Zeiss Planar T* f/2.0 50mm ZM Lens¶
maker: Zeiss
focal length: 50 mm
max aperture: f/2.0
angle of view: 47°
filter size: 43 mm
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This lens is based on the renowned Carl Zeiss Planar design, a symmetric combination of 6 optical elements in 4 groups. Its features include excellent resolving power, high image quality over the entire field, and outstanding flare control. The Planar T* 2/50 ZM lens opens up new creative possibilities for all-round photography, documentation and photojournalism.
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Below is a list of articles in which this lens is discussed, or at least mentioned, on this site.
Daily Photographs (jul 14, 2013)
For the past couple of years, I’ve been transitioning away from SLR cameras and others, to rangefinder cameras. To learn how to use my latest rangefinder camera, I started a project of taking thirty-six photos each day for practice.
Steadying Micro 4/3 with Manual Lens (feb 14, 2012)
Voigtlander makes adapters for Leica lenses so that they may be used on micro four-thirds cameras. It works well. But using a cropped manual lens on such a camera makes it difficult to avoid camera-shake in low lighting.
A Ball of String (feb 02, 2012)
Because of the earthquake in Japan, production of Zeiss lenses has stopped for quite a while. So when one Zeiss ZM 50mm lens that I’ve been wanting to buy came up for sale at B&H Photo’’’s site, I pounced on it.