Carl Zeiss Milvus 50 mm f/1.4 review - Distortion

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Carl Zeiss Milvus 50 mm f/1.4

18 November 2015

Arkadiusz Olech

6. Distortion

The chart below shows the distortion results of different standard f/1.4 lenses, launched on the market in the last several years.

	Zeiss Milvus 1.4/50	Zeiss Otus 1.4/55	Sigma A 1.4/50	Nikkor 1.4/58G	Samyang 1.4/50	Nikkor 1.4/50G
APS-C/DX	−0.47%	−0.19%	−0.01%	−0.52%	−0.87%	−0.82%
FF	−1.30%	−0.69%	−0.12%	−1.41%	−2.11%	−2.01%

It is clear the Sigma A 1.4/50 is unrivalled here as it shows no distortion at all. The expensive Otus fares very well too. The Milvus occupies the third place, faring even a bit better than the expensive Nikkor AF-S 1.4/58G which, after all, had it easier because of the bigger focal length.

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The result of the Milvus is not bad but it doesn’t impress us either. The cheaper Sigma fared much better in this category and its performance made the results of the Zeiss look bad.