thank you for your review. Just got the mint condition Zf 85mm for very attractive price. Zeiss manual lens in F-mount sell like garbage in today when everyone talk about mirrorless, but they are truely gems.

Thanks! I worked with the 15,18,35,50,100,135 and not with the 85 yet. The 50planar is also not so sharp wide open, probably similar. The 135 is King of all lenses. I do feel the 100 is easier to handle/focus as it is lighter and I just love the focus throw. especially compared to the 85 milvus I would rather take the 100. I yet have to get my hands on it and try, sounds good! I did hesitate with the 50 planar as well, as it has the same reputation like the 85 not being sharp at 1.4, but now love it.

@BlueSkyPhotography

5 жыл бұрын

My next Zeiss lens will be the 135mm

Thank you for the review

@BlueSkyPhotography

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome mate.

Thank you very much for the review. I have the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 25mm (manual focus) which is what I have been using for landscape photography and is so beautiful to use. Your review has convinced me to go ahead and commit to purchasing this lens.

@BlueSkyPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

If you do, you won't regret it. It is absolutely amazing lens.

@benoloughlin1557

4 жыл бұрын

@@BlueSkyPhotography I went out today and purchased the lens. I look forward to getting to know its capabilities. Thank you for all your help!

@BlueSkyPhotography

4 жыл бұрын

@@benoloughlin1557 you are welcome mate.

I purchased several Zeiss lenses for my 36 Mp full frame Pentax K1 camera (Distagon 2.8/25, Distagon 2/28, Distagon 2/35 and Planar 1.4/85) and, despite the challenging manual focus, I have to admit that they are all excellent lenses regardless the price (and I bought them for between 400€ to 600€ each). Are there sharper lenses out there? Possibly, but you won't get any other lens in the market neither with this build quality nor with this overall image characteristics (color rendition + micro-contrast + bokeh = 3D like look). And these qualities plus the joy of use (all metal / full precision / zoom & aperture rings accuracy and resistance) make my Zeiss lenses an absolute no brainer that will last forever, a truly lifetime. I don't need and don't want others. And yes, for portraits, sharpness not only isn't that important, but morover, they look even better with a slight touch of softness to them while keeping a good amount of bokeh. Yet I find this lens sharp enough even at 1.4 (more softness would be better for portraits).

@BlueSkyPhotography

5 жыл бұрын

I really like it as well. It is my favourite portrait lens.

Well it is an adapted and great Zeiss colors sharpness etc I use same zeiss but for contax mount in a like lens 85mm sonnar 1.4 Somewhat less money All the zeiss for my work yield nice colors and 3d pop Lovely bokeh Cheers and congrats!! Beauty

@BlueSkyPhotography

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew White i will look for a wide angle lens. Can you recommend one???

@sonvfave

6 жыл бұрын

Blue Sky Photography lots of 28 but that barely wide if aps-c Like zeiss contax distagon 28 2.8 Voigtlander 28 f2 Ultra wide use a 12 mm and 15 mm voigtlander super hellier Slow but tiny for super iq there so many 18/20/21 Again a tiny lens voitlander 31 f4 Zeiss makes 18/20/21 mm for many mounts E mount nikon canon etc so adaptable to Fugi I did use a very sharpe samyang 12 mm aps-c Way sharper than modern Zeiss Tuite 12 If nikon there is a G nikon 20 1.8 highly reviewed For old school zeiss rendering ie rich colors saturation contrast try older Zeiss designs or voigtlander Hope that helps Indoor vs outdoor Need fast Etc Hard to guess what u want

@BlueSkyPhotography

6 жыл бұрын

Matthew White are they good image quality vise??? Yes I know but I plan to buy a D850 when the price comes down a bit. Or maybe a Sony a7R III .. 😂 😂 😂

Hello friend very good interpretate of a Zeiss lenses and all that you say is true about color saturation and microcontrast and tomorrow i will get two prime zeisses from second hand in atractive price one is this 85mm planar and second is distagon 35mm f2 bouth at f-mount and i know i will love this lenses as you : ) thanks ®ards

@BlueSkyPhotography

6 жыл бұрын

FreakHBB absolutely sure you will love them. 😁😁😁

@ValentinoLuggen

5 жыл бұрын

good combo :) have fun

@valentinvoinea2411

4 жыл бұрын

I own both and they are just amazing! Good to pair with a nikon z camera

Sir, Do you have the following ones and which of these do you like most in terms of sharpness, color rendition, contrast and micro-contrast:?: - Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/25 - Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/28 - Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 2/35 - Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1.4/85

why to compare this lens to a longer lens Samyang??

