Not exactly the most unique lens to be introduced in the past decade. What a boring focal length, 25mm… The current 25mm ZF is an f/2.8 and really doesn’t do anything special except make clean images. It doesn’t perform really well in low light, it’s not some crazy wide focal length, and it doesn’t even focus automatically for you or stabilize your image. You might think, hasn’t this been done over and over again? Not really. Zeiss knows that people are carefully criticizing their ZF/ZE line of lenses these days. With all the attention they are getting for motion picture use, Zeiss is really stepping up the quality of their lenses. Some of their current line-up is what I would consider sub-exotic, like the current 25mm f/2.8. This new lens, with it’s dual aspherical element design, practically eliminates chromatic aberrations and distortion, according to Zeiss. I don’t usually believe press release claims especially when the samples provided are absolutely useless… But Zeiss isn’t usually one to claim false features. I’ll be waiting to get my hands on one of these bad boys as soon as they hit the market in late November with an estimated price of $1,700, at which time I’ll take some more conclusive sample photos that really show off the features of the new and improved 25mm f/2 Zeiss.
If you really wanna geek out like I do, here are the tech specs from Zeiss:
| Focal length | 25 mm |
| Aperture range | f/2 to f/22 |
| Number of elements/groups | 11/10 |
| Focusing range | 0.25 m – infinity |
| Angular field (diag) | 81° |
| Coverage at close range** | 219 × 144 mm (close-up) |
| Image ratio at close range | 1 : 5.9 (close-up) |
| Filter thread | M67 × 0,75 |
| Length with caps | 95 mm (ZF.2) 98 mm (ZE) |
| Diameter | 71 mm (ZF.2) 73 mm (ZE) |
| Weight | 1.25 lbs(ZF.2) 1.32 lbs. (ZE) |
| Mounts | ZF.2 (F bayonet) ZE (EF bayonet) |
I guess a CP.2 is also on the way?
Should be. 🙂
I like your term “geek out” I like the geek work you post on here. Keep up the amazing work and keeping us updated on lenses.