Name: Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4 ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F
Brand: Zeiss
SKU: ZI3514MZF
Price: 2074.00 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4 ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F

Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4

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Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4 

Top Rated Gear: Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4 ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F Color: Black, Filter Size: 72mm, Focus Type: Manual Focus, Lens Format: Full Frame, Lens Type: Standard, Special Features: Weather Resistant

 Wide-Angle Perfection Perfect for every occasion. With a wide 35 mm focal length, this lens opens up a world of possibilities. From making your portrait subject stand out against the background to capturing high-precision architectural detail and detailed landscape photography - the choice is yours.From portraits to architecture and landscape photography - the detail provided by this lens never fails to impress. Edge to edge chromatic aberrations are almost completely eliminated. With 14 elements in 11 groups, the cutting-edge ZEISS Distagon lens already ensures outstanding edge-to-edge imagery detail, even at full aperture. 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.

Reviews, especially the review at diglloyd.com rate this lens as exceptionally good.  The MTF curves suggest performance nearly as good as the 55mm Otis and superior to all other Zeiss 35mm F mounts.  My personal experience confirms this: resolution, acutance, and color rendition are about as good as it gets. Resolution and acutance are better than my 35mm f/2.0 Zeiss and my 50mm f/1.4 Milvus; color rendition is about the same  The lack of auto focus is not an issue for me for most of my photography. Ordinarily I use 21mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 135mm Zeiss glass. When auto focus is an issue, I use a Nikon 24-70 G 2.8/f or a 70-200 G 4.0/f. The price one pays in loss of resolution, acutance, and color rendition for the convenience of autofocus and zoom is substantial. These comments refer to performance on a Nikon D810.

Zeiss Milvus 35mm f/1.4 ZF.2 Lens for Nikon F

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