This fantastic hand crafted lens features a high quality metal build and high optical performance with that trademark "Zeiss pop" to help take your photography to the next level!

The fast F/3.5 maximum aperture allows you to isolate subjects from their surroundings with a shallow focus that turns backgrounds into smooth blur (commonly known as bokeh)

This lens exhibits formidable levels of sharpness and vivid colour saturation at all apertures to produce punchy and vibrant images combines with appealing rendering of out of focus image portions (bokeh)

Zeiss have a well deserved reputation for making optically excellent lenses and now this lens can be enjoyed on your modern Sony mirrorless camera.

The fast aperture also allows for higher shutter speeds meaning the lens continues to be usable in light levels that would cause slower lenses to succumb to shake induced blurring.

This classic lens really delivers the goods and at an affordable price, if you want to progress from the limited creative possibilities of your kit lens then this is an excellent choice.

Built from high quality metals this lens was made to last and features typically robust German build quality.

This lens comes with a removable Sony E aka NEX adapter allowing it to be fitted to all Sony cameras which use the "E" mount.

The adapter will not fit "A" mount DSLR cameras. Please contact me if you need an adapter for A mount.

 
The adapter is non destructive and when removed, the lens has an "M42" mount and it can be very easily and cheaply adapted to pretty much any camera available today. I have personally used this lens on my Canon 60d, a Sony NEX-5 and a Panasonic G1 and GH2! There are M42 adapters available inexpensively for the following systems and more:
 
 Canon EOS
 Canon M
 Canon R
 Canon FD
 Canon M
 Contax/Yashica
 Leica R
 Leica M39
 Minolta AF/Sony Alpha
 Minolta MD
 M42 screw
 Nikon
 Pentax K
 Olympus OM
 4/3
 Micro 4/3 system
 C-Mount
 Samsung NX
 Pentax Q
 Nikon 1
 Sony NEX
 Fuji X
 
Adapters are in plentiful supply on ebay, just ask if you require any advice!
 
The lens is a manual optic and hence focusing and aperture must be adjusted manually but the camera will still provide automatic exposure! I recommend using the camera in liveview mode for focusing as you can zoom in and get the focus just right! I even use this manual focusing technique with my autofocus lenses if I have time as it often results in sharper focus than the camera can manage by itself!
 
 
The lens is in very good working condition overall with just normal signs of use and not abuse! A few specks of dust, as is the case with all used lenses, but as you can see from the sample images, the lens is performing brilliantly! Both the focus and aperture mechanisms function smoothly and positively.

The lens comes supplied with an M42 - Sony adapter and front + rear caps.

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