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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


Hey guys. So I have just gotten a chance to use the Zeiss 135 1.8 on the Sony A99 body.
What a combo!! This lens is GODLY!!!! Super Sharp! And amazing build quality. I feel like this lens can outlive me - in comparison with the newer plastic body lenses from Nikon.

The Smoothness of the focus ring, the tactile feedback of the lens just feels like it will last a lifetime.

My best built lens is my 70-200mm 2.8 VR2. It's as METAL as it gets with some minor plastic parts. The Zeiss is something else. It feels like it can withstand bullets! Well worth the money!

Even my 85mm 1.4 D lens (which is BUILT WAYYYYY better than the newer G model, btw) feels like a toy compared to the Zeiss 135.

Cudos to Sony and Zeiss for their amazing build quality and attention to lenses! I hope we don't continue down the trend in Nikonland of more plastic pro lenses.



Jun 04, 2014 at 05:17 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


Yes, I still dream of using the Zeiss 21mm. They are definitely in a league of their own. Just wish they were weather sealed. Maybe the 135mm 1.8 is though.

That said, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. I'm not against plastic and lighter materials. Metal dents.

Now, post some photos! Who cares if it is a nikon forum



Jun 04, 2014 at 05:21 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


I hear ya. When Sony released the a900, it was the 135mm zeiss that nearly made me buy this combo.

Feels great look great and takes brilliant photos.

Still hold a slither of hope the nikkor 135mm will come one day.



Jun 04, 2014 at 05:41 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


Using Zeiss lenses is like sex for your hands and the optics a visual orgasm.


Jun 04, 2014 at 10:48 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


philshoots wrote:
Using Zeiss lenses is like sex for your hands and the optics a visual orgasm.


Hmmm.



Jun 05, 2014 at 08:42 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


i need one in that case


Jun 05, 2014 at 11:04 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


Welcome to the club !

I have the A99 with the 135 and it is amazing ! Now consider this ....

That bad boy on an A6000 or A77II is like a Nikon 200mm f2. But it really is a 202mm 1.8 with better contrast, beautiful bokeh and better resolving power than the 200 f2. The 200 will focus much faster.

Don't beat me up. I had a 200 f2 Just saying the facts.

I just took this snapshot 2 minutes ago. It is on an A6000.

http://zeissimages.com/gallery/4/med_U4I1402009353.SEQ.0.jpg

Here are a few from yesterday with the 135mm 1.8 and A6000

http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/4/U4I1401940004.SEQ.1.jpg

http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/4/U4I1401939969.SEQ.1.jpg

http://www.sonyalphaimages.com/gallery/4/U4I1401939743.SEQ.0.jpg

And from the A99

http://www.zeissimages.com/gallery/4/U4I1399864935.SEQ.2.jpg

http://www.sonyalphaimages.com/gallery/4/U4I1402068290.SEQ.0.jpg







Edited on Jun 06, 2014 at 12:35 PM · View previous versions



Jun 05, 2014 at 05:28 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


hows the AF with the adaptor in between Jorge?


Jun 05, 2014 at 05:56 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


Works great. Especially on the 50 and other ssm lenses.


Jun 05, 2014 at 06:00 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


Proof that Sony can make great glass when they put some muscle into it (it's not Zeiss, for those mistaken...). I sure wish they'd try more often.


Jun 05, 2014 at 07:04 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


One more with the 135 and an A6000

http://www.sonyalphaimages.com/gallery/4/U4I1402016736.SEQ.3.jpg



Jun 06, 2014 at 12:54 PM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · The Sony Zeiss 135mm 1.8 has ruined me...


Jorge Torralba wrote:
That bad boy on an A6000 or A77II is like a Nikon 200mm f2. But it really is a 202mm 1.8 with better contrast, beautiful bokeh and better resolving power than the 200 f2. The 200 will focus much faster.

Don't beat me up. I had a 200 f2 Just saying the facts.


Bit misleading. While it does give you a 202mm with F1.8 aperture, it will give 202mm and F2.7 depth of field if you frame the APS-C and Full frame image the same.



Jun 06, 2014 at 01:30 PM





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