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This compact super wide-angle lens is perfect for capturing majestic landscapes and architectural marvels. Its unique visual field offers you plenty of scope for creativity when composing your images. Get up real close and create the feeling that you are at the heart of the action. Expand the depth of field of your image or make an object really stand out. The high-performance ZEISS Milvus 2.8/18 ensures impressive image quality across the entire image field and enables you to capture unique shots wherever you go.
| Performance | Focal length | 18 mm |
| Aperture range | f/2.8 – f/22 | |
| Camera mount | Canon EF-Mount* (ZE) | Nikon F-Mount* (ZF.2) | |
| Format compatibility | Full Frame | |
| Focusing range | 0,25 m (9.84") – ∞ | |
| Free working distance | 0,12 m (4.73") - ∞ | |
| Angular field** (diag. | horiz. | vert.) | 100° / 89° / 67° | |
| Diameter of image field | 43 mm (1.69") | |
| Coverage at close range (MOD)** | 274 x 180 mm (10.79 x 7.09") | |
| Image ratio at minimum object distance | 1 : 7.4 | |
| Lens elements | groups | 14 / 12 | |
| Flange focal distance | ZE: 44 mm (1.73") | ZF.2: 46 mm (1.83") | |
| Entrance pupil position (front of image plane) | 107 mm (4.22") | |
| Features | Autofocus | – |
| Image Stabilization | – | |
| Physical | Filter thread | M77 x 0.75 |
| Rotation angle of focusing ring | 146° | |
| Diameter max. | ZE: 90 mm (3.54") | ZF.2: 90 mm (3.54") | |
| Diameter of focusing ring | ZE: 73 mm (2.86") | ZF.2: 70 mm (2.76") | |
| Length (with lens caps) | ZE: 109 mm (4.31") | ZF.2: 107 mm (4.21") | |
| Length (without lens caps) | ZE: 93 mm (3.66") | ZF.2: 92 mm (3.62") | |
| Weight | ZE: 721 g (25.4 oz) | ZF.2: 675 g (23.8 oz) |
- For use: with Nikon
