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The Zeiss Batis 40mm f/2 CF is a standard lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2018. The focus is done by Lens AF motor (non-ultrasonic), it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1136 €;
12 users have given it an average vote of 9.3 out of 10.
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This lens is available with the following mounts:
Sony E: this lens is compatible with mirrorless fullframe and APS-C Sony.
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Pros:Sharpness, three-dimensionality, versatility, focal length very useful as a walkaround
Cons:Variability between copies, front focus problems with some specimens
Opinion:I state that I had a hard time finding a good copy of this goal. The first new purchase on Amazon absolutely unreliable as MAF in EyeAF even after firmware update: reluctantly made because optically it was perfect. Second purchase: a former demo from the online store of a well-known dealer of photographic material in northern Italy. Outrageous specimen, with awkward front focus and decent sharpness only starting at f/5.6. Probably a mix between constant front focus and decentralization, or optics damaged and resold as good. Returned with difficulty for poor compliance of the store in recognizing that they wanted to trim me a lemon. Third attempt: a used ebay user who provided me in advance with all the evidence I asked for. It seemed like the right time and indeed it was. Perfect optics, fast and precise MAF, moving clarity over the entire range. If Zeiss had paid more attention to quality control than this lens I think there would be no stories about the ultimate walkaround lens for Sony FE. Lightweight, small, ultra versatile for normal focal length and close focus with RR 1:3, sharp, Zeiss colors, 3D pop. But what a struggle to find a right copy! Currently I'm really happy and I would probably do all this slamming again because it's really worth it.
Pros:High and even sharpness, near macro focus distance, excellent construction
Cons:Low-level bokeh, high price, usually plastic lampshade
Opinion:A lens that the likeable Dustin Abbott has legitimately called a "Swiss army". It does everything right: it has a perfectly even sharpness, very few AC, a fast and quiet AF, a minimum distance of really small focus. It's basically a lens that you keep attached to the machine, and you shoot a whole event, going from normal stolen photos to improvised still-lifes. Unfortunately, all this versatility is paid for, both with a really high price and with a size that is not properly contained. There's not much to talk about further: it's a lens you can work with and in the right hands you can really guarantee those "extra" shots, but I doubt an amateur can get much out of it.
Cons:At close range The maximum aperture aperture is not F2, high price.
Opinion:I bought this lens to have a fixed light and bright optics for street, landscape and photo theater (in low light situations) and I must say that after a week of use I am fully satisfied. I purchased it after a short time with the 50 planar f1.4 (too bulky and heavy) for my needs. When compared to the latter optics is slightly lower from a point of view of sharpness, which still stands at very high levels already from F2, while with regard to other features (as I wrote in the pros) has nothing to envy the Brother at 1.4 when compared to 55 as sharpness we are there, while with regard to the blur, I prefer the batis. In cons I put the high price and I add a consideration compared to the "scandal" of the diaphragm closed at close focus distance. https://www.zeiss.it/camera-lenses/fotografia/prodotti/obiettivi-batis/batis-240cf.html#dati (you have released a firmware update that improves this "problematic") for my use that provides close-up photos, is not a problem, for other It could be.
Opinion:It's definitely a great lens, but not as upsetting as I thought. The sharpness is appreciated from the whole aperture, it does not have a significant increase by closing the diaphragm. It maintains a good contrast on the backlight. It does not suffer from flare flares when the light source is just outside the frame, which is what the 55 suffers a lot. Compared with the 35 1.4 Fe I find that they have a similar character, the 40 maintains a greater center/edge sharpness and a good correction aberrations. Compared also with the 24 105 F4 at 40mm, I would say that they are similar apart from the output in backlight, where the zoom decreases the contrast. Of the Batis is appreciated above all the weight and the homogeneity of the center edge yield. Obvious vignetting at F2, but it was never a problem. A decent 3d pop
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