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Sony FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA Sonnar T* : Specifications and Opinions



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avatarsupporter
sent on 01 Novembre 2024

Pros: Small and lightweight

Cons: the years, now 11, very bad in the backlight

Opinion: I use Sony A7II for work, with the 16-35 ZA for construction sites and inspections (walls, roofs, floors, plaster) with the 55 ZA documents and old maps in the archive. Travel, holiday, excursion and excursion photographs are reserved for the Fuji X100VI. I found the opportunity to buy the 35 ZA at a price that I considered very good, knowing full well that I was buying a lens put on the market 11 years ago. Since I mounted it on Sony A7II it has become irreplaceable in walks in the countryside on paths and along the river. Exclusively landscape photographs, some details of old buildings or structures, all very satisfactory if you avoid letting the sun enter the room: no recent lens I have had has such a glare effect, it is not flare but absolute impossibility of shooting if you frame direct sunlight, no problem with artificial light. Slow autofocus, maybe. Vignetting at full aperture? I don't think so, even if I hardly use it at f/2.8. On the other hand, its weight on the A7 is practically irrelevant. The bulk? a few centimeters beyond the thickness of the camera body. Great for walking in the countryside, sometimes in woods with scattered branches, the lens hood, brilliant to protect the lens.

avatarsenior
sent on 03 Luglio 2021

Pros: Very compact, light, great optical yield, excellent flare resistance

Cons: Only 2.8, strange but effective lampshon

Opinion: I have the 35 1.8, very good but heavy to take for a walk. Seeing for sale (used) the 35 2.8 I got curious and took it, obtaining a great satisfaction. When traveling and you want to be light this 35 is unbeatable and makes the A7r3 almost a compact one. No problem of optical yield, the images are always of excellent quality. Could it have been brighter? Perhaps, but in the end it is also fine: to photograph at night or at dusk there are other optics much more suitable. Highly recommended.

avatarjunior
sent on 03 Luglio 2021

Pros: Colors, Sharpness, Bokeh, tropicalization and compactness.

Cons: Only 2.8

Opinion: I think this objective is very good. Too bad it's only 2.8, it was F2 was perfect. One of the best purchases ever, I consider it better than the 35 1.8 causes better resistance to chromatic aberration and compactness anyway as a record. Great on A7R2 and A7C even better! I recommend buying on amazon the Haoge LH-RX1B square metal lampshon in Leica and Fujifilm style! show! advised!

avatarjunior
sent on 12 Gennaio 2021

Pros: Colors, contrast, sharpness, lightness.

Cons: Light ta vignette, easily corrected.

Opinion: I have been using the 35mm f/2.8 Zeiss Sonnar for almost 2 years, in combination with an A7rII, I was immediately fascinated but this micro lens, makes the machine almost invisible, but above all the quality of colors and color rendering is amazing. Sharpness is also excellent and distortion almost non-existent, this quality is important when used in historic centers with small spaces. For me the maximum opening 2.8 is not a problem, it is enough to photograph quietly in dimly lit environments. Some say that the bokeh is not the maximum, of course it is not a 1.4 but, as always, the yield of the blurred depends on the distance from the subject and the background from the latter, for me it is very gradual with very pleasant nuances. The maf is not a problem, the ring is not excessively smooth and well balanced in movement, combined with the peaking of the A7rII is not wrong a shot. I want to end with the fender, small and incredible, it seems impossible that from that slot it is possible to frame the entire field of 35 mm!

avatarjunior
sent on 29 Dicembre 2020

Pros: Sharpness, colors, optical correctness, weight, size, build quality

Cons: Price on the new delirious, too small the opening of f/2.8, ta vignetting, old generation autofocus

