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35 Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA

The Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA is a prime lens for Sony E-mount (Full frame) that covers 35 mm at f/2.8, weighs 120 g and focuses as close as 0.35 m. Lightest (120 g) of the 10 full frame Sony E-mount prime lenses in its focal range. Among them, it suits you if you carry it all day or travel light. If you shoot in low light or want a blurrier background, or you want to focus closer at the wide end, every other one that does better on brightness, or close focus gives up weight.

  • f/2.8widest aperture
  • 120 gweight
  • 51bodies it fits
To one scale. Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA: length 36.5 mm, diameter 61.5 mm, filter thread 49 mm.36.5 mmø61.5
To scale from the maker's length and diameter, the mount on the left and the filter thread in yellow at the front. The rings are drawn, not measured.

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To one scale. Sony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA: length 36.5 mm, diameter 61.5 mm, filter thread 49 mm.36.5 mmø61.5
To scale from the maker's length and diameter, the mount on the left and the filter thread in yellow at the front. The rings are drawn, not measured.

Where it sits

10 lenses

Full frame Sony E-mount prime lenses in its focal range that state each value, this one included. Each tick is one; the thick one is this one.

Bodies it fits

51 bodies

All cameras, by maker and mount

Specifications

Focal length
35 mm1
Widest aperture
f/2.81
Closest focus
0.35 m2
Maximum magnification
0.12x2
Stabilization
No
Mount
Sony E-mount2
Covers
Full frame
Type
Prime
Weight
120 g2
Length
36.5 mm2
Diameter
61.5 mm2
Filter thread
49 mm2
Elements
72
Groups
52
Aperture blades
72
Hood
ALC-SH1292

Sources

  1. Wikidata, checked Oct 9, 2026 (CC0 1.0)
  2. Sony Japan lens specifications (sony.jp), checked Oct 6, 2026

Worked out by code, not stated by a source

  • Read from the lens name: each maker marks the sensor size a lens covers (Sony FE/E, Canon RF/RF-S, Nikon DX, Tamron Di III/Di III-A, Sigma DG/DC); every Fujifilm X lens is APS-C and every Micro Four Thirds lens is Four Thirds.
  • Read from the lens name: Sony marks optically stabilized lenses OSS, Canon IS, Nikon VR, Fujifilm OIS, Panasonic O.I.S., Tamron VC and Sigma OS; a lens from these makers without the mark has no optical stabilization.
  • Prime or zoom, read from the focal length in the lens name.

Each value is checked automatically against the source it links, on the date shown. How we build these pages

† The makers' own tables, row by row, with labels in our plain words (translated where the maker's page isn't in English); each row's numbers are checked against the page it links.

Full specifications†

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Full specificationsSony Carl Zeiss Sonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA2
Product nameSonnar T* FE 35mm F2.8 ZA
Model numberSEL35F28Z
Lens mountSony E-mount
Compatible sensor size35mm full size
Focal length35 mm
Equivalent focal length52.5 mm (APS-C size sensor)
Lens construction5-7
Angle of view44° (APS-C)
Angle of view63° (35mm format)
Maximum aperture2.8
Minimum aperture22
Diaphragm blades7
Circular diaphragmyes
Minimum focusing distance0.35 m
Maximum magnification ratio0.12
Filter size49 mm
Hood typeCap type
Dimensions61.5 x 36.5 mm
Weight120 g
Included hoodALC-SH129 (filter diameter 40.5)
Included front capyes (φ40.5)
Included rear capyes

How the pick works

  1. Widest aperture3

    Lower wins once they are 0.3 apart.

  2. Weight2

    Lower wins from a 12% gap.

  3. Focal length (longest)2

    Higher wins from a 15% gap.

  4. Focal length (widest)2

    Lower wins once they are 2 mm apart.

  5. Optical stabilization1

    Having it wins.

  6. Closest focus, wide end1

    Lower wins from a 15% gap. Compared only between lenses of the same focal length (widest).

  7. Filter thread0.5

    Lower wins once they are 5 mm apart.

  8. Lead for a pick1

Our pick or our take adds up the importance of each real difference, with these importances and thresholds: a gap smaller than its row's threshold is too close to call and counts as the same. They are our editorial choice, not a measurement, the same on every page, and they never read prices, sales or who sells it.

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