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Zeiss Milvus 2/135 £1,900/$2,200

Source: 1 Unlike in the Milvus wide-angle lenses, the whole front section of the barrel rotates during focusing.2 The inner barrel extends by up to 3cm as you shorten the focus distance, but the front element doesn’t rotate.3 The Nikon-fit editions of all Milvus lenses have an aperture ring with a de-click mechanism, accessed via the rear of the lens mount.

Taking its name from ‘Sonne’, meaning sun, the idea was to minimise the number of glass-to-air surfaces and create the fastest possible aperture rating. The design doesn’t really work in wide-angle lenses for reflex cameras, but has plenty

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