This lens is one of the reasons why you should join the Sony digital camera world. Photozone tested the Zeiss ZA Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 and they were pretty impressed by the lens. The Zeiss has no flaws! Yeah, it would be nice if the lens would a little bit cheaper but you get what you pay for!
You can purchase the Zeiss ZA Sonnar T* 135mm f/1.8 for $1,479.00 on amazon
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Not only this lens, sony/Zeiss has couple of other lenses which are the best in their range. I personally do not care much about photo zone. sometimes they are biased about other manufacturer. I appreciate photo zone did not count it as an average lens.
That is such a sexy lens. I demand it in Nikon mount! 😀
I agree — I have quite a lot Minolta/Sony glass, and this is the absolute best lens I own. It is quite sharp even wide open, it only gets a kind of unsharp halo but still with a sharp core. It is massively better than the 135/STF, 135/2.8, 70-200/2.8 SSM at 135mm, etc. Very impressive stuff. Heavy and a slow focuser, though!
It is nice lens optically, somehow mechanically I feel Sony/Zeiss has forgotten all basic rules. Stupid design decisions 🙁
Why can’t they sell a lens like this for the NEXies – always a stupid adapter to good lenses.