Originally posted by angelodn hi Kelly,
by owner of T*85 I agree with you for all previous posts.
after using it for 2 weeks and a wedding I really love it.
By f2.8/f3.5 it's a razor and just similar to the other lens portrait
loosing a little of personality.
but between 1.4 and 2.8 it's delicate and elegant,
and reminder me the 77 limited.
now I'm in fully LBA for zeiss and voigtlander...
and I have to decide to sell at least one of A*85, T*85 or 77limited
to buy a new lens....
let me know all your lenses stuff!
do you think the 90 and the 85 as two differnt lenses with two different usage?
Hey cool, love to see some samples from your 85 at the wedding - glad to hear it was a good performer for you.
As for the VL90, I would classify it as very different to the T*85. After their focal range and where they were built, they are opposites.
Its dramatic - the 90 is a tiny lens, lets in a little light (f3.5) but close focuses to around 1 ft at 1:3.5. It can't be far off its maximum MTF performace wide open at 3.5, it is as sharp as any lens I've shot. CA and fringing are _very_ well controlled (as with all Lanthars), the only drawback is its modest aperture which leaves its bokeh wanting, and for me, thats a reason to exist.
The T*85 in contrast is large, fast, has a split personality (as many fast lenses do) as a dreamy bokeh machine wide open to a razor when stopped down from 2.8 up. But this lens as you know wants to sit back and take in the view at 1m, 1:10, its an approach that took me some getting used to.
I'd suggest though, that the 90 is equally at home in the quality dept as the T*85. If you are a person who does portraits and wants a different choice from time to time, the VL90 could be an alternative.
K.