Carl Zeiss presents the Distagon T* 3,5/18 wide-angle lens with EF bayonet mount
OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 14.09.2009.
Whether shooting the elegant lines of the Eiffel Tower or the vast expanses of the Grand Canyon, both situations require a lens field wide enough to reveal the unique and full dimensions of each image. With the new Distagon T* 3,5/18 from Carl Zeiss, EOS camera users now have an ultra-wide-angle lens at their disposal while benefiting from all the other optical qualities that ZEISS lenses are well-known for. The lens’s extremely wide 99°-angle view is suitable especially for full-frame sensor cameras, delivering an array of new creative possibilities. From landscape and architecture photography to advertising images, cameras equipped with the new Carl Zeiss wide-angle lens meticulously capture once-only moments and spectacular perspectives.
Despite its short focal length, the Distagon T* 3,5/18 ZE has an extremely compact design compared to other zoom lenses in its category. Internal focusing also helps to reduce its size while delivering extremely precise and smooth focus control.
To prevent image aberrations during close-ups, internal lens groups are repositioned individually during focusing in what is called a floating elements design. This allows the Distagon T* 3,5/18 ZE to deliver exceptionally high quality—from extreme close-ups to infinity. Thanks to the ZEISS T*s anti-reflective coating and meticulously crafted lenses, the ZEISS T* is not affected by reflections or stray light. The result: razor-sharp images even under the toughest lighting conditions or with wide aperture settings.
Following the Planar T* 1,4/50 ZE and 1,4/85 ZE, already long cherished by photographers around the world, the Distagon T* 3,5/18 ZE is the first wide-range lens with EF bayonet mount on the market.
The Distagon T* 3,5/18 ZE will be available in autumn 2009 at a suggested retail price of EUR 1,049.00 (excluding VAT)*.
Technical specifications
Focal length: 18 mm
Aperture range: f/3.5 – f/22 (half steps)
Number of elements/groups: 13/11
Focusing range: 0.3 m – infinity
Angular field* (diag./horiz./vert.): 99/90/67°
Coverage at close range: 44 x 29 cm
Image ratio at close range: 1:12
Filter thread: M 82 x 0.75
Mounts: ZF (F bayonet), ZK (K bayonet), ZE (EF bayonet)
Accessories: Lens shade included
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45 Comments
AF is not needed at 18mm on FF. This lens will get used for landscape, so at f 8 and 18mm most things will easily be at hyperfocal distance. That’s not a porblem. The problem is the corners, are they tack sharp by f 8?
I’ surprised zeiss launch this lens when most serious landscape Canon shooters were begging for the Zeiss 21mm, which is superb…
yeah, when quality does not matter at all to you then you have the perfect solution. don’t try to compare an aps-c cropped chip plus a zoom lens on the edge of it’s focal lengs with a ff chip plus a prime lens….
With a Zeiss lens you can see distorsion prior bying it. Why is Canon delivering this data to the EOS-software for correction of images but hiding this data to the eyes of there customers?
Is there a program to display the image correction information used by canon software?
Is there any plugin to correct the imlluminance and distorsion with photoshop?
“So you’re effectively saying the 16-35 f/2.8 is a good 20-35mm lens.”
I said no such thing, please do pay attention when reading.
“The photozone test you’ve linked to uses an EOS 350D, which makes it completely meaningless for FF users.”
1) FF users are a minority, 2) The OP never said he was using a FF camera 3) digital-picture has FF info as well http://the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/ISO-12233-Sample-Crops.aspx?Lens=114
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