Zeiss 12mm F2.8 Touit E-mount lens reviews
reviews found: 5
 waldo_posth#29631 date: Jul-18-2016 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 3 distortion: 5 flare control: 5 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Samyang F/2.8 14mm (A) Tamron SP F/2.8 15-30mm (A) Sony F/2.8 16mm (E) w/ 0.75x converter Minolta AF F/2.8 20mm (A) Carl Zeiss Distagon ZF F/2.8 21mm (A) |
| price paid: | Euro 450 (used) |
| positive: | - sharp - even at the corners wide open - typical Zeiss micro-contrast - compact, light-weight, aesthethic design - accepts 67mm filters - very resistant to flare, almost no CAs - only slight and easily removable barrel distortion. |
| negative: | - with the hood on it's no longer really compact. |
| comment: | Due to my positive experience with the 32mm Touit lens I decided to forego the Sony 10-18mm UWA zoom and try to get the 12mm Touit. The lens is a real marvel - providing typical Zeiss qualities as sharpness, micro-contrast, very good colors and - for such an UWA lens - quite nice bokeh in a very small and neat package, and adding AF to it (which is quick and responsive when used on a Sony A6000). The haptic qualities are outstanding - although it's different from the "heavy metal" feeling of my CZ 21mm Distagon. It's just fun to use - e.g. for architectural photography in big cities. It's definitely a keeper for me! Edit: The plastic faceplate (where the type of the lens - Distagon - focal length and max. F-stop are printed on) is a weak point of the construction. It also holds the lens hood. Only a slight knock on the lens hood had the consequence that the whole faceplate came off. Had to send it in. That's the reason why I changed my build rating. |
; 16MP| GeirJ#24471 date: Jan-16-2016 | |
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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 used to own this lens |
| compared to: | Sony E 10-18mm f4 OSS. |
| price paid: | NOK 6000 (used) |
| positive: | Very sharp, well built, nice design. |
| negative: | Autofocus hunts. It goes back and forth until it hits sharp focus. |
| comment: | This lens is sharp, all the way into the corners. The reason I sold mine was the slow autofocus. This could be corrected by a firmware update, but I would have to send the lens abroad to Zeiss in Germany. I have updated firmware on the Sony Zeiss 24mm f1.8 myself, so I think it's a design flaw that you cannot perform this yourself |
| wheatridger#12079 date: Jan-5-2015 | |
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sharpness: 5 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 5 flare control: 4 overall: 4.6 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | Sigma 12-24, Sigma 8-16, Tamron 10-24, Sigma 10-20 |
| price paid: | $600 |
| positive: | Sharp, compact, light weight, no visible/optical flaws I can find, gorgeous styling with matching hood |
| negative: | Focus and aperture rings are hard to find by feel |
| comment: | Hands down, the best ultra wide I've ever used. Very sharp across the entire frame. Today I shot distant trees with every bare branch as sharp as can be. Distortion is automatically corrected by my Fuji X-Pro1. I might never have tried this class of lens, but last year's 50% sale on this and the Touit 32/1.8 drew me into the Fuji system. Of all the others, only the Sigma 8-16 could give it competition in the IQ department, but this is the one I'd rather carry around all day. |
| waardij#11624 date: Jan-20-2014 | |
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sharpness: 4.5 color: 5 build: 5 distortion: 4 flare control: 5 overall: 4.7 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | nikon 12-24, Tokina 11-16, sigma 8-16, CZ16-35 f2.8 on ff, Samyang 14mm on aps-c |
| price paid: | €950 new |
| positive: | I have used more aps-c wide angles, mostly zooms, until now. this lens beats them all. It is a very reliable performer. no funny color problems with high contrast in corners, just crisp performance over most of the image (the whole image at f5.6-8). this lens is as well behaved as the 16-35 2.8 on full frame, but sharper. I have made great 20"x30" prints from this lens, used wide open. the corners are a bit softer then, but in print this is much less of a problem compared to looking at 100% on a screen. print from shots at f5.6-f8 look perfect. one of the best lenses I have, independent of the fl. |
| negative: | below f5.6 the bokeh can be a bit busy. |
| comment: | this lens makes I am leaving my a99 at home and are using my nex-7 again. |
| calpon#11412 date: Oct-31-2013 | |
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sharpness: 4 color: 5 build: 4 distortion: 4 flare control: 4 overall: 4.2 | tested on:
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| ownership: | I own this lens |
| compared to: | I never used this wide of a lens before this. |
| price paid: | 1250.00 |
| positive: | Center sharpness at 2.8 is already great and does get a slight better as you get to f/4. Color is perfect to my eyes. |
| negative: | Corner sharpness is lower than center, but sharpens nicely at f/4 and above. While the build quality is very good, it doesn't warrant a 5 like a heavy all metal lens. For NEX, the lighter weight is more important, so I find the build quality perfect. |
| comment: | While I found this lens to be superb, I decided I could not justify keeping it due to the infrequency that I would be using it here in the metro Atlanta area. If I lived out west or had the opportunity for more travel, I would kept it and enjoyed many years of use with it. Anything under 16mm on APS-C is overkill for me and my shooting style |
reviews found: 5
rating summary
- total reviews: 5
- sharpness: 4.70
- color: 5.00
- build: 4.20
- distortion: 4.60
- flare control: 4.60
- overall: 4.62
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