This item is no longer available.
Review Summary
2021-04-19T08:36:02
Excellent lens!
Craig B.
2020-01-23T10:59:32
This lens is what started my love for zeiss glass when I had the nikon d810. When you pick this up first time you notice just how beautiful it is constructed and how solid it feels. Once you take your first picture you will understand just how amazing it is. I've probably never used such a butter smooth focus ring before; totally adds to the experience! Now that I've switched over to a sony a7riii I use it with MF adapters (commlite). There is simply no better lens that I've shot with that has such exquisite rendering, colors and sharpness. The voigtlander 21mm nokton f/1.4 comes close to it. What's also truly amazing is how little vignetting there is. This lens also is a brighter lens when I compared it to my voigtlander 21mm nokton f/1.4 for sony e. The coma performance is also really great. On top of that it has nice sunstars and rarely gives much lens flares at all (I do not typically use filters when shooting sunsets as they can cause problems other than just an ND filter). One has to shoot with this lens to really see and feel just how incredible it is. My only con of the lens is it's weight and that's to be expected for a solid metal built lens that has quiet a lot of glass inside. This is a lens that you own for life and cherish each moment with. I've attached some of the best pictures I've gotten with it.
Sevan I.
2019-04-09T17:32:20
I was surprised how well the Milvus 25mm f1.4 built. It reminded me the Otus lens that I owned except it is much smaller and lighter plus cheaper.The focus ring is just as good as the Otus as well.I will look into buying the Milvus 35mm f1.4 as well.Milvus 25mm f1.4
Stanley F.
Accidents happen where life happens. Protect your favorite Adorama products and purchase a protection plan to stay covered from accidental damage, mechanical or electrical failure, and more.
If we can’t fix it, we’ll replace it at no additional cost.
Protect your product from drops, spills, and more.
Enjoy your gear without fear. We have you covered!
When regular use of your product over time results in mechanical or electrical failure.
We will never charge you a deductible after the purchase of a plan.
Our claims process is simple & easy and our customer service team is happy to help.
Adorama Protect powered by Extend is available for purchase to customers in the United States. Not available for purchase Internationally or in U.S. Territories.
Browse our FAQ
25mm
f/1.4
f/16
Nikon F
Full-Frame
81 deg.
0.217x
9.84" (249.94mm)
15 Elements in 13 Groups
Manual Focus
None
82mm (Front)
3.74 x 4.843" (95.00 x 123.01mm)
1171g (41.31 oz)
4047865401814
Milvus 25mm f1.4 ZF.2
By Stanley F.
I was surprised how well the Milvus 25mm f1.4 built. It reminded me the Otus lens that I owned except it is much smaller and lighter plus cheaper.The focus ring is just as good as the Otus as well.I will look into buying the Milvus 35mm f1.4 as well.Milvus 25mm f1.4
Absolutely love this lens...
By Sevan I.
This lens is what started my love for zeiss glass when I had the nikon d810. When you pick this up first time you notice just how beautiful it is constructed and how solid it feels. Once you take your first picture you will understand just how amazing it is. I've probably never used such a butter smooth focus ring before; totally adds to the experience! Now that I've switched over to a sony a7riii I use it with MF adapters (commlite). There is simply no better lens that I've shot with that h...
View full Review
A Wide-Angle Lens with an Eye for Detail
Capturing perfect moments with exquisite detail is what this lens is all about. No matter if you are photographing landscapes or architectural features, the outstanding edge-to-edge quality ensures impressive results.
The completely redesigned ZEISS Milvus 1.4/25 will impress you thanks to its remarkably consistent performance in a variety of areas: outstanding edge-to-edge quality enables you to even position your main subject far away from the center of the image. Even at full aperture, outstanding results with high-contrast, crisp images, make this lens the go-to choice even in low-light conditions. Both the finest structures of the subject in the foreground as well as distant image elements can be rendered perfectly due to the advanced floating elements design of the ZEISS Milvus 1.4/25.
Excellent imagery, even in difficult light conditions
All lenses features a T antireflective coating from ZEISS. Outstanding stray light reduction is achieved by combining a number of optimally matched measures. In addition to the ZEISS T coating, all lens edges are provided with a special pitch-black lacquer in a complex manual process. Light traps in mechanical components and specially designed surfaces are integrated to prevent the occurrence of reflections. Each focal length has its own individual optical design with the use of special types of glass displaying anomalous partial dispersion. This reduces the occurrence of color fringes at high-contrast edges of subjects to an absolute minimum.
Future-proof solution for high-resolution camera systems
The excellent image performance of the ZEISS Milvus Lenses is sharply focused on the requirements of current and future high-performance digital cameras. Thanks to the low level of stray light allowed by the lens design, high-contrast images are also possible with increasing high dynamic ranges of the sensors (HDR). The minimization of coma, astigmatism and spherical aberrations enables constantly high resolution over the entire image field. The optics are designed to ensure full utilization of the performance provided by high-resolution camera systems. Regardless of what the future holds - with the Milvus Lenses from ZEISS you are optimally equipped any time, any place.
Creative still and video photography through precise, manual focusing
Manually focusing a lens means controlling and therefore actively composing an image gently and precisely from your fingertips. Here, a good ergonomic design makes all the difference. ZEISS Milvus Lenses feature a large rotation angle which enables pinpoint focusing. The top-quality focusing mechanism moves smoothly without backlash, optimally supporting the photographer's creative interplay with the focal plane of high-speed fixed focal lengths. Changes are immediately visible in the viewfinder or display. The engraving in meters and feet and the focus scale provide additional support for manual focusing. The silent, continuous aperture setting (de-click function with ZF.2 mount) and the long focusing range lay optimal conditions for video photography.
Long-lasting product with protection against environmental influences
An optimized ergonomic design enables fatigue-free photography and reduces camera shake. The all-metal housing makes every adjustment a haptic experience. The dynamic, precise barrel design sets new trends in the world of camera lenses. However, the ZEISS Milvus Lenses will impress you not only due to their visual and haptic excellence, but also thanks to their inner qualities. Special seals for protection against dust and splashes expand the photographer's creative potential by guaranteeing the system's functional reliability even in environmentally difficult situations.
Stable image performance over the entire focusing range
State-of-the-art camera systems and high-resolution digital image sensors are now demanding more and more performance from the lenses. The Floating Elements Design permits constantly high image performance in the focal plane - from the minimum object distance to infinity. This is accomplished by changing the axial distance between individual lens elements or element groups. The adjustment of the element spacing is coupled to the distance setting so that it always results in the right correction. The mechanical design of the ZEISS Milvus Lenses is highly complex and the workmanship must be extremely exact - both specialties of ZEISS.
Lens Design
Originally developed for SLR cameras requiring a long back focal distance for short focal lengths because of the mirror box (the distance between the back lens element and the film plane must be considerably longer than the focal length), the Distagon lenses (retrofocus design) are also ideal for mirrorless system cameras thanks to their optimized ray path. Even with longer focal lengths, the high-performance Distagon optical design enables consistently good correction all the way to the corners of the image and very low field curvature.
Join VIP PRO
2 Day Delivery on thousands of items!
Request a Callback
Chat one-on-one with an expert
Sell or Trade your Gear
Get started in 3 easy steps