I will admit to being a technical perfectionist at times. Well, most times, LOL.
I think that the linked blog post is a bit misleading. I dislike characterization of good glass as "clinical." That said, there are definitely situations that call for a lens that in some respects would be regarded as less than ideal. I own a Zeiss Biotar 75/1.5 and the reason I do is the beautiful character of the images it makes. It is not optically in the same class as, say, a Canon 85 L. It doesn't need to be. In fact, it is amazing to me that a lens that was designed pre-WWII, and (in the case of my copy) was produced the year before I was born can perform so beautifully on a modern 30Mpx camera. I actually would love to see how it performs on a modern mirrorless camera, and will definitely get that chance eventually.
ETA: corrected the typo in the thread title...
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