has been fully tested and is in great working order.
- Cameras – LCD screen is heavily worn either by de-lamination or has scratches to it. Rubber grips are starting to come away from the body.
- Lenses – The lens has dust inside that may affect images. The rubber zoom/focus ring is coming away from the barrel of the lens.
*All of our used items are listed with the accessories that are included. If they are not listed, then they will not be supplied at the point of purchase.
Peace of mind with our 6 month warranty
This product has been thoroughly tested by our team of photographers and we are happy to give a 6 month warranty as a result. The number of tests depends on the individual product but we are confident in this product having tested all the major functions. Anything that isn’t as you would expect, we then make a note of and show this in the condition notes on the page.
So you can be confident you are buying a great piece of kit that’s been looked after by a fellow photographer and seen many extraordinary sights, tested by our team of photographers and now looking forward to being set free to capture more great images!
