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Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 ZE

DIWA Labs has tested the Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 ZE lens on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II DSLR camera body. This manual focusing lens is equipped with an all-electronic Canon EF mount making you able to set aperture in the camera.
DIWA Labs found out that the lens produce excellent results at medium and small apertures, but wide open it is a bit soft especially in the corners of the picture. This is due to the fact that the lens was tested on a full frame camera body.

Read all the tests of the Carl Zeiss Planar T* 85mm f/1.4 ZE lens on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 ZE

DIWA Labs has tested the Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 ZE lens on a Canon EOS 5D Mark II camera. This manual focusing lens delivers excellent results at small and medium apertures, but is a bit soft wide open on a full frame camera especially in the corners.

Read all the tests of the Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 ZE lens on the Canon EOS 5D Mark II full frame DSLR body here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/2 ZF

DIWA Labs has tested a mechanical lens from Carl Zeiss, the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/2 ZF. This lens is fully manual and it has some vignetting on a Full Frame camera at the biggest apertures. DIWA Labs used a Nikon D3 DSLR camera to perform all the tests of the lens.

Read all the tests of the Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 35mm f/2 ZF lens on the Nikon D3 camera body here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.

Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f2 ZF

The reputable website DIWA Labs has tested the manual lens Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f2 ZF on a Nikon D3 camera body. Carl Zeiss are known for having very good lenses and the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f2 ZF is no exception.
One downside is that you get some vignetting on a Full Frame camera body when you use the largest apertures.

Read all the tests of the Carl Zeiss Distagon T 28mm f2 ZF lens on a Nikon D3 DSLR camera here.
The tests done by DIWA Labs are very technical so you need to read their test guide to understand the test results.