The Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 ZE DSLR lens fits Canon EF-mount cameras and is designed to deliver a beautiful bokeh background. This makes the lens ideal for portrait photography where the subject needs to be sharply defined and separated from the background. The lens’s Planar optical design features one anomalous partial dispersion element that helps minimize chromatic aberrations. The dispersion element also helps maintain sharpness and clarity at any focal length or aperture range. Zeiss also treats the optical elements in the lens with an anti-reflective coating that reduces lens flare and ghosting when working in bright conditions. The manual aperture ring has clicked indicators, but it can be de-clicked for smooth, silent transitioning through the aperture range. To protect the delicate optical elements, Zeiss designed the ZE with internal seals to keep out dirt and moisture.

Great Imagery in Any Conditions

This Zeiss ZE lens is designed for exceptional performance in a number of capacities. The lens can be used with Canon EF-mount DSLR cameras to provide a moderately wide-angle image. The wide f/1.4 – f/16 aperture range means the lens is suitable for use in bright environments as well as low light environments. The ZE also meets the latest video standards and can provide video resolutions of 4K or more making it great for videographers as well as photographers. The aperture ring can be de-clicked for silent use while recording video, as well.

Crystal Clear Photographs

Zeiss designed the ZE lens to deliver clear, sharp images every time you press the shutter button. The wide f/1.4 aperture takes in a large amount of light so night time photographs look as sharp as pictures taken in daylight or in a lighted studio. The optical system utilizes one anomalous partial dispersion element that helps reduce chromatic aberrations so colors look as true to life as possible. The optical elements have also been treated with Zeiss’s T* anti-reflective coating which cuts down on ghosting and lens flare. Additionally, the edges of each optical element are treated with a special pitch-black lacquer that reduces occurrences of color fringes at high-contrast edges within the photograph.

Stable Performance Across the Entire Focal Range

State-of-the-art camera systems and high-resolution digital image sensors are now demanding more and more performance from the lenses. The lens’s Floating Elements Design permits constantly high image performance in the focal plane – from the minimum object distance to infinity. This is accomplished by changing the axial distance between individual lens elements or element groups. The adjustment of the element spacing is coupled to the distance setting so that it always results in the right correction. 

Future-Proof Design

The excellent image performance of this Zeiss Milvus lens is sharply focused on the requirements of current and future high-performance digital cameras. Thanks to the low level of stray light allowed by the lens design, high-contrast images are also possible with increasing high dynamic ranges of the sensors. The minimization of coma, astigmatism and spherical aberrations enables constantly high resolution over the entire image field. The optics are designed to ensure full utilization of the performance provided by high-resolution camera systems. Regardless of what the future holds – with the Milvus lenses from Zeiss you are optimally equipped any time, any place.