Review on Zeiss Milvus 1 4 Camera Mount by Justin Hollins

While I have a sturdy L-glass with good autofocus (16-35 f4, 70-200 f2.8 II), when it came to fast priming I wasn't overly impressed with the Canon recommend. The 50/1.4 has a USM motor with the structural integrity of cheese, and the 50/1.2, while excellent at times, suffers from color fringing and focus shift issues. What else is there that offers a fast aperture, a floating element, and can provide EXIF data for Canon's native mount? Meet Milvus. I developed my photographic skills on a Contax RTSII with a Zeiss C/Y 50/1.4, so I was aware of the ergonomics. This lens has everything that the old manual focus lenses had and more, with added weather protection. Everything, whether you turn the focus ring or put on a lens hood, smells of quality. I shot a friend's Canon 50L over the weekend and it looked like a toy compared to this lens. I've never had any problems with manual focus, although Canon's flickering mid-point implementation isn't as good as Nikon's, even at f1.4 I've had no problems. Unlike the macro planar, this lens has a more acceptable focus angle, as well as a true distance scale for setting the hyperfocal distance and a depth of field scale that isn't just for optics. I don't think I'll be selling this lens for a long, long time.