Anything Zeiss....
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ManWearPants
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OMG! A 82mm front element 55/1.4 and an almost 1kg 135/2 APO. There are 2 important things to do this year.
1) Head to the gym and lift heavier dumb-bells
2) When not in gym, work hard and make more $
Jokes aside. Looking at the finishing of the 55/1.4, this could be a Sony AF lens. Wait it is ZF.2. Hmmm...are we seeing Zeiss AF prime? Also it is a Distagon like the 35/1.4 and not a Planar. Could it be turning on the ultra delicious creamy bokeh? I also find the Sonnar 135/2 APO stepping inside the Planar 100/2 territory with its 1:4 magnification, 260 degree precise focusing throw and APO.
Also interested to see what Canon comes up with in their EF 35/1.4 II, 50/1.4 II and 135/2 II. This could end up to be an interesting year.
And with all the Zeiss prime lenses almost complete except for a 350-400mm, we may also be seeing Zeiss zooms in 2013.
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Thoth
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Cant wait...
tommyx
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ManWearPants
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Sony beat the rest to it. Well done! Oh by the way, it is a Carl Zeiss Sonnar 35/2 lens on that camera. I am getting all confuse with the Distagons and Sonnars nowadays but it is nevertheless great news!
[video=youtube_share;A7-uw_AArfU]http://youtu.be/A7-uw_AArfU[/video]
[video=youtube_share;A7-uw_AArfU]http://youtu.be/A7-uw_AArfU[/video]
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ManWearPants
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The previous widest Sonnar is 50/1.5 on RF and the longest Distagon is 45mm on M645. So having a Sonnar 35/2 and Distagon 55/1.4 is interesting. Will be interesting to compare them to Distagon 35/2 and Planar ZA 50/1.4, another new lens. A lot of hot releases with no prior rumours. What's next?
The calling of Sony's AF Zeiss is getting stronger. If they do a Planar 85/1.4 similiar to Contax N's, I will jump ship....
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Magnus Wedberg
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Well, these "Sonnars" aren't real Sonnar designs, and neither will this be. The Sony/CZ Sonnar 135/1.8 and 24/2, for example, have nothing to do with the classic Sonnar design, and this has been so for quite a long time. For example, the Contax G 90/2.8 was marketed as a "Sonnar" but is really a very classic Ernostar (cemented doublet at rear). So the "Sonnar" designation basically nowadays seems to mean "fast, expensive quality lens". Of course one can argue about what is a "classic Sonnar", and if it is desirable when coatings are better and exotic glass and aspherics have made completely new designs possible.
On a somewhat tangential, but topical, note I have succeeded in putting a 5/4 "Sonnar" on my NEX-5:
Magnus Wedberg, photography and design. Contax T stripped down for NEX
Alas, no cemented triplets there, either.
ManWearPants
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My bad. I am not familiar with Rollei and didn't realised they are so forward thinking.
Well, these "Sonnars" aren't real Sonnar designs, and neither will this be. The Sony/CZ Sonnar 135/1.8 and 24/2, for example, have nothing to do with the classic Sonnar design, and this has been so for quite a long time. For example, the Contax G 90/2.8 was marketed as a "Sonnar" but is really a very classic Ernostar (cemented doublet at rear). So the "Sonnar" designation basically nowadays seems to mean "fast, expensive quality lens". Of course one can argue about what is a "classic Sonnar", and if it is desirable when coatings are better and exotic glass and aspherics have made completely new designs possible.
On a somewhat tangential, but topical, note I have succeeded in putting a 5/4 "Sonnar" on my NEX-5:
Magnus Wedberg, photography and design. Contax T stripped down for NEX
Alas, no cemented triplets there, either.
This is an awesome mod. You must have spent lots of time designing, fabricating and calibrating the lens.
Magnus Wedberg
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Actually I think the Nikon L35AF wins in this regard; as far as I have been able to research, both the 40mm Rollei and "my" 38mm Zeiss uses the same design, but the Nikon is 35mm. That might be the cheapest way to get a lens with this "Sonnar" design, but of course, it won't be marked "Zeiss".
Nikon | Imaging Products | NIKKOR - The Thousand and One Nights / Tale 33 : "Pikaichi", L35AF 35 mm f/2.8
Thank you! Well, thankfully for me, Kyocera/Zeiss did all the design work, I only had to disassemble and then reassemble the important part!
heh heh.
fuwen
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Zeiss autofocus micro 4/3 prime lenses for Sony and Fuji.
http://blogs.zeiss.com/photo/en/?p=2864
http://blogs.zeiss.com/photo/en/?p=2864
ManWearPants
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fuwen said:
I read with interest when he was asked about IS. The reply was stabilized lens will have an impact on performance.
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As the mooncake festival is upon us, I am celebrating it with CSers here with three shots using Zeiss Distagon T* 2,8 21 ZF.2
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Crossing the road | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Crossing the road | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Harmony | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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Lanterns | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
TWmilkteaTW
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If not you can go Sony..with AF Zeiss lenses.
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