The Zeiss ZF.2 25mm f/2 is a high-performance manually focusing lens and the predecessor to the Zeiss Milvus ZF.2 25mm f/1.4. Key features include:

Advanced Optical Design. The ZF.2 25mm f/2 marks a serious improvement over the Zeiss 25mm f/2.8. Despite the design overhaul, this lens still maintains its Distagon roots. The addition of two aspheric lens surfaces removes chromatic aberrations and eliminates the field curvature that was so noticeable on the 25mm f/2.8. This lens’s floating-elements design means that distortion is no longer a concern, which makes the 25mm f/2 ideal for architectural photography and any other application that requires distortion-free images.

Anti-Reflective Coating. Like all other Zeiss SLR lenses, the 25mm f/2 has Carl Zeiss T* anti-reflective coating, which eliminates lens flare and ghosting while providing the famous high micro-contrast Zeiss look.

Close Minimum Focusing Distance. Please note that the Zeiss 25mm f/2’s 9.84-inch minimum focusing distance isn’t as close as the the f/2.8’s. This makes the f/2’s focus throw seem shorter, but if you consider the difference in focus distance, the effective throw is the same. The f/2’s lens barrel and focus-ring diameter are both larger than the f/2.8’s—a welcome change for video shooters. Like all other ZF.2 lenses, you have full aperture control from the camera.