Zeiss announces the Batis 18mm f/2.8 FE lens. Ships on May 5 for $1,499 at BHphoto.
Preorders:
in USA at BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera.
in Europe at Amazon.de. Photo Porst. ParkcamerasUK.
Zeiss Lens Shade for Batis 18mm F2.8 Lens at Adorama.
Key Info:
Ships on May 1 in Europe and May 5 in USA. Costs 1499 Euro/Dollar
Hands-on previews:
Explora. ThePhoBlographer. Hands-on at Adorama.
Diglloyd posted a full review of the lens (for subscribers only). And his conclusion is:
The Zeiss Batis 18mm f/2.8 Distagon is the finest 18mm lens ever to be produced for full frame cameras.
Brian Matiash posted an introduction with image samples:
All in all, I was exceptionally impressed with the performance of this lens and the image quality it produced.
Image samples:
Image samples on Flickr. Adorama. Explora.
Press text:
Press text on SonyAlphaRumors. Specs sheet (pdf file). Presentation page at Zeiss. Presentation page at Lenspire. Updated Batis leaflet.
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