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Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Apo Sonnar T* 135mm f/2 : Specifications and Opinions

Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Apo Sonnar T* 135mm f/2

The Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Apo Sonnar T* 135mm f/2 is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2012 to 2016 (discontinued). The focus is done by Manual Focus, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1600 €;

25 users have given it an average vote of 10.0 out of 10.

Specifications
Focal lenght	135 mm
Angle of view	18.2°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/2.0
Aperture blades	9
Lenses/Groups	11 elements in 8 groups
Min. focus distance	0.80 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.25x
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	Manual Focus
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	77 mm
Lens hood	Yes (not supplied)
Weather sealing	No
Weight	930 g
Dimensions	84 x 130 mm
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Airy

sent on February 15, 2021

Pros: Exceptional quality (both manufacturing and image). Wide open, it is already near top performance. Close-up capability (1:4).

Cons: None.

Opinion: Size and weight are impressive; then again, it is a f/2.0 lens, and the full aperture is very useful. Acquiring focus is quite easy, given the image clarity and perfect mechanics. Color is slightly warm. Sharpness is near-perfect over the whole field at f/2.0 already. Bokeh is also very good, making it an excellent portrait lens. Close-up performance is also very good.

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Rsuriani

sent on July 21, 2023

Pros: Mechanical and optical quality, sharpness and micro contrast, colours, no purple fringing

Cons: Weight, MF

Opinion: Bought new in 2015 for the Canon 6D and got razor-sharp images. I display them on the 32" monitor without losing quality. Exceptional quality, especially in low-light, theater-like photos. High sharpness already at F2. Later I mounted it on the Sony with a 42 megapixel sensor, amazing results, of course increasing the resolution of the sensor increases the problem of micro blur. For portraits I prefer the rendering with the 6D which also gives a small grain effect. Used in landscapes, you can see an extra gear. At the beginning I felt like I was reliving the transition in Hasselblad from normal optics to 180 CF (or 120 CF) which showed an extra grit. Last I use it with the Sony A7R4 61 megapixels, exceptional results, it manages to maintain the same level of quality. It is still a very valid point of view, I do not add other qualities already widely known by other comments on this page. When I bought this lens there were not many solutions, today the alternative could be the Sony 135/1.8, I tried to make comparison shots with both obtaining exceptional results. Perhaps the Zeiss has a more extensive color rendering. Conclusion It works well with 20, 40 and 60 megapixel sensors, in 20 years it is still valid and indestructible, it is part of those optics that have succeeded well, the Zeiss series of excellence are the 21 mm, the 100 mm macro and the Otus. I use it together with the Otus 55/1.4, a winning combination. The lack of autofocus for certain events is felt, especially at F2. If it has to give way to Sony, it's only because of the latter's autofocus.

Lucy78

sent on April 18, 2022

Pros: Record-breaking sharpness, build quality, record-breaking micro contrast, indescribable colors so beautiful they are.

Cons: Manual focus but it is not a real con.

Opinion: Incredible lens, characterized by a sharpness that is unrivaled already at full aperture, you will hardly find a sharper lens! The blur it gives is very pleasant and progressive while appreciating an extraordinary micro contrast. It is a Zeiss there is little to do and you can see it in everything including the all-metal build quality with a buttery and perfectly frictioned focus ring. It does not have auto focus so it could discourage different types of users, but using it is not a big problem, it invites you to a more reflective and calm photograph. I vote 10 in pretty much everything, I think it's the best 135mm I've ever had the pleasure of trying.

Momiziano

sent on March 14, 2020

Pros: Optical yield

Cons: Mf

Opinion: After a year of use I want to say two things about this lens because I saw copies flagged as perfect pass on the used market for less than 1000 euros... I am not at all authoritative and I would not like to think that I consider myself such but I have experience of years of goals of "high lineage" , especially medium bright canvases, which are my passion. Having said that, I think that those who want to experiment with the highest level of optics have a really good value for money on the used. with the limits of course of a 135 bright manual focus that to show its potential needs to be sealed to perfection, the perfect shots will not be many but when the fire takes it is a show. very detailed apo microcontract, Zeiss colors and creamy blurry. from what you read we are almost at level otus 85. although relatively less bright. For those who use sony there is to consider as an alternative the excellent 135 1.8 GM that would seem to be even sharper in the center!

Lupaccio58

sent on March 19, 2019

Pros: Everything you've always dreamed of in a lens, and all together!

Cons: Little stuff, the usual front and back caps not level

Opinion: It is very difficult to review a Zeiss-Cosina, who has never possessed them does not have valid terms of comparison, then quibble on the 135 Apo Sonnar without using Hyperbolas is really a feat! We simply Talk about an incredible lens that has no rivals in its focal and perhaps not even in the other, a masterpiece of optics and mechanics that can make you fall in love even those who do not like the manual MAF. The sharpness is already astonishing to TA, and from edge to edge, leaves really open-mouthed! The colors are the absolutely natural of Zeiss with nuances that manage to move, the bokeh is textbook. Try to imagine the sharpness of the Nikon 200 F 2 coupled to the fuzzy creamy and silky of the Nikon 85 F 1.4 AFD, add a color palette that more realistic you can not, and here you are in the hands of the 135 Apo Sonnar! Do not look for comparisons, there is nothing like this, not the good 135 Art or the excellent Nikon 105 f 1.4, let alone the Nikon Defocus that the comparison are Knick. The Price is relatively high but absolutely beneficial if we think about quality. Handling The Ring of MAF is a thing of initiates, it is demultiplied to make an incredible and very soft, fluid all'unlikely, a pleasure in absolute. Lastly, I wholeheartedly recommend the Classic series, at least for this model. The MAF Ring of the Milvus, accomplices the O-rings of tropicalization, is slightly less soft, less lustful, and this also has its importance. For Those who are already Zeiss users I spend only two words: this lens is better than the phenomenal albeit 100 Makro Planar, and I don't add anything else...

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Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Apo Sonnar T* 135mm f/2 : Specifications and Opinions

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