{"id":31116,"date":"2015-09-05T13:22:10","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T17:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/?p=31116"},"modified":"2024-05-30T13:25:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:25:51","slug":"review-sony-zeiss-135mm-f1-8-za-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neilvn.com\/tangents\/review-sony-zeiss-135mm-f1-8-za-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"review: Sony Zeiss 135mm f\/1.8 ZA lens"},"content":{"rendered":"

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review: Sony Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm f\/1.8 ZA lens<\/h1>\n

One of the pieces of photo gear that I have lusted after ever since the first time I saw it, is the\u00a0Sony Zeiss 135mm f\/1.8 ZA lens<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(B&H<\/a> \/ Amazon<\/a><\/em>). That combination of the Zeiss name tag and the sweet f\/1.8 aperture on the telephoto lens, predicted this would be a lens to experience. However, since I mostly shoot Nikon (and also have a small Canon system), and this is a Sony mount, it remained an unrequited love.<\/p>\n

Then I had a photographer in Germany, Thomas, asked about doing an personal workshop on flash photography<\/a> with me – but he shoots with the Sony A99 and Sony A7R 11. Instead of just vaguely waving my hands around while explaining things, I thought it\u00a0would be best for me to have some Sony gear in my hands during this workshop. So I rented and acquired the necessary pieces to shoot alongside Thomas. This was an interesting experience with new gear – the theory about flash photography made sense, and it all fell into place with a certain logical consistency – but the buttons and controls of the camera were new.<\/p>\n

Anyway, I thought this would be a great opportunity to rent the\u00a0Sony Zeiss Sonnar T* 135mm f\/1.8 ZA lens, and see if the lens stood up to expectations. I shot some available light portraits and off-camera flash portraits of our model, Claudia.\u00a0\u00a0(Model Mayhem portfolio<\/em>).<\/p>\n

The photo above is an available light portrait of Claudia.<\/p>\n