Opinion: Slow with many positives but as many negatives. The first impression for me is phenomenal: tiny lens, very light despite the metal construction (which I like much more than modern plastic alloys) that still conveys the feeling of having in your hands a quality object, well done. Nice compact lampshed too. You mount it on camera and you don't want to believe it's really that small... Then the pain starts a little bit, because the auto focus is slow. I would not say inaccurate, but only slow. And even the manual MAF, given the small size of the lens, is far from simple and even the ring is a bit inconsistent like many lenses with the ride by wire (if I have to be honest I used it in MF only to try because then it is really uncomfortable). From an optical point of view, however, we return among the strong points. In my view it is excellent for size and weight, a gem. A little soft at TA, but extremely sharp in the f/4-f/8 range. Beautiful colors and contrast for me, at the top of the category, produces vibrant and very pleasant images. Distortion, very small if not non-existent chromatic aberrations, from an optical point of view the only real defect is the vignetting that is intrusive to TA, then improves but is present at almost all openings. This is a useful lens in all situations where you want to be discreet, little visible, light in the backpack NOT photographic, but at the same time produce high quality images. Excellent in urban contexts or for reportage, where hyperfocality and good sharpness are exploited. Of course with the small maximum aperture of f/2.8 you can not think of high-level bokeh or off-top of the imperious floors, just as it is not the maximum in a little light (for this reason it is better to combine it with the A7 series where you can climb with ISOs without too much fear). The price on the new is something crazy and senseless, to be teased. On the used is located around 400-450 euros representing a good purchase for those who know the lens they buy and do not seek the perfection of an Art or the speed of MAF of a GM but also wants to have a hint of the Zeiss yield. Contact me without any problems for more information.

avatarjunior
sent on 02 Aprile 2019

Pros: Compactness, colors, image quality

Cons: Only 2.8

Opinion: Very compact and structurally gives me a better feeling than the 35 2.8 samyang I tried a short time ago. Nice colors, beautiful blurred up close. I don't like wide lenses especially if voluminous, so for me this 35 is perfect. I would have preferred it to be 2 and not 2.8 but I do not make a portrait use of it, I do not look for bokeh in this focal. In focal 85/100/135/200 yes. On a 35 no. Very recommended.

avatarjunior
sent on 02 Agosto 2018

Pros: Very light, compact, crisp, excellent coupled with A7R2

Cons: Non-stabilised

Opinion: In my opinion is not worth the price list, despite being a lens of Zeiss for what is in constructive terms I would see in Sales no more than 400 euros, personally bought new online to 450, but I would never take it to 700 compact and light , two notable merits combined with the great ability to capture colors and details.. I am not a great expert and I do not allow myself to write terms and words but... From the Amateur Council!

avatarjunior
sent on 26 Luglio 2018

Pros: Size, weight, sharpness, contrast. T * Lens Treatment

Cons: Manual focus can be improved. Price, but who buys a Ferrari knows that it will not pay little!

Opinion: Lens for me outstanding for the features listed among the advantages. The price is high, but those who prefer the Ciofagon or the Buoiotar can safely do without buying a mirrorless Full Frame. With this lens I rediscovered the pleasure of zooming by moving back and forth walking, imagining to have an old rangefinder machine, small, precise, fast in the shot. So lens for the amateur of photography, and perhaps for nostalgic!

avatarjunior
sent on 25 Luglio 2018

Pros: Small, light and exceptional performance

Cons: Price

Opinion: Let's start by saying that the Zeiss 35 f2.8 is chosen for its small size without worrying too much about the price. For lightness, compactness and quality becomes the irreplaceable companion of any Sony mirrorless camera (at least it is for me on my A9). The best thing about this lens is the sharpness that, combined with high contrast and very vivid colors, gives extremely bright and three-dimensional images even when the light is not optimal. The anti-reflective treatment is good, the vignetting ad f2.8 is present but ascending gradually to f8 disappears altogether. Obviously it is easily eliminable in post production. The chromatic aberrations are controlled in an excellent way and the barrel distortion is on minimum values and, looking for it, it can be found just a little on the corners. The Sony Zeiss 35mm f2.8 is undoubtedly a lens with excellent optical performance. The only negative note... needless to deny.. is the high price!

avatarsenior
sent on 25 Luglio 2018

Pros: Sharpness, construction, compactness

Cons: Price, effective utility

Opinion: This will be an honest review. Driven by the superb reviews I bought this lens and... it didn't go. We start from the fact that the price is absurd and unjustified. At the same digit (new second-used used) you buy a sigma art 35mm. But let's go by degrees. Anyone who thinks of buying a lens like this has a mind to flank it to a Sony A7 and turn it as if it had a compact. The problem is, you don't have a compact. Would you turn with a A7R2 in the jacket pocket? Frankly I find some nice reviews, you're talking about a couple worth over €2000 to the new minimum, and people talk about it as if they had a sandwich in their pockets to eat. Needless to mention the image quality, from a 35mm f/2.8 you can't have poor image quality, it's unthinkable. But you in a perspective to kill (because if you keep it in the pocket of the jacket this you do), look at the sharpness? It seems that this lens was born to take in hyperfocal forgetting of any bokeh effect. Another big flaw is the ride-by-wire, which absolutely does not return a pleasant feeling, the ring slides as if it were oiled, probably due to the still immature design of the electronic focus system. So for me, it's a completely flunky, fancy-eye lens. For those who really need an absolute image quality in the size of a compact would do well to orient on a much more comfortable and sensible RX1, which with also a splendid optical F2 certainly allows better results. If you have a professional car instead, and you are not sick that you turn with thousands of euros in the pocket of the jacket (in this case this is the optics for you), orient yourself on other.

