The Zeiss Distagon f/2 35mm ZE Lens classic focal length with a moderate wide-angle perspective, that is perfectly suited for commercial, location and nature photography. This Distagon T* lens is designed to provide very high image quality over a wide range of apertures and focusing ranges. The fast f/2 aperture enables hand-held photography under difficult lighting conditions and the short focus rotation is well-suited for fast action photography.

The lens is designed for use with full-frame SLR and DSLR cameras. Combined with a DSLR with a 1.5 crop factor, the lens has an effective focal length of 53mm and can be used as a standard focal length for a natural viewing perspective.

Reviews

Zeiss ZF (ZE) Distagon T* 35mm f/2 (on Canon EOS) Review by photozone.de

The Zeiss ZF (ZE) Distagon T* 35mm f/2 may not deliver superb results on full format DSLRs but the quality is still impressive. The lens is sharp straight from f/2 and especially around f/4-5.6 and lateral CAs are nothing to worry about either. The moderate degree of distortions is about average for a prime lens in this class. However, a real weakness is the annoyingly high amount of vignetting at large aperture settings. The quality of the bokeh is pretty good for a lens in this class (and easily superior to the EF 35mm f/2).

Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35 mm f/2 ZF/ZK/ZS/ZE review by lenstip.com

Pros

• superb build quality (made entirely of metal)
• consistently high image quality at the center, across all of the aperture range
• very good image quality at the corners
• low chromatic aberration at wide apertures
• low distortion
• well-controlled coma
• low astigmatism
• excellent light transmission across all of the spectrum range
• metal lens hood in a package

Cons

• high chromatic aberration on stopping down
• vignetting higher than other competitive lens