Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 : Specifications and Opinions

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Orion

sent on 12 Agosto 2025

Pros: Charm of the most prestigious vintage, beautiful colors and bokeh. Mild macro 1:2 and that's no small thing

Cons: It tastes like a cork if you want to make an association with wine. Caps certainly not up to the mark as you can read from almost all

Opinion: It is a zeiss style lens made in Germany vintage, but overall even if made in Japan it has maintained the original quality, caps and box aside. A bit of aberration at TA but still returns beautiful images that modern super resolving lenses can't do. It is also a soft macro or mild macro if you want, so an excellent resolution if you do not want to print optical sights to hang in the living room

Gianlucailmoro

sent on 15 Febbraio 2025

Pros: Pro construction, contrast, b/w grayscale, manual focus

Cons: Front cap that has nothing to do with the rest of the lens, if the brand wasn't written I would say it would be a fake adaptation

Opinion: What can I say, I chased it for years, I wanted a manual focus to rediscover the taste of the shot thought, replaced by the Canon 50 f1.4 has no comparison, two different worlds, both for build quality and for the images that this lens churns out. It gives satisfaction, even headaches when you miss the moment, but it was not born for this, you know. To be used on FF, it gives emotions.

Maurizioartax

sent on 12 Marzo 2019

Pros: Sharpness of his, beautiful rendition of colors, beautiful b/n, brightness, speed, image quality, price

Cons: I don't know how to make a cover. Objective (Dicasi "cap") unworthy, especially for a Zeiss who has a worldwide reputation.......

Opinion: I've had this lens for 9 months. I'm starting with the "cons".... A censable front cap, I say no more. Forget it..... The optics are beautiful,350 grams of charm, baby. A concetrate of mechanics..... The first time I used it with the Nikon 610, I was stunned. But really.....!! Colors that I had never seen before, real..... I made the picture in a garden. I looked at the picture on the display, watching the garden. I was stupefied. The sharpness in the center is very nice. Bright without "stra-fare". It mainly affects the detail the thing that surprises me is the price. Used is found, without difficulty, around the €400. Metal hood inside the box. Recommend use this link for demonstration image. Https://i.imgur.com/ksg076G.jpg was made in F9 in 1/30 seconds with ISO 140.

Alexey

sent on 09 Novembre 2018

Pros: Impeccable Build Quality! Bokeh. Sharpness shutting down a bit.

Cons: Not get it first. Front cap.

Opinion: Great deal looking at the price of used! I paid 340 euros. Light, bright, versatile what some want more. Usable in all openings. Changing diaphragm also changes blurred so then play at your own pace.... Front cap a bit uncomfortable. Recommended to all that no year claims for Auto focus. Diaphragm controlled by machine body and very comfortable

Marco50

sent on 13 Maggio 2018

Pros: Splendid construction, important sharpness with unique blurry, excellent construction

Cons: It mirrors in merits and flaws in the reviews of the house, soft at the edges, front cap verges on the scandal like 21 2.8 and 100 macro

Opinion: I bought this lens used (little, I would say nothing), I immediately got acquainted with this important ring that conveys the sense of photography, also precise at full aperture, distortion correctable fine in PS, I use it for interior photography and Architecture when the 21 2.8 is short, then when I look at the files being post I am always enthusiastic about seeing the tonalities of the colors and the sharpness that are "Zeiss". I prepare the shot often already in monochrome. For this view there is always a place in the backpack.

Pkkleopard

sent on 22 Giugno 2015

Pros: Construction, Sharpness in the center of f / 2, Blurry font, color rendering, rendering shadows typical Zeiss, MF perfect ring, Hood

Cons: Sharpness and aberrations in TA

Opinion: I use it every day for work and unlike what you might think though MF us just the eye and you can also photograph the children as they play. Recommended still a magnifier or a slide focusing broken. As far as the construction is flawless, the yield is typical Zeiss with shadows very open, bright colors and excellent contrast; the blur is typical, neither too soft nor too hard, it's perfect if you like; besides all this add that makes the three-dimensionality of the subject in a completely unique! A TA suffers a bit 'of aberrations and is not a miracle of clarity (at least better than the Nikkor 50 f / 1.4G), but close enough to a diaphragm and out of all the magic. Like all Zeiss becomes a drug, the Board carefully nell'acquistarli ... The rest may soon become unsatisfactory, pace of the portfolios ...

