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Zeiss ZF.2 21mm f/2.8 Distagon T*

Examples ZE/Canon NYC

These images were taken with the Zeiss ZE 21/2.8 Distagon, the native-for-Canon EOS version announced on Sept 28, 2009. Lens provided by Zeiss USA for testing. The ZE and ZF designs are optically identical, according to Zeiss.

Click each image for a larger and higher quality view.

New York from the train [Canon 5D Mark II] 1.3X Crop Sensor

The ZE 21/2.8 is such a stellar performer that perhaps it needs a handicap! I shot this through a train window on a moving train. The foreground is blurred by motion, but in spite of the handicap of movement and the train window, the ZE 21/2.8 delivers amazing detail across the frame. Click to see a larger image and a full-width actual-pixels crop.

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5DM2 + Zeiss ZE 21/2.8 @ f/5.6, 1/320 sec handheld

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