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Cosina get away with using few elements compared with the majors, as one of the things acquired from their Leica obsession. And it is all based on glass-related choices. As for the process pathways of glass formulations, the Puts link sounds like obfuscation, but always good to hear other viewpoints.
Build quality on the 75/1.5 is as good as anything I've used, but many don't like the ring layout. Use it enough, and you might get to like it as much as I do. Focus ring is a finger's width, just right at for the degree of damping, aperture ring is bevelled for easy identification and is well-spaced front of the focus ring.
Much, much easier than the jammed up rings near the body interface, which really impede fast work. And far better than the near full barrel focus rings Zeiss used in the Kyocera days - I lost many shots to that idea. The small hood is excellent for the type and likely usage of the lens. The font size is a perfect match for the rings and half stops simplifies it further.
Sorry to say, it works really well (and fast) on EVF cameras, and Fred points out the slight FC is in the design, not from the Sony's sensor thickness. On rendering, the Zeiss imprint is there but the engaging colour palette is far better suited to most work than Zeiss's more brutalist look. The bokeh is lovely, and contrast seems just right. I feel like a Philistine stopping it down.
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