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Review Summary
2015-07-19T21:00:00
I have owned the original ZF version of this lens for a few years and it has become my most-used lens for landscapes. I liked it so much that I upgraded to the ZF.2 version to have better communication between the lens and my camera. The 25mm focal length combined with the stellar optical performance of this lens make it perfect for landscapes. Although not a macro lens, this lens also has a good minimum focus distance so that you can get qutie close to subjects. Build quality, as Zeiss is known for, is superb. The barrel is metal and feels great when in use. As with all of the lenses in the ZF/ZF.2 lineup, the focus throw is long, which gives the photographer the ability to (manually) focus very precisely. The only negative that I can think of is the poorly-designed lens cap.
ADELE
25 mm
2.8 - 22
0.5 m - infinity
8/7
24 x 36 mm
diagonal 82°
focusing mount with bayonet; TTL metering either at full aperture or in stopped-down position. Aperture priority/Shutter priority/Automatic programs (Multi-Mode Operation)
2.8 - 4 - 5.6 - 8 - 11 - 16 - 22
clip-on filter, diameter 59 mm
filter thread M 55 x 0.75
380g
Zeiss Warranty


Zeiss Ikon 25 mm Distagon T* f/2.8 lens with an angular field of 80° is a lens of well-known and time-honoured design enjoying a good reputation with the users of 35 mm cameras. Even at full aperture, the 25 mm Distagon lens provides excellent image quality over the entire format although its initial aperture can be regarded as considerable for such a fairly powerful wide-angle lens.
The treatment of the glass-to-air surfaces with the T* multilayer coating - its anti-reflection effect is particularly conspicuous with multi-element wide-angle lenses - guarantees a brilliant image even with high object contrast and provides extensive protection against unwanted reflections when backlighting is used.
Within the varied applications of wide-angle photography, the use of the 25 mm Distagon T* f/2.8 lens is also of advantage for architectural and landscape photography where, on the one hand, a relatively large object field has to be covered and where, on the other, the details on the periphery of the image have to be rendered as true to the original as possible - i.e. without too pronounced perspective distortion.
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