ZEISS Otus 100mm f/1.4 ZE Lens for Canon EF

I love this lens, it is tac sharp, gorgeous and the best 100mm you can find for a full frame 35mm camera. I love the Otus line and have no real complaints. Something to consider however, is the size and weight of this lens. I personally don't like using this lens handheld. First off, I usually shoot locked down, so that's my go-to anyway. But secondly, the weight of this lens combined with it being manual focus makes hand-held shooting a little clumsy in my opinion. But if you're going to be on a tripod or camera stand, this lens is truly a great choice. If you want something a bit lighter and are willing to sacrifice a tiny bit of speed, I also HIGHLY recommend the Zeiss Milvus 100mm F2 macro. The quality is fairly close to the Otus line, but much smaller and with a more approachable price point.

I have used zeiss lenses on my nikon d810 and d850 for several years. I love the color depth these lenses give and the sharpness. Now, with the z mount being nikons new standard, I hesitated to buy an f mount lens The manual focus is so much easier now on the z7ii camera that it encouraged me to consider this lens when it went on sale for the holidays. I love the new z mount lenses. Their sharpness is superb, but I always have preferred the subtle colors and smooth transition to out of focus of the zeiss lenses. The Otus 100mm lens is the best lens I own and I'm including the other Otus lenses when I say that. The 100mm Otus is slightly sharper than the 85mm Otus and I love the 100mm bokeh because of it's longer focal length. Either is fantastic depending on the subject. The 100mm Otus lens is easy to focus handheld using live view magnification and focus peaking. Not fast, it does take some time, but accurate so I don't use it on moving kids. The colors are richer and the lens is sharper than my nikon 105 f1.4 which is a great lens. I've not used the sigma 105 art, but when I saw reviews where the same subjects were photographed with the sigma, the nikon, and zeiss 105 and 100mm lenses respectively, I preferred the zeiss for overall rendering of the images. I think part of it is taste. The sigma give a crisp looking very sharp image and it nails the sharpness. The nikon is lighter and has excellent image quality, but not quite as good as the Zeiss. The Zeiss is sharp, but it has more nuances of color. The image on the left is f3.2 and on the right f2.0