JuzaPhoto uses technical cookies and third-part cookies to provide the service and to make possible login, choice of background color and other settings (click here for more info).

By continuing to browse the site you confirm that you have read your options regarding cookies and that you have read and accepted the Terms of service and Privacy.

OK, I confirm

You can change in every moment your cookies preferences from the page Cookie Preferences, that can be reached from every page of the website with the link that you find at the bottom of the page; you can also set your preferences directly here

Accept Cookies

Customize

Refuse Cookies

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

Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Makro-Planar T* 50mm f/2

The Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Makro-Planar T* 50mm f/2 is a macro lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2009 to 2015 (discontinued). The focus is done by Manual Focus, it does not have image stabilization. The average price was 1229 €;

26 users have given it an average vote of 9.8 out of 10.

Specifications
Focal lenght	50 mm
Angle of view	46.8°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/2.0
Aperture blades
Lenses/Groups	8 elements in 6 groups
Min. focus distance	0.24 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.50x
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	Manual Focus
Internal Focus	No
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	67 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	No
Weight	530 g
Dimensions	72 x 88 mm
Buy
*Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Makro-Planar T 50mm f/2, buy on Ebay** JuzaPhoto contains affiliate links from Amazon and Ebay and JuzaPhoto earn a commission in case of purchase through affiliate links.

Publish your advertisement on JuzaPhoto (info)

Reviews

What do you think about this lens?

Do you want add your opinion? You do it by joining JuzaPhoto, it is easy and free!

There is more: by registering you can create your personal page, publish photos, receive comments, join discussions and you can use all the features of JuzaPhoto. With more than 258000 members, there is space for everyone, from the beginner to the professional.

Airy

sent on April 12, 2022

Pros: Sharpness, bokeh

Cons: Flare, warm colours

Opinion: The ZF2 version is near perfect in terms of sharpness and bokeh, and aberrations are low (not however reaching APO level). The lens has some minor, but irritating quirks: a yellow cast (warm colours) requiring post-processing ; flare (minor at f/2 but growing on stopping down!) especially when shooting against bright backgrounds ; significant vignatting. Mechanically, it is perfect. The focus throw is very short between 5m and infinite, but this is overcome by smooth action (no dry friction, or "stick and slip"). The Milvus version is virtually the same lens, but has better coatings, thus getting rid of flare and cast - a dream lens. Price is acceptable if you get it second hand.

The following opinions have been automatically translated with Google Translate.

Freestyler977

sent on December 10, 2025

Pros: The fact of being there, of existing. A fact for which I feel sincere gratitude to the entire universe.

Cons: No cons. Or.. Maybe one yes: it raises the bar of quality so much, that you start to compare all the other 50mm to it.

Opinion: One of the most exciting, if not the most exciting, 50mm I've had the chance to use. The construction is ultra premium, tactile orgasm. The very high yield, I would say amazing: deep images, which pull you in, with an almost palpable three-dimensionality. A lens that enhances reality, with which photographs are created in which one would want to look out and turn one's gaze to the right and left, above and below. A lens that is a sort of medium capable of adding dreamlike traits to any type of subject, even the most opaque. The Zeiss brand in one of its best expressions.

Lomapada

sent on April 12, 2022

Pros: Very high yield throughout, and balanced, construction and very reliable mechanics

Cons: nothing in particular

Opinion: Bought over two years ago to use it with a Panasonic GH5 and make videos. It may seem strange but it thus becomes a 100 macro of the highest quality combined with practicality in the field (where it benefits from the excellent stabilization of the GH5): it is not too heavy and too long but well balanced even at maximum extension, and the manual focus is still easy thanks to the excellent ring that turns a lot but not too much. For the rest, the rendering is from Zeiss, with definition and three-dimensionality, detachment of the planes, beautiful colors and unclosed shadows. It does not touch the sublime like the Zeiss 135 Apo-Sonnar, but the latter is a more recent project (and heavy, impractical in the middle of a meadow to make butterflies); but the 50 is only a wire below, with a very balanced yield of all optical parameters

Sonomoha

sent on July 28, 2018

Pros: Construction quality, glass quality.

Cons: Price a bit high for a 1:2 ratio goal.

Opinion: Really great in everything if we only see things like robustness and optical quality. Too bad it's only a ratio of 1:2, but even there is still a pretty impressive detail. It particularly likes the almost 360-degree fire ring that allows you to adjust the focus as precisely as possible and makes its use for macros rightly very comfortable. With very small subjects, I add an extension ring for a greater macro ratio. It has its own weight because it is built with so much metal, but this is forgotten immediately after seeing how robust and precise is the lens (-:

user10303

sent on January 18, 2016

Pros: Sharpness and risolvenza from primato.rnGhiera focus that is a solid goduria.rnCostruzione impeccable.

Cons: For he considers a problem: the weight.