avatarjunior
sent on 18 Agosto 2017

Pros: Nite, compact and light, zeiss colors and contrast

Cons: backlight

Opinion: Stunning travel targets along with a sony A7 form a fearless couple for lightness and professional images. Lightweight and compact when you do not use it you can simply take it in your pocket without any problems. Backlit does not make me crazy, sometimes it tends to become a kind of light fog that I can not manage too well in post-production (but it's a matter of taste). Sharpness is simply absurd for a lens of this dimension. If you are looking for it, it is reasonably priced. I would recycle it 100 more times.

avatarsenior
sent on 11 Giugno 2017

Pros: Typical Zeiss colors, compactness and lightness with included hood, sharpness, silent AF

Cons: Price for a 35 2.8

Opinion: Objective that perfectly embodies the mirrorless philosophy as extremely compact, light (slightly more than a hectogram) and of great quality.rnThanks to its included lens hood size lends itself well to reportage and street. rnsoffre a little the backlight.rnPrice for a 35 2.8 exaggerated, not in line with the other builders.rnComunque straconsiglio!

avatarsenior
sent on 27 Novembre 2015

Pros: Sharpness, color and imaging performance typical Zeiss, relatively low cost

Cons: Lack of reading focal distance

Opinion: Not much I use this lens but now is going steady with my Sony A7. I can put them in the pocket of his sweatshirt and go wide so equipped camera without difficulty and dimensions. The yield is good, comparable to the optical Leica where I come from. Even at full aperture the photo quality is good and you can get an effect of focus behind on the first floor. My experience, not by professional photographer, I do remember, however, the results of photos taken with the Rollej, very sharp and contrasted.

avatarsenior
sent on 18 Gennaio 2015

Pros: Sharpness, micro-contrast, backlit strength, size, lens hood genial, invisible and effective

Cons: Cost

Opinion: Great lens, well corrected, with 3d effect from 2.8 to f5.6 nice bokeh despite not having great apertura.Poteva be f2, but I imagine it was intended to contain the size of 2.8 to lug around a combination to7 / 35mm that can satisfy an output generic in 90per100 situations in a package almost tascabile.Quando bought the sony to7 I was undecided between this and zoom 35 24/70 but for the size of the package I preferred the portability and definitely higher quality 35mm

avatarjunior
sent on 07 Ottobre 2014

Pros: sharpness in TA, resistance backlight (contrast, flare), distortion, size, lens hood, weight, silent af

Cons: for now, no.

Opinion: I mount it on a7s and after reading many reviews, I decided not to trust the reviews. A TA is sharp from edge to edge (while networking turn of the samples which, in my opinion, are defective models). RNLA made in the backlight is spectacular, does not lose contrast and flare is practically zero. Contrast and colors zeiss.rnPer me is a great lens at a good price. The fact that 2.8 is not a problem for me, and for those who wanted the 1.4 is coming out that will have a completely different size, weight and cost. The autofocus is silent. The lens hood is invisible and does his job.

avatarsenior
sent on 28 Marzo 2014

Pros: sharpness - low distortion - robust

Cons: only f2, 8 - bulky

Opinion: The use of Sony A7. Coming from Leica M9 and Leica lenses use the latter as a yardstick. This is definitely a lens 35 Sony discreet, razor sharp and with excellent optical correction of the distortion. Very high contrast, perhaps too much, but with a pleasing bokeh anyway. For the rest instead is little more than enough. If we consider that only f2, 8 (a project then definitely not extreme) has a vignettattura excessive as well as sizes. Probably the Sony is having some trouble getting the NEX attack and draw the short and the coverage FF. To confirm this is the 35 f2, 8 is 28-70 zoom lens actually have the rear far from the sensor. In particular, the zoom, an optical seems to "reflex" with built-in adapter ring. Returning to the 35 f2, 8 would conclude by saying that undoubtedly can produce excellent results, it seems well built and feels solid. Scepticism is only in relation to the opening price and only f2, 8. rnp.s. I would add that the lens hood is acelutamente unwatchable.








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