Carl Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 135 mm f/2.0 ZE/ZF.2
11. Summary
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Pros:
- solid, huge and stylish casing,
- brilliant image quality in the frame centre,
- excellent image quality on the edge of the frame, both on the APS-C and full frame,
- sensational correction of chromatic aberration,
- proper spherical aberration correction,
- imperceptible distortion,
- perfect correction of coma,
- slight astigmatism,
- moderate vignetting on the APS-C/DX,
- very nice off-focus images.
Cons:
- noticeable vignetting at the maximum relative aperture on full frame.
So far, I’ve had an opportunity to use intensively as many as several hundred different lenses. If I were asked to choose the best ten I’ve dealt with, I would put the Zeiss Apo Sonnar 2/135 on that list without any second thought. Mind you it would occupy a rather high position. It is a thoroughly uncompromising lens - its great build quality is combined with a fantastic image quality. The lens fully deserves our ‘The Choice of the Lenstip.com Editorial Team’ badge - there was no doubt whatsoever and we took the decision unambiguously. Believe me, we haven’t had such a situation for a long time.
