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Minolta 85 1.4 Limited -- The extraordinarily rich but delicate colors, slight optical under correction and smoothness for perfect skin is superb It has the smoothest bokeh of any 85 I have shot (bested the Milvus, 85L, Samyang, etc.)
Contax N 85 - My favorite Zeiss portrait lens--unusually deep and rich colors even by Zeiss standards, excellent shadow details, unique bokeh, perfect degree of sharpness for portraits. Lots of 3D.
CY 35 - the 3D, the color, the speed, the versatility. Lens is fabulous for environmental portraiture, nature and a favorite for urban decay and dogs.
** The RX1 sonar is magical as well, but sadly it's anchored to that lousy body--fly by wire MF, lousy af, unergonomic and no real EVF, and I can't change the sensor...
Honorable mentions:
CY 100 f2
ZA 135 (Despite no loving the FL or size, I kept re-puchasing this gem...)
Leica R 80 (Mandler masterpiece, only got bumped from the top by the Mino Limited)
Milvus 85 - so good, so fat
Mino 58 1.2 (favorite 50, nearly always shot at f2, 1.2 for fun, and stopped down it's great)
CY 50 1.7 - cracking contrast, good separation, wonderful CY colors, but bokeh is a bit meh...
Loxia 21 - it does't get any better, it really doesn't
Minolta 80-200 2.8 (best people tele zoom, lovely overall)
Contarex 85 f2 (vintage--should have kept mine, prices seem to have soared in the last 2 years)
CV 35 1.7 - size, IQ, subtle and gentle CV rendering
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