Review on Sony SAL-135F18Z: High-performance 135mm f/1.8 Carl Zeiss Sonnar T Telephoto Lens for Sony Alpha Digital SLR Camera by Ada Diak ᠌

It combines two characteristics that are incompatible for conventional lenses: razor sharpness and image plasticity, for which we pay. The bokeh is unsurpassed, perhaps the best I've ever seen. Gives magical shots due to the ultra-shallow depth of field and at the same time is very sharp across the entire field. Autofocus is not very fast, but tenacious. Very rarely, AF works with strong "soap" in the viewfinder, but this is immediately noticeable. There are no autofocus micro-misses, which is very pleasing. Doesn't keep light sources in the frame very well - "hares" and "puffs" may be present. The hood is metal and very heavy. When the hood is installed and careless handling, you can loosen the front element with the lens. It is especially dangerous to carry a lens in a case with a hood installed backwards. In this case, a heavy lens in a horizontal transport position rests only on the front lens element and all shocks are transmitted to it. For some acquaintances, the front element worked from this - only service. The cost of the lens is clearly underestimated, given its basic optical qualities. For this money you get a dream that you will never part with.