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Zeiss Batis 18mm F2.8

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Product Overview

Zeiss Batis 18mm F2.8 is an ultra wide-angle prime lens for Sony E-mount. It covers the full-frame image circle. Introduced by Zeiss in 2016, it has 11 elements in 10 groups.
For incremental weathers, Zeiss is kind enough to include weather sealing.
As an ultra wide-angle prime lens that happens to have relatively small maximum aperture, it is best suited for landscape photography. Even though the lens is not stabilized, at this focal range it does not usually matter. In fact, some may be able to get cleaner corners without image stabilization.

Ratings

What we found

Neofiliac score 86%
Pros
  • Weather-sealed
  • OLED display
  • Quite lightweight for its focal length
Cons

    What external reviewers found

    External score 74%
    Pros
    • Very good performance for a wide angle, stopping down to F4, it will give its full potential
    • Lightroom is correcting those very well
    • Sharpness from centre to borders, a little bit better sharpness and a better color rendition
    Cons

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      External Reviews

      sonyalpha[1]

      Reviewer score 74% (normalized by Neofiliac)
      Reviewers from sonyalpha have found:
      PCH Zeiss Batis 18mm F2.8 thanks to PCH store. Tests were made on a Sony A7RII, the most demanding sensor with 42 Mpix. All photos are available in full size (42Mpix) in the following Flickr album.
      Pros
      • Very good performance for a wide angle, stopping down to F4, it will give its full potential
      • Sharpness from centre to borders, a little bit better sharpness and a better color rendition
      • Lightroom is correcting those very well
      Cons
      • Bokeh is difficult to asses considering the very big depth of field, I could not get a enough blurry background to asses it

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      References

      1. ^ Zeiss Batis 18mm F2.8. [sonyalpha].

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