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The Zeiss Milvus ZE 21mm f/2.8 Distagon is a high-quality manual-focus lens designed for Canon DSLRs. It’s an update to the popular Zeiss ZE 21mm f/2.8. Key features include:
Great for landscape, interior, and architectural shooting
Advanced optics for high-quality images
Smooth, fully manual focusing with 124° throw
Durable, weather-resistant build
Very Wide Angle. The wide-angle perspective is popular for landscape, nature, interior, and architectural photography. You can also use the Milvus 21mm f/2.8 lens with APS-C cameras, which will provide a roughly 34mm-equivalent focal length.
Very Close Focus. When this lens’s wide perspective is coupled with its 8.7-in. minimum focusing distance, foreground subjects become exaggerated, creating a broad sense of space in the image.
Advanced Optics. The Zeiss Milvus ZE 21mm f/2.8 Distagon for Canon follows with Zeiss’s pedigree for cutting-edge optics. It features four anomalous partial-dispersion glass elements within a floating-elements system to combat distortions and aberrations while retaining sharpness and clarity at any focus distance. The enhanced T* anti-reflective coating controls ghosting and flare for a color-neutral image that still flaunts that famous high micro-contrast “Zeiss look.”
High-Quality Build. The ZE 135mm Milvus features a weather-resistant construction with internal seals to guard against dust and moisture, while a blue sealing ring at the lens mount protects the lens-camera interface. The all-metal lens barrel has a frosted, anodized surface for increased durability.
Modern Manual Focus. This fully manual-focus lens features a 124° focus throw and rubberized focus ring for improved tactile control, while still providing electrical communication with the camera to control aperture and communicate EXIF data.
| Angle of View |
90° |
| Aperture |
f/2.8-22 |
| Autofocus |
Manual Focus Only |
| Brand |
Zeiss |
| Compatibility |
Crop and Full Frame |
| Diameter |
3.76" |
| Dimensions |
Length: 3.74" |
| Filter Size |
82.0mm (nonrotating front element) |
| Filter Style |
nonrotating front element |
| Flare Resistance |
Carl Zeiss T* coating |
| Focal Length |
21.0-21.0 |
| Focusing System |
Manual focusing |
| Groups/Elements |
13/16 |
| Hood Included |
Yes |
| Image Stabilization |
No |
| Item Type |
Lens |
| Lens Type |
Wide Angle |
| Low Dispersion Elements |
0 |
| Max Aperture |
2.8 |
| Maximum Magnification |
0.2x |
| Minimum Aperture |
22.0 |
| Minimum Focusing Distance |
0.72feet |
| Mount |
Canon EF |
| System |
Canon |
| Weather Resistant |
Yes |
| Weight |
1.87 lbs. |