Sony SEL35F28Z E Mount Full Frame Sonar T* FE 35 mm F2.8 Zeiss Prime Lens - Black

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The Tamron lens has 67mm filter threads (matching other lenses in its series) while the Sony lens has 49mm (and 40.5mm) threads.

The FE 35mm F2.8 can also be used on Sony's APS-C E-mount bodies, on which it will behave as a 'normal' prime with a 53mm equivalent angle of view. But we think that the faster, cheaper and image-stabilised E 35mm F1.8 OSS is a much better choice if you're not planning on buying into a full frame system. However the little 35mm F2.8 does look like a very natural companion to the A7 twins. Headline features Focus accuracy and repeatability is critical to consistently produce sharp shots especially with large aperture lenses. Repeatability (the accuracy of focus on the same subject after repeated focus-acquisition) of this lens is very good (measured 99.3% in Reikan FoCal) with no outliers over a series of 40 shots. And there is almost no focus variation whether the lens focuses from a closer distance or from infinity. Coma is absent in the center of the frame, gets worse toward the edges/corners, and generally appears as a comet-like or triangular tail of light which can be oriented either away from the center of the frame (external coma), or toward the center of the frame (internal coma).Optics: The Sony FE 35mm f2.8 ZA has 7 elements in 5 groups (including three aspherical elements). The Sony FE 35mm f1.4 ZA has 12/8 elements/groups, the Zeiss Batis 9/8, and the Samyang 7/6. [+] Above: At 68x45mm and weighing 173g, the Sony 40 2.5 can’t be described as a pancake lens, but remains very compact none-the-less. Alongside, Sigma’s 45 2.8 is fractionally narrower and longer, and a little heavier at 215g, but you wouldn’t choose one over the other on size or weight as they’re essentially the same once mounted. Above: Taking a closer look at the Sony portrait shows pin-sharp details on my eyeball as driven by the Alpha 1’s eye-detection, and across multiple portrait tests every single eye was equally sharp.

This is a very useful lens and it is certainly going to be worth that price to many but ... the FE 35mm f/1.8 having the same street price and lower list price is sure to give buyers pause.Wide aperture lenses tend to have an advantage in this regard and this lens is capable of producing good quality stars.

It is the 4th-shortest of those lenses and it is the 9th-narrowest with only Canon EF-M APS-C lenses measuring narrower — by a mere 0.2mm by our calipers. To find out how the Sony FE 35mm f2.8 ZA performs I tested it against the Sony FE 35mm f1.4 ZA and the Zeiss Batis 40mm f2.0 CF on the 42MP A7R II body and also compared it to the Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art. So if you’re looking for a mild wide-angle prime for your Sony mirrorless camera, you’ve come to the right place!Therefore, the viewfinder image is very nicely stabilized and sensor-based AF takes advantage of the stabilized view for improved accuracy. Sigma has the 35mm f1.4 Art for 750 EUR / 900 USD. It’s an optical design from 2012 for DSLRs which is also available in E-mount since 2018. See my Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art review where it came Highly Recommended when tested on a 36MP Nikon D800. As you’d expect for an f1.4 lens though, it’s fairly large and heavy.