Love your review, i am using pentax k70 with carl zeiss planar 85mm 1.4 , i bought brand new for £629 - i wish i spent £460 for the 35mm f2 distagon. both sold by a buyer on ebay. i wonder why didnt u stick with 56mm 1.2

@BlueSkyPhotography

5 жыл бұрын

The only reason I did not get the 56 mm it was that I wanted to be able to use the lens on Nikon as well as on FujiFilm or any mirrorless system. But in my opinion the 56mm is the same good.

Great video. What do you think about Zeiss Touit lens?

@BlueSkyPhotography

6 жыл бұрын

George Yang I never tried the touit lenses because they are for Sony e mount and Fujifilm X mount. Because I wanted a lens which I can use on multiple systems I choose the Planar line-up. The Milvus line-up is a bit better but it is also more expensive. The touit lenses are probably great but using full frame lenses is advantageous in many ways. The example I can use speed booster. Zeiss lenses are manual focus anyway, so why not use than faster lenses with more advantages? But that's only my opinion.

@georgeyang3783

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Attila! I understand your point. However as far as I know the touit lenses are AF lenses and fully compatible with Fuji Camera.

@BlueSkyPhotography

6 жыл бұрын

George Yang yes it's true. I didn't know that. I thought that Zeiss makes auto focus lenses only for Sony. But at the end of the day the issue is still there that I want to use with multiple systems. But if you are Fuji only user definitely it worth a look.

Have you come across much of a problem with focus shift please?

@BlueSkyPhotography

5 жыл бұрын

No not at all. I did try on multiple cameras also different brands but I never noticed any. What I noticed was that the focusing accuracy was different on a Nikon. It was not as good as on the FujiFilm cameras. I suppose because of the focus peaking.

@philiphatfield2833

5 жыл бұрын

@@BlueSkyPhotography Many thanks!

How does this lens compare to the Voigtlander 58mm 1.4?

@BlueSkyPhotography

6 жыл бұрын

Freeman Burgess I didn't compare the two, but I plan to buy that lens anyway. So we'll see I suppose. I will let you know when I did the comparison.

@valentinvoinea2411

4 жыл бұрын

The 58mm Voigtlander has a different color pallete but never the less it is a great allarround lens, good for porteture, street photography

Hi Attila. Glad you like the new lens. From what I can see the rendering does look nice. I'm not sure I would splash that amount of cash for one though. But I understand that if you want that certain look, then you have to pay. I'm currently looking into a portrait lens for my a6000. I think I will have to try and get a look at the Samyang 85mm 1.4 as it looks to be a lot of lens for very little money. Cheers for the video :)

@BlueSkyPhotography

6 жыл бұрын

Hello Scott . yes it`s true it is a bit expensive , and I was thinking a lot about should I buy it or not. But at the ebd of the day I will build up a 3 lens setup for portraits and that`s it . These lenses are made to last a lifetime. I do like Samyang lenses and they are very good. I will try to find a 85mm to compare with this one . But if you are interested about this lens I found one just yesterday on adverts.ie ( that`s the Irish Ebay ) for 450 euro. I spent 900 euro for this lens and this is half price. The guy says that it is in very good condition. I wish I saw this earlier. But that`s life . The only difference is that this lens is the ZF version which doesn`t have electronic contacts , but optically is the same. www.adverts.ie/lenses/carl-zeiss-85-mm-1-4-planar-t-zf-nikon/14325228

@ScottWilliamsPhotography

6 жыл бұрын

I'm sill in the looking around stage. I'm also looking at the SEL85F18 as I can get it for around £400 from eglobal. Not as fast but a bit more versatile what with the AF etc. I really need to get to have a play with a few lenses before I make my choice. I've been looking at reviews of the samyang. Some say it is sharp at the center wide open and some say it i crap. I think I need to find a way to have a play with them myself. It is super cheap though.

@sonvfave

6 жыл бұрын

Scott Williams Photography Check out other versions Im using zeiss for Contax mount Same lovely lens Less money

yeah...duh! Of course the Fuji lenses on the Fuji camera are going to be sharper then a full frame Zeiss lens adapted. What a really silly thing to say.

@bijosn

Жыл бұрын

not really...there are some adapted lenses from zeiss and other brands that will be sharper than fuji lenses...you are clueless