Advanced Optical Design. The Zeiss 18mm f/3.5’s floating-elements design ensure high-quality images over its entire range. Each element has Carl Zeiss T* anti-reflective coatings to help minimize reflections while yielding images with depth, brilliance, and high microcontrast, even in low light. The lens’s built-in color correction delivers high-contrast images without color fringing. Its 0.98-foot minimum focusing distance enables adventurous shooters to capture dramatic perspectives.

Fully Manual Focus. The 18mm focal length provides low distortion with that wonderful Zeiss contrast and sharpness. This is a fully manually focusing lens, but compatible cameras will automatically adjust exposure with the lens.

Sale of Zeiss ZE Lenses. We’re a registered Zeiss dealer and sell new, in-box, fully warrantied Zeiss ZE lenses in our For Sale section. If the lens is listed, we have a new, in-box copy of it in stock for immediate shipment. If it’s not listed, it’s backordered, but we still have rental copies available.

Zeiss Try and Buy. We offer a new service with ZE lenses only. First, rent any ZE lens for four days. Then, if you decide you want to buy it, we will apply your four-day rental fee to the purchase of a brand-new copy at our listed price. (Please note that this isn’t your used rental copy. You’ll be buying a new lens.)