Opinion: I bought this lens by chance in a store that sold it at a price accessbile.rnVolevo a 50mm clear, and that behaved well in macro, you say, this was the choice azzeccata.rnAppena picked is the spark : elegant, robust, perfetto.rnIl only hood implies that here we talk about quality without compromise. Tried on the 5D Mark II, the manual focus is a godsend, the ring is smooth, with a long hike (I had never experienced anything like it), this makes the focus very precisely. The chip confirmation is perfetto.rnHo made some shots and I was impressed by the results: a clarity never seen before, and I've had for so long a 70-200 f / 4, still use a 300 f / 4L to IS.rnTornato home, I try to do some macro result? I sold 180L Macro. Fantastic colors, detachment plans monstrous, three-dimensional incredibile.rnUnico point: it's still a 50mm, I dare not imagine what could be the 100mm.rnUn precisely: the lens & egrAve; 9cm long with small lens hood, the minimum focusing distance is extended to other 4cm.

There are 1 more reviews. Show all »

Photos taken with Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Makro-Planar T* 50mm f/2

Untitled Photo

by Aracnis
5 comments, 2658 views

HI RES 9.1 MP

Sunset in Costa Saracena ... Etna and Catania ....

by Frank5d
7 comments, 6844 views

HI RES 15.7 MP

The Ciaffo

by Aracnis
3 comments, 2042 views

HI RES 12.2 MP

Colored imperfections

by Cmg
2 comments, 1019 views

HI RES 21.7 MP

Marbled Galathea, L. 1758

by Sonomoha
5 comments, 1032 views

HI RES 20.9 MP

Meadow Brown

by Sonomoha
6 comments, 1246 views

Publish your advertisement on JuzaPhoto (info)

The absence

by Aracnis
2 comments, 1705 views

HI RES 12.2 MP

Angry Drop 2

by Gio52
5 comments, 336 views

Trumpets of the dead

by Leonardo Nieri
6 comments, 161 views

HI RES 50.3 MP

Shot against the light

by Giofoto65
2 comments, 1323 views

F 2

by Gio52
4 comments, 584 views

Beyond the Door

by Valbonesi
0 comments, 752 views

Untitled Photo

by Gio52
2 comments, 287 views

Autostrada

by Jörg Beschmann
0 comments, 717 views

HI RES 15.6 MP

Saretta

by Andy68
0 comments, 1570 views

Tatti ..

by Roberto Barale
0 comments, 1575 views

It's not what it looks like

by Cataldoleo
5 comments, 507 views

HI RES 30.1 MP

Desenzano

by Edgecrusher
0 comments, 2581 views

Mushrooms that grow on dying oak stem

by Leonardo Nieri
9 comments, 153 views

HI RES 50.3 MP

Musicians

by Frank5d
0 comments, 3083 views

HI RES 21.0 MP

Blu India

by Aracnis
1 comments, 1477 views

HI RES 12.2 MP

Monumental 4

by Gregor
0 comments, 1734 views

HI RES 21.0 MP

Bright orange

by Leonardo Nieri
0 comments, 138 views

HI RES 13.5 MP

Let me... It's time to go ...

by Cmg
1 comments, 389 views

HI RES 12.1 MP

Concerto for oboe

by Aracnis
5 comments, 1189 views

HI RES 23.8 MP

Boils

by Cataldoleo
2 comments, 500 views

Yellow African Marcherita

by Leonardo Nieri
3 comments, 60 views

HI RES 50.3 MP

Cantinetta -

by Cataldoleo
0 comments, 417 views

HI RES 34.4 MP

Beautiful acorn today, beautiful oak tomorrow

by Leonardo Nieri
0 comments, 130 views

HI RES 8.6 MP

... better focus on the network

by Valbonesi
0 comments, 730 views

The window on the arcades

by Valbonesi
2 comments, 794 views

HI RES 4.2 MP

Publish your advertisement on JuzaPhoto (info)

Bronze Tanning

by Valbonesi
0 comments, 869 views

HI RES 7.4 MP

Angry Drop

by Gio52
4 comments, 382 views

Jesolo, Ias

by Cataldoleo
0 comments, 559 views

HI RES 36.2 MP

Winter landscape

by Cmg
0 comments, 446 views

HI RES 6.0 MP

Five plums on black, white background

by Valbonesi
5 comments, 859 views

HI RES 10.0 MP

Green three-dimensionality

by Leonardo Nieri
0 comments, 107 views

HI RES 11.8 MP

The sample photos are selected automatically between all photos posted by JuzaPhoto members, using the camera and the lens selected in the techs. If you find evident errors (e.g. photos taken with cameras and lenses that are not available yet), you can contribute to improve the page by sending a private message to the user that has entered incorrect values in the photo caption.

Reviews » Lenses » Lenses Zeiss » Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Makro-Planar T* 50mm f/2

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

Buy

Offerte Usato RCE

Reviews

What do you think about this lens?

Photos taken with Zeiss ZE/ZF.2 Makro-Planar T* 50mm f/2