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The Zeiss ZM C Sonnar T* 50mm f/1.5 is a standard lens for FF and APS-C. 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 1070 €;
9 users have given it an average vote of 9.3 out of 10.
MOUNT
This lens is available with the following mounts:
Leica M: this lens is compatible with mirrorless (rangefinder) Leica M.
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Cons:Bad front cap and hood to be purchased separately.
Opinion:Very particular lens or you love or hate, from this derives the nickname of "Skizzo". The beauty of this lens lies precisely in its character, very pronounced, so much so that I would recognize its stamp among many. Unique rendering that gives a very evident three-dimensionality to open aperture. The transition between the area in focus and the out of focus is so delicate that it accentuates the sense of depth of the image. Warm colors, not excessively contrasted, sharp enough in the center at full opening becomes a blade after f4. It suffers from slight focus shift with open apertures and with close subject, but nothing problematic, you get used to it and compensate. Of course the problem of focus shift is only present on Leica M because the rangefinder has limitations, if used on any mirrorless there are no problems. From the constructive point of view all metal and glass and despite this Zeiss has managed to contain the weight in just over 200gr. What I do not understand is why, and I found this on several brands, you save on the front cap, which has a really bad attack, in addition to the choice not to provide the hood as a kit. A piece of advice that I would like to give you is that if at the first use you do not have the desired results, insist, the more you make friends the more he will reward you with amazing image the patience you have given him.
Pros:Compactness and weight, three-dimensionality, construction quality, softness of the blurred, resweath to reflections
Cons:Lampshed to buy apart and at a high price; focus variability at short distances and more open diaphragms (up to f:2.8)
Opinion:I share piefranco Fornasieri's thought; it is an optics that may or may not please you at all or, vice versa, excite. Zeiss itself has issued an official note inviting photographers to take into account the particular characteristics of this objective and advising those suffering from extreme sharpness from edge to edge on board the frame the purchase of the 5omm Planar, being instead advisable the Sonnar to lovers of portrait and any other genre in which a progressive and particularly soft blurred yield can be served. In fact, this lens is not the best for architectural photography, nor does it excel when shooting flat surfaces such as walls, posters, etc., as the edges of the frame, even closing the diaphragm at f:8, are lower in sharpness than the center (5.6 to f:11 you notice less, of course). But when it is important to make the three-dimensionality of the subject, in portraits as in street photography, it ensures an excellent, almost magical rendering. It reminded me a lot, in this respect, of the Nikkor 58mm f:1.4. With regard to the variability of the focus plan to the various diaphragms, a problem also known, using the rangefinder it is necessary to make tests and with experience it becomes easy to remedy. With the EVF viewfinder, moreover, using peaking focus at the actual diaphragm of work, the problem does not even exist. Finally, the resistance to reflections, the extreme compactness and lightness of this optics, whose color rendering is completely consistent with the Zeiss specifications, are commendable.
Pros:Dimensions, construction, weight, aperture ring with a 1/3 stop, super bright 1.5, design, BOKEH UNIQUE classic, three-dimensional like never before, micro contrast, TRANSACTION from the point of focus to the blurred, resistance against the light , absent distortion.
Cons:Chromatic emberation in points of high contrast, easily correctable
Opinion:It had been a long time since I had felt the emotion I had when I started taking pictures. All these super slow, heavy, super expensive lenses are always perfect have somehow dampened what is my artistic vein, the passion to go out and shoot and the desire to dream. I was very hesitant about buying this lens or not, also because it has a certain price and is obviously manual. Purchased of fortune in used for 900 euros with expired warranty () I think I have really made a real investment and not just economic. There is only to think that it was announced in 2004 and still maintains its market value and this speaks volumes, where a lens with autofocus and electronic contacts after a few months lose value in the used market. It is a lens that must be tested absolutely in person, the magic that is released is difficult to explain in words. rnBecause of a zeiss batis I can tell you with certainty that I definitely made a better purchase! rnRecommended strongly
Pros:Three-dimensionality, brightness, quality construction, Bokeh, Resitenza to flare
Cons:Slight focus shift to the minimum distances at full aperture, Hood not included
Opinion:It 'a lens that you love her or odi.rnRiprende Sonnar the old scheme, but revived with anti-reflection treatment and the quality of the lenses of oggi.rnIl result is a lens with a very pronounced personality, which pays fidelity to the project with a slight focus shift to be taken into account when focheggia at close range and at full aperture. But this inconvenience is compensated by other aspetti.rnAd large openings has a certain amount of aberrations is not correct, that give magical images. In addition to the typical pop 3D Zeiss lens is highly resistant to flare, sealing in the shadows and maintaining contrast backlit (thanks by the way of the now famous anti-reflection treatment of the German company). The out of focus is beautiful and velvety. Closed a pair of diaphragms, the yield abandon any ambition poetic and dreamy and the lens gradually becomes a blade impietosa.rnUna time, joking with friends, I set a lens that puts together two different50 mm, Summilux Pre-equiv and Summicron, Leica, because at full aperture is much like the first, and by f / 2.8 looks increasingly like the second. Only using this lens instead of the other two still have your wallet with money inside. (Kidding, yes, but not by much) rnL'abitudine the focus shift I made it easily. I have learned to compensate for that pair of centimeters, when I know that it is needed, moving the neck in order to gain that distance after's focused. But many can not bear this aspetto.rnE 'a lens that you love her or love her odi.rnIo.
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