Paolo Longo

sent on 19 Gennaio 2015

Pros: Construction unparalleled. Robustness and elegance (just think of the metal hood). Sharpness, color and, above all, CHARACTER!

Cons: At maximum aperture is a bit 'soft, but certain parameters of sharpness that today are so sophisticated and stylish, does not always make a good Photography. The manual focus (which I love) is not suitable for every photographic genre. But it is not a defect, just knowing it before.

Opinion: I replaced the Canon 50mm f1.4 with this Zeiss, found bargain. I immediately felt the charm of the manual focus, which did not represent any difficulty, indeed! RNLA sharpness from 5.6 to 8 is absolute. The color rendering is unique. The soft blur and elegante.rnInsomma: a perspective that you have to know little by little and that sometimes can not give shots excellent throughout (but just the fault of the photographer), but that, when it is designed and used properly, gives unparalleled satisfaction (as fixed lenses have also Canon 35 f2 IS USM and the legendary 135 f2, but this is really special Zeiss!) rnSe you want to photograph calmly and with your heart, try it and buy it!

Massimo Ferreri

sent on 31 Dicembre 2014

Pros: Excellent mechanical construction; outstanding optical quality from f / 4 onwards; ring focusing fluid and no games

Cons: Slight pincushion distortion, annoying in architectural shots; made soft edges in apertures (but this is a design choice, as is also evident from the documentation available at Zeiss, which defines this lens as having a split personality: just knowing it and take steps accordingly)

Opinion: After so many years of shooting film with bodies and Contax Zeiss optics, with the digital switchover and related optical AF I was a little 'missed the feeling with those goals. When I bought this 50 mm and I mounted on my Nikon, I seemed to go back in time and rediscover the pleasure to manually focus. The results obtained are up to the reputation of Zeiss (but this did not doubt in the least), with excellent resolution and clean colors enviable. With version ZF.2 (the one with a chip) can be used all the automatic exposure present in modern DSRL.

Giorgio Garrone

sent on 07 Aprile 2012

Pros: Mechanical construction is excellent, satisfaction focus when focus!

Cons: The weight and the lack of autofocus factors are secondary to the yield on the edge Aperture 1.4 to 3.5 poor especially in geometric or architectural shots while the sharpness of the central area is always excellent, the APS-C (foc. eq. 80 mm) the definition at full aperture improves significantly.

Opinion: Great piece of glass, as they say the Americans, has a beautiful color rendition, f / 8 sharpness and color depth, as well as the definition, really unique. Despite using the "old" Canon FD lenses with bayonet (via adapter) on my DSLR, this lens is a bit 'difficult to use as a manual focus at close range, especially with the EOS 5D MkII.

Fabio1951

sent on 21 Marzo 2012

Pros: excellent optical quality, impeccable construction

Cons: made at the edges at the widest apertures a bit 'disappointing

Opinion: This is the third fixed lens that I got to replace the two type II canon 16-35 and 24-70. The yield is superb and the object is constructed in such a way that it is a pleasure to use. The focus and color rendition, contrast and sharpness are excellent. However, in a comparison with the canon 50mm f: 1.4, which I have also (though I'm about to sell it) surrendering to the edges in Aperture 1.4 to 2 was lower than in sharpness. A f: 4 are equal and f: 5.6 to 8 prefer the zeiss. The Canon has a much lower construction, but the optical plane is also a champion and a better quality / price ratio, in addition to the automatic focheggiatura. Fabio