Zeiss Adds 15mm, 18mm, and 135mm DSLR Lenses to the Milvus Line

Zeiss Adds 15mm, 18mm, and 135mm DSLR Lenses to the Milvus Line

Expanding upon the high-end manual focus line of Milvus lenses for DSLR cameras, today Zeiss announced they are adding three new additions. These new lenses — a 15mm f/2.8, 18mm f/2.8, and 135mm f/2 — will feature the same solid optical quality housed within a beautiful barrel design that the Milvus line is known for. Created for both high-resolution photography and videography, the new lenses will begin shipping at the end of October.

All Zeiss Milvus lenses have a floating elements design and use T* anti-reflective coating. Together, many common image errors are compensated for right in camera, such as flare and ghosting.  The lenses are dust and weather resistant, and feature a full-metal barrel.

The Zeiss Milvus 2.8/15 uses a Distagon lens design with 15 elements in 12 groups, including two aspheric lenses. The super wide-angle lens offers a 110-degree field of view. Something fairly rare for super wide-angle lenses like this is that the 2.8/15 also has a 95mm filter thread.

Zeiss Milvus 2.8/15

The Zeiss Milvus 2.8/18 is a compact super wide-angle lens that also uses the Distagon lens design. There are 14 elements in 12 groups packed in, with two aspheric elements. The 2.8/18 has a 99.9-degree field of view and can focus as close as 0.25 meters, making it useful in architecture and landscape applications. The filter thread size of this lens is a more standard 77mm.

Zeiss Milvus 2.8/18

The Zeiss Milvus 2/135 telephoto lens uses 11 elements in 8 groups and has a 18.7-degree field of view. The increased focal length paired with its wide aperture and solid optics create some excellent looking out of focus elements. The lens can be focused in as close as 0.80 meters for tight portraiture work. The 2/135 uses a 77mm filter thread.

Zeiss Milvus 2/135

The Milvus 2.8/15 will cost $2,699, the Milvus 2.8/18 will cost $2,299, and the Milvus 2/135 will cost $2,199. Each lens comes in either a Nikon or Canon mount, and pre-orders are being taken now. For more information and to check out sample images from each of the new lenses, head over to the Zeiss Lenspire blog.

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7 Comments

Quite interesting, but WAY out of my reach, as usual. ;-)

very nice.

Beautiful, but a bit too pricey. $500 less would seem more reasonable. Such is Zeiss.

$500?? You're dreaming.

I think he was saying $500 less than their current price. =)

I'm saving up for the 50mm f1/4. I can only dream about the rest.

Hoping the 135mm e-mount Batis isn't far behind.