The best short teles I have ever used were this Planar and the 90/2.8 Leitz. As this is now such a bargan, it is the best overall. Sharp, crisp with color and detail that are just amazing.

It's my favorite portrait lens, bar none. It's sharp where you want it to be, but has lovely bokeh where you don't want it sharp, and has little enough depth of field that you can play with sharpness/bokeh in portraits.

Very solid and well made.superlative sharp and resolution.very pleasant the out-focus performance. With G1 it is perfect at 2.8 too!

As with all of the Zeiss G lenses, this one is simply excellent. Sharpness is incredible, contrast and color unmatched by anything else I have used including highly rated Nikkors. Skin tones are natural and it is possible to pick out the pores of the...

An exceptional lens which is completely up to Zeiss standards of quality and manufacture. One must be mindful that when used whide open and a close distances that the lens has a very shallow depth of field and those who are not aware of this may find...

I must say this lens *was* really hard to handle. It''s sharp, it''s small and light weight as a 90 F2.8, the outcoming color is good, and the out-focus area looks sweet while the in-focus area looks popping out, it is a very nice lens, but that''s...

this is the sharpest telephoto lens I have ever used! At every f-stop, the sharpness and contrast are exceptional, and the colors are some of the best I have ever seen! In portraits, you can make out the fine texture of skin, to every little fine hair...

A great lens that is very sharp, contrasty and solid built. A must have if you own the G-camera system. The problems focusing this lens with the G2 camera are true as mentioned by other reviewers however if you own the G-camera I would still recommend...

I've always loved the Zuiko 85mm f/2 for people, as it is a very flattering lens. The Zeiss 90 f/2.8 is definitely sharper, though, and does not exhibit the edge distortion of the Zuiko. The detail this lens renders has to be seen to be beleived, and...

One reads everywhere online the repeated phrases about how the G series lenses give medium format results from 35mm. I shoot with Fuji 6x7 and 6x9 rangefinders (color neg and E6), and clearly the roll film is tighter, with better contrast, color and...