Affording an especially broad, 18mm equivalent field of view, the Sony E-mount ZEISS Touit 12mm f/2.8 Lens Sony Efrom ZEISS Touit 12mm f/2.8 Lens Sony Eis a prime wide-angle lens well-suited for landscape, architecture, and interior shooting. A sophisticated Distagon optical design includes two aspherical elements and three low dispersion elements, which help to control a variety of aberrations, distortion, and color fringing in order to produce sharp, well-corrected imagery. A floating elements system is used, too, to maintain consistent image quality throughout the focusing range. Individual elements also receive a ZEISS T* anti-reflective coating to suppress flare and ghosting for greater contrast and color accuracy when working in strong lighting conditions. Additionally, suiting both photo and video use, this lens incorporates a DC autofocus motor to deliver especially fast, quiet, and precise focusing performance.

E-Mount Lens/APS-C Format    18mm (35mm Equivalent)    Aperture Range: f/2.8 to f/22    Two Aspherical Elements    Three Low Dispersion Elements    Distagon Optical Design    ZEISS T* Anti-Reflective Coating    Floating Elements System    DC Autofocus Motor    9-Blade Diaphragm

Wide-angle prime is designed for APS-C-format Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras and provides an 18mm equivalent focal length.

Bright f/2.8 maximum aperture suits working in available-light conditions and is also ideal for astrophotography use.

Distagon optical concept affords high sharpness, well-corrected image quality from edge-to-edge, and very low field curvature.

The optical design utilizes three anomalous partial dispersion elements to reduce color fringing and chromatic aberrations for increased clarity and color fidelity.

Two aspherical elements control distortion and spherical aberrations in order to produce greater sharpness and more accurate rendering.

ZEISS T* anti-reflective coating has been applied to each lens surface to help minimize reflections and provide greater contrast and color fidelity.

Floating elements system helps to maintain consistent image quality throughout the entire focusing range, from 7.1" to infinity.

DC autofocus motor delivers quick and quiet focusing performance to suit both stills and video shooting applications.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. This lens vs. 10-24 Fuji? Why?

A: At the time I purchased this lens I had read extensive reviews of both lenses and decided upon the Zeiss. It is an excellent lens and have enjoyed shooting with it.

Q: 2. When I mount this on my A6300 the image stabilization is not available. Is this by design? How do I get the in camera body stabilization to work with this lens?

A: Hello man!This camera and this lens is not estabilized .. but the range of lens is12mm and then is very open. For this is possible use in the hand without the image estabilized

Q: 3. Does this item come with an international warranty, or for the US only?

A: The lens comes with a 2-year USA limited warranty. If you are outside of the United States, please check with the manufacturer locally, to see if they will honor the USA warranty. This is entirely up to the discretion of the manufacture in question and out of the control of B&H.

Q: 4. This lens is full frame?

A: No, it is not. However it works on full frame camera as a cropped lens.

Q: 5. Is this Weather Resistant or whatever Zeiss calls it?

A: The ZEISS Touit lenses are not weather sealed.

Q: 6. Anybody know if the lenses in the B&H stock have the newest firmware?

A: Our stock is updated with the latest firmware.

Q: 7. Does the new firmware improve improve video performance ? Specifically with use on the Sony A6300? Thanks

A: The ZEISS Touit lenses were designed for still photo applications and not specifically for video. The firmware update referenced at a href= http://www.zeiss.com/camera-lenses/en_de/service/download_center/touit_e-mount.html target= _blank http://www.zeiss.com/camera-lenses/en_de/service/download_center/touit_e-mount.html/a is to support phase detection auto focus and the fast hybrid auto focus of newer Sony E-mount cameras.

Q: 8. How would you grade this lense for landscape and (to some extent) portrait photography as far as details/dynamic range, sharpness and colour balance are concerned?

A: I would not use the 12mm Touit for portrait photography. It is fantastic for landscape photography with minimal distortion and beautiful color.

Q: 9. I am looking for a case for this lens. The Pearstone 20 is ok for just the lens, but not with the lens hood on mounted backwards. Any suggestions for a similar case?

A: The lens as you know has a very wide diameter. I have a multi compartment case where the camera hands in the middle and a pouch on either side for extra lenses. It does fit in there, rather snug but I think it's OK

Q: 10. How well would this lens be expected to perform for shooting the milky way? I am currently shooting with the kit 18-35mm lens and am looking to take get better image quality when shooting at night than i can achieve with the kit lense. Is there a compatible Nex7 lens that would be recommended before this one? I don't mind if it would require an adapter, just looking for a good night photography lens with a reasonable price.

A: In this focal range and price range I would say this is the best you could opt for to give you improved image quality over your 18-35mm kit lens. Sony offers a 16mm f2.8 lens but it would not give you the same field of view as this lens would, and the optical quality of this Zeiss lens is much greater than the Sony 16mm option.