Zeiss's $4000 55mm OTUS lens should become the testing standard

This is the lens they should use to test cameras. Nothing is really as good at the moment. I know that testing a (example) cheap Nikon D3300 with a $4000 lens might not make sense to some (since most who own that camera will never own that lens) but at least it would level the playing field and we'd see what a sensor is really capable of. If anyone remembers, the D90 came out after the D300 and it was a noticeable improvement in-terms of pure image quality, although you wouldn't see that except with very good lenses.

Some enterprising test site could modify it (the Nikon unit) to adapt to all the major camera brands.

http://www.zeiss.ca/camera-lenses/en_ca/camera_lenses/otus/otus1455.html

 

Why ?
I would have thought you should test a camera without a lens if it limits the camera in any way which it will.

So unless you buy this lens you won't get the same results with any camera.


I know that testing a (example) cheap Nikon D3300 with a $4000 lens might not make sense to some (since most who own that camera will never own that lens) but at least it would level the playing field and we'd see what a sensor is really capable of.

No we'd see what it is capable of with that lens, with another lens it would be differnt so why test a camera sensor with any lens ?

How does a camera affect image quality, I can understand lens quality affecting it.

If it were me I'd build a test device a special device for testing standards.

What's the differnce between the ZE & ZF.2 ?

and it looks as though you focus by turning the lenses in differnt directions.