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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 502901" data-attributes="member: 13090">I don't own any Zeiss glass because Zeiss lenses won't auto-focus and (for me) they're prohibitively expensive. I have had opportunity to shoot some Zeiss lenses on a few occasions and while I've always come away very impressed I've not done any side by side comparisons. If there are some good side-by-side comparisons &quot;out there&quot;, I'd be interested in reading them.As for the comment regarding the Nikon 85mm... I don't know if I agree with that assessment or not. I'm certainly not ruling it out but I'm not willing to confirm it based on personal experience either. One of the nice things about the Sigma Art lenses though is just how rock solid the feel in your hand and how smoothly they operate. I'm all about function over form: the proof of the pudding is in the eating and all that. Still I can't help but notice, after using an Art series lens, how they make a lens like the Nikon 85mm feel like a cheap child's toy. .....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 502901, member: 13090"] I don't own any Zeiss glass because Zeiss lenses won't auto-focus and (for me) they're prohibitively expensive. I have had opportunity to shoot some Zeiss lenses on a few occasions and while I've always come away very impressed I've not done any side by side comparisons. If there are some good side-by-side comparisons "out there", I'd be interested in reading them. As for the comment regarding the Nikon 85mm... I don't know if I agree with that assessment or not. I'm certainly not ruling it out but I'm not willing to confirm it based on personal experience either. One of the nice things about the Sigma Art lenses though is just how rock solid the feel in your hand and how smoothly they operate. I'm all about function over form: the proof of the pudding is in the eating and all that. Still I can't help but notice, after using an Art series lens, how they make a lens like the Nikon 85mm feel like a cheap child's toy. [COLOR="#FFFFFF"].....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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