![]() And, truthfully, even for those of us who are comfortable with manual focus lenses there are situations where autofocusing lenses are really the only valid option. I recognize that for many people the discussion ends there. Let us first get out of the way the elephant in the room when you discuss any Zeiss lens other than some of the Zeiss branded Sony products (which, by the way, are often not really the same thing) this is a manual focus only lens. ![]() Still, this Zeiss makes a compelling argument for itself in a number of ways. I mentioned all of this to say that I have yet to find any 50mm lens that I like as well as my Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS for its combination of optics, form factor, and accuracy of focus. I have owned multiple copies of both Canon’s f/1.8 and f/1.4 variants. Including now “vintage” lenses, I have personally used no less than a dozen prime lenses in the 50mm range and probably more like 15. As a result, 50mm lenses have become staples for many photographers and are very popular lenses. As you go to the extremes in either direction from this prime meridian many people will find it increasingly difficult to compose and visualize. Because of this it is one of the easiest focal lengths for many people to compose with they natural “think” in 50mm terms. The 50mm focal range is often called a “normal” lens because it provides a perspective on a full frame (35mm) SLR roughly equivalent to a persons natural field of vision. So, from both perspectives I have a fairly good frame of reference. The Zeiss Makro-Planar T* 2/50mm is both the fourth 50mm lens I have reviewed in a year as well as the fourth lens from Zeiss that I have reviewed this year.
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