Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 : Specifications and Opinions

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Kinch

sent on 18 Febbraio 2026

Pros: Impeccable build quality, sharpness and contrast

Cons: Poor grip when changing lenses

Opinion: The only minus I have found in use, over the years, is the relative difficulty when disassembling from the mount to the camera body. A small weakness in the design that unites it with the other Loxias. For the rest, we know that it is a lens that represents optical excellence at all apertures, with sharpness, color rendering and micro-contrast of reference. Probably a lens not for everyone's taste, but with its characteristics it is a guarantee of reliability and quality of results in all conditions.

Marco Mottillo

sent on 02 Luglio 2021

Pros: Material quality, construction accuracy, superlative sharpness, flare strength.

Cons: The focus would have preferred it slightly softer.

Opinion: The perfect optics, nothing to say. Pleasantly compact, the dimensions are very pleasant even with lampshed, derisory diameter, the ring of the diaphragms can be set with or without clicks depending on your preferences. The rear seal is excellent, which protects a little from dirt. Optical performance is undisputed, the best I've ever experienced from the best of itself between 5.6 and 8 stops. The microcrontranslative is superlative, the colors are full and alive.Very limited distortion the 21 mm here help. Good blurry, but the thing I love is the star light points that are created by closing the diaphragm is its business card a bit like voightlanders. Working with manual focus is not a problem indeed for a grandagol is the most logical thing even if you think of using filters of various types. For those who have always used with manually controlled cameras it will simply be a habit, for all those who like to use automatic mode it will take some time, but you will have the feeling of fully controlling the shot. For me Loxia 21 is the TOP then manual voul say forever.

Leopoldo Lusa

sent on 20 Aprile 2021

Pros: Construction quality and robustness. compactness. Sharpness and color rendering.

Cons: Focus sometimes a little critical

Opinion: Excellent objective, it manifests in detail the quality and construction care used. Clarity and rendering of superlative colors. Manual focus can be critical, even with the magnification of the electronic viewfinder, but you make your hand with use. You don't have to trust the focus field too much because the rendering of the details is sharp and at the magnification of the image they can turn out to be light out of focus at the ends of the field. The iris ring is decryptable for movie use, but in photo mode I would have preferred more decisive and less soft shots. If we want to find a defect, when it engages on the machine, with mounted lampshon, you can get taken on the latter to rotate, but to disengage the lens there is not a part that does not rotate and you have to get to the end of the stroke of the focus ring or the diaphragm to succeed.

Macs92

sent on 05 Maggio 2020

Pros: Crisp, manual, small, exif data in the car, light but the right, construction looks excellent, metal lampshed with inside with velvet or fabric and finally I left the colors last but no less important

Cons: I admit that I do not know, perhaps the cost from new (I took it used), here is an optics for aware, because 21 is not ultra wide angle like a 14 while compared to 24/28 you see that you have more breath; as I wrote it in the proposals I put it back here is manual (maybe someone may not like it I absolutely just wanted it manual)

Opinion: It's the first opinion I write, but this view is really nice! From the all-metal and glass construction to the small details such as a screw that makes the diaphragm ring decryptable (useful for video). The yield is what you would expect from a zeiss lens especially in the rendering of colors.. The sharpness is very good but for example in the center looking at the photo 300% is not equal to the sigma 24 art (monstrous sharpness of the latter). I come back to the color because opening the file has these beautiful vivid but very natural colors, so it is not as sharp as a 24 art in the center but has a beautiful yield. The construction seems to be very good, the end of the fire does not correspond voluntarily to infinity, but it is written on the booklet that is made on purpose in order to guarantee a little tolerance for the thermal expansion that it could undergo (this is a small detail but makes you understand the attention to the design and construction of the optics). Chapter weight, it is not in itself very light weighs just under 400 grams, but attached to the machine is perfectly balanced. You shoot quietly with one hand and do not tire in the least take it with you. Chapter scope of use, this perspective in my opinion is the top for both natural and urban landscapes, and very good for architecture where it seems to have a very good distortion correction. All this makes it an optics to gladly take out around even when you do not have a precise photographic destination or when you know that the trip involves many but many walks and lightness becomes an important factor.

Merlino82

sent on 29 Febbraio 2020

Pros: sharpness,flare resistance,small,compact,bright,completely metal

Cons: grafting on the bayonet a little difficolosto ,manual fire if it can be a con

Opinion: Some time ago after several researches I decided to take this wide lens ,I was undecided with the Batis 18 but it seemed too extreme so I decided for it,until now I can only talk about it excellently ,it is small,beautiful heavy for size and built divinely. Manual fire could scare those who are not used to it as i was, but after taking a hand it is very simple, also thanks to the automatic magnification and focus peaking, the resistance to flares is fantastic, in short for me it is perfect practice! I could and cost less I'd take the whole Loxia series, they're phenomenal

Maotaz

sent on 25 Gennaio 2019

Pros: Absolute sharpness, three-dimensionality, solid and compact, distance scale, diaphragms and depth.

Cons: Virtually no one

Opinion: Used with Sony A7RII produces absolutely amazing files in every situation, even at night at 12,800 ISO. Being able to see at a glance the diaphragm set is a pleasure, the manual focus allows to work in hyperfocal with a precision and a speed that no autofocus system allows. An optical masterpiece, irreplaceable for those who interpret photography, to quote HCB, as a "hard fun".

Xsirio

sent on 24 Maggio 2018

Pros: Optically perfect, small and easy to handle, lightweight, backlight resistance, sharpness

Cons: For those who are not accustomed: manual fire

Opinion: Optical for PRO in all respects. There are no flaws in this manual optics. For lovers of accurate photos up to the last pixel. I'm a candle lover and the 21st is the best wide angle I've ever used. No flare, sun stars in the beautiful lights. In your hand is accurate, the focus is soft and with the features of focus picking the game is done. It is the best start for those who want to devote themselves to manual fire, you can work with good precision in hyperfocal, but you can not forget to control the fire because the optics is very precise. It can also be used with the APS-C Series, with more effort, but it remains the best almost "35mm" for APS-C. Transmission, sharpness, volumes in the classic photos of Zeiss, transportability, construction... it has no weak point. Probably one of the best lenses for Sony-E. TOP to buy right away if you find the opportunity.

Pierfranco Fornasieri

sent on 14 Dicembre 2017

Pros: Build quality, Robustness, Manual Fire, Backlight resistance, Image quality, Sharpness, Lens hood

Cons: Difficulty finding a non-rotating grip when disengaging optics

Opinion: Fortunately found on the second hand market (which is very difficult), it is by far one of the best lenses I've ever had in my hands, including Leica. rnConstructed very well, it handles equally well. Dialogue with Sony in a perfect way. The focus is devoid of any game, sensitive and responsive.rnThe optical quality is absolute, the clarity almost embarrassing as well as the resistance to the backlight from manual (merit of the usual anti-reflective Zeiss). rnDa use with accuracy, like all 21 mm, is today a small masterpiece that those who report or landscape should never remove from the bag.