Zeiss today announced Batis 18mm F2.8 Lens For Sony FE-Mount. The new lens, which features a diagonal angular field of 99 degrees, is currently the shortest full-frame fixed focal length with autofocus. The lens carry a small OLED display unit to show show focus distance and depth of field.
The lens major specification
- Super wide-angle lens for full-frame E mount cameras
- Zeiss added a new floating element design based on the Distagon style, the 18mm lens is composed of with 11 elements in 10 groups
- To ensure the quality of images zeiss batis have 7 lens elements comprised of special glass with 4 aspherical elements
- The newly announced lens is Weather sealed barrel for moisture and dust protection
- Electronic aperture with range from f/2.8-22
- Minimum focus distance of 9.8″ / 0.25m
- Filter thread dimension of 77mm
- Weight – 11.6 oz / 330g
The Batis lens features linear motors that does silent and fast AF to track your subject in no time. Not only that, the lens also features rubberized focus ring supports precise manual focusing.
The lens will cost your approx $1,499.00