Overview

The Carl Zeiss Planar 80 mm f/2 C645 is praised for its exceptional image quality, particularly its smooth, painterly bokeh and good sharpness even wide open. It exhibits minor vignetting at f/2 and slight corner softness, with very minor barrel distortion at large apertures. Build quality is solid with smooth focus and clicky aperture ring. The lens suits portrait and wedding photographers seeking film-like rendering, especially when adapted to digital cameras like Fuji GFX with a focal reducer.