Sony Carl Zeiss 35mm F1.4 ZA FE Distagon T* E-mount lens reviews
reviews found: 6
 onsplekkie#45613 date: Nov-22-2020 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I used to own this lens |
| compared to: | 2/35mm Zeiss Loxia FE 2.8/35mm Sony FE 1.7/35mm Voigtlander Ultron VM 1.4/35mm Samyang UMC 1.4/35mm Nikon Ais 1.4/35mm Contax Zeiss a few other vintage 35mm lenses |
| price paid: | 800euro (used) |
| positive: | Character of the images taken with this lens are special. Sharp wide open in the centre (only) with nice bokeh. Few clicks on the aperture ring and plenty sharp into the corners. AF is good but not great on the A7iii. Eye-af is not perfect like my 1.8/85FE |
| negative: | Nothing realy. Well, maybe it could have been better corrected for colour fringing & distortion for such a pricey lens. |
| comment: | Unique IQ from a native 35mm Sony. I find it a bit big and heavy on the older models (A7s), but on the A7iii it feels OK. For me it thicks all the boxes; sharp enough wide open, colours, bokeh and a aperture ring. Yes, wide open to F/4 it can give colour fringing, but nothing a bit of post-process can not take care of. |
; 24MP| iatkos111#44079 date: Jun-8-2018 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | missing |
| price paid: | 1500 |
| positive: | Sharp at f/1.4 |
| negative: | price ,sometimes they are distortions . |
| comment: | missing |
| camaradajahn#35780 date: Feb-26-2017 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Zeiss Batis 85 1.8 Sony Zeiss FE 55 1.8 Sony Zeiss FE 35 2.8 |
| price paid: | 1250 euro (used) |
| positive: | Image quality overall. The "feel" of the image. Colors and contrast: WOW Bokeh |
| negative: | Big and heavy - but I knew this beforehand so I can't blame on that. Some CA in high contrast areas wide open - |
| comment: | I didn't intend to buy this lens because of the size and weight (I like small gear since I shoot street photography for the most time) I thought I had enough with the Sony Zeiss FE 35 2.8, which is and EXCELLENT lens. But after seeing images taken with the distagon 35 1.4 I just fell in love with the rendering of this lens and decided this is precisely what I wanted. It is an outstanding lens with outstanding image quality. This lens delivers images with something really special, a unique character, specially shooting between 2.8 and 1.4. For indoor photography it is perfect also. |
| Maffe#18353 date: Sep-20-2015 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.8 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I have experience with this lens |
| compared to: | A bunch of 35mm lenses and zooms :) |
| price paid: | missing |
| positive: | Great rendering of the picture Sharp wide-open Good AF performance on a7rii |
| negative: | Big and heavy High price. Easy to accidentally flipp the "Klick-switch" for the aperture ring and still missing a focus scale with hard stops, thats why I did not put a "5" on build rating |
| comment: | I got the opportunity to test this gem for almost 2 weeks and this lens is just crazy! Image quality is outstanding, so also the price. For my taste it´s just to big and heavy weigh more then my a7rii, not a discrete lens, As I see it you get a f/1.4 lens to shoot at large apertures and this baby deliver the goods from wide open and on! Guess I might end up with one some day ;) |
| Stormvogel#14243 date: May-8-2015 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | FE 55 1.8 and this lens has nicer bokeh. |
| price paid: | Euro 1699 |
| positive: | Sharpness and bokeh right from 1.4. |
| negative: | For me nothing. |
| comment: | A pleasure to use the best lens I have. Wide open a little STF like, very nice bokeh, it's really makes the object stand out. |
| artmaseda#14239 date: May-3-2015 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 5 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sigma Art for Alpha mount, Zeiss 35 2.8, Zeiss 55 1.8 |
| price paid: | US $1500 |
| positive: | Crazy Sharp, Bokeh |
| negative: | Price and Size |
| comment: | This lens is the best 35 I have ever use, is sharp from 1.4 just like the marvelous Sigma and the great Zeiss FE 55 1.8. Why to paid more? Quite simple BOKEH and the 3D pop you get from every shot. If you can afford it go for it, is almost perfect. |
reviews found: 6
rating summary
- total reviews: 6
- sharpness: 5.00
- color: 5.00
- build: 4.83
- distortion: 4.67
- flare control: 5.00
- overall: 4.90
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