Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA Review

The Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA is a abstinent wide-angle prime lens for the new Sony A7/A7 full-frame E-mount bunched arrangement cameras. It offers a anchored 35mm focal breadth and ablaze F2.8 aperture, appearance seven elements in 5 groups including three double-sided aspherical elements to abbreviate aberration, and is dust- and moisture-resistant. The Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA has a minimum absorption ambit of 35cm and a best deepening of 0.12x. It has a 7 brand diaphragm which creates an adorable becloud to the out of focus areas of the image. A appropriate Carl Zeiss T* blanket is activated to the lens elements to advice abate lens blaze and apparent reflections.

Ease of Use


Weighing in at a simple 120grams, the alloy-bodied Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA is a ablaze yet actual able-bodied congenital FE E-Mount lens. Measuring just over 3.5cms in length, it forms a baby and detached amalgamation with a full-frame physique like the Sony A7 physique that we activated it with, as apparent in the photos below.

Build superior is excellent, but you'd apprehend that accustomed the top amount of the lens. The Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA has a closed dust and damp aggressive architecture and is a accustomed accomplice for the A7 and A7R cameras.


The advanced and asperous chiral focus ring is the alone alien ascendancy of note. Chiral absorption is accessible via the abundantly sized, textured focus ring if set on the specific camera body. The lens utilizes a beeline motor to aftermath quiet and bland focusing, authoritative it adapted to cutting video.

The Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA lens has a metal lens mount. It accepts 49mm filters via artificial threads.

ALC-SH129 lens awning fitted

The lens doesn't address with a case, but a lens awning is supplied. The ALC-SH129 cap-type lens awning works with 40.5mm filters.

Focal Range

At the 55mm focal breadth the bend of appearance is 52.5 degrees.

Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA Field of appearance at 35mm

Focusing

Given its baby size, the Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA lens has absolutely a advanced focus ring. There are no harder stops at either end of the range, authoritative it a little added difficult to set focus at infinity. Polariser users should be admiring that the 49mm clarify cilia doesn't circle on focus.

When it comes to auto-focusing, the Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA zoom is a quiet and adequately quick aerialist on the Sony A7 that we activated it with, demography about 0.15 abnormal to lock assimilate the subject.

We didn't acquaintance abundant "hunting", either in acceptable or bad light, with the lens accurately absorption about all of the time, and it's aswell a quiet aerialist acknowledgment to the beeline motor apprenticed centralized focusing, authoritative it ideal for cine shooting.

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