Will Sony bring AF to Carl Zeiss?

[denizenx]

Just musing aloud, since Sony now has its own full DSLR department... maybe can licence SSM to CZ... LOL

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

CZ is not a part of Sony, its just licensed to use CZ... and who knows, maybe contract ended...

And i wonder if Sony is going to produce any lens... and which is the 1st lenses it will make... 18-200 G?

 

[Drudkh]

1mm-1000mm f/1.0G(D)

 

[denizenx]

hard to end licence when Sony got such high volumes, loser is on CZ side... but a CZ-grade, SSM, f2.8 Pro zoom set (the old 24-70/70-200) should be a show stealer...
the licences are there, the tech are there, the mktg are there.
lol the 1-1000mm f1.0 would be a huge inflatable bubble lens

 

[denizenx]

to add a bit more hehe.. Sony made the Playstation, remember?

 

[jhansolo]

CZ is not a part of Sony, its just licensed to use CZ... and who knows, maybe contract ended...

And i wonder if Sony is going to produce any lens... and which is the 1st lenses it will make... 18-200 G?

I thought in the press release minolta will still be making lens for Sony.

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

I thought in the press release minolta will still be making lens for Sony.

the problem is branding it lor... will u buy a SONY lens?

Its like when ppl buy a Canon or Nikon lenses, any of them,... ppl will say, wah pro lens... to those who know nuts about camera... den seldom ppl will praise Minolta... esp now... and even worse.. Sony... ppl will say, junk it... wait for others to review 1st.. den die lor...

Unless brand loyal ppl like us buy it, otherwise its hard for them to really make a sound... i'd say, maybe the next camera will come with a kit lens, probably a 17-85 kinda range... might even be a remake version of the 5D kit lens.. which is actually a Tamron... So is there still a need for Sony Lenses?

If they make a 17-85 kinda range, f2.8 or maybe f3.5 constant, with SSM, thrown into next body as kit lens... that would be interesting... i dun mind changing my 7D already...

 

[Agetan]

uhm... I don't understand why people buy because of brand...

As long as it is cheap, and deliver what it says... I don't really care what the brand is, and certainly don't need any praise for any camera brand I use..

Hart

 

[grado]

Pride of ownership is quite important to some people. Its like an Identity. Almost patriotic, haha! Quite disappointed they had to change the name to Sony though, since I stuck with Minolta for so long, and never seriously thought of buying Sony cameras or lens.

 

[user111]

sony will come up with a lot of funny things

the last item i bought from sony was a 1990s walkman :bsmilie:

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

sony will come up with a lot of funny things

the last item i bought from sony was a 1990s walkman :bsmilie:

ya... the next next DSLR will be a WALKMAN DSLR... same like how come there is a WALKMAN PHONE...

who knows... the next fone might have a optical zoom already... APO lens somemore... G coating... the future version with aperture & shutter priority mode...

 

[user111]

future lifestyle product from sony:

DSLR+mobile phone+laptop+game console+mp3 player+binoculas+GPS+++??? :sweat:

 

[jsbn]

I don't mind the DSLR & GPS combo though.
After all, Nikon & Canon have their own GPS attachments.

 

[denizenx]

ya... the next next DSLR will be a WALKMAN DSLR... same like how come there is a WALKMAN PHONE...

who knows... the next fone might have a optical zoom already... APO lens somemore... G coating... the future version with aperture & shutter priority mode...

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05030901samsung_schv770.asp


aiya I dun buy brand too, only for features that attract me most. wanted to buy the sony F828 but of course waited for the review..
by now I have no real urge to buy DSLR liao, learnt to live with compacts...

 

[denizenx]

I must say that the F717 was one of the best cams I had used lens-wise, not because carl zeiss is carl zeiss

 

[TME]

uhm... I don't understand why people buy because of brand...

As long as it is cheap, and deliver what it says... I don't really care what the brand is, and certainly don't need any praise for any camera brand I use..

Hart

Unfortunately that is life and that is also why the camera companies are churning out digicams every other month... for bragging rights, people will hope on the bandwagon... same situation with handphones, cars, TVs, etc no? Pretty ridiculous... but sadly true....

I guess we are the pragmatic ones... we go for good value rather than flash.

 

[AncientMariner]

Unfortunately that is life and that is also why the camera companies are churning out digicams every other month... for bragging rights, people will hope on the bandwagon... same situation with handphones, cars, TVs, etc no? Pretty ridiculous... but sadly true....

I guess we are the pragmatic ones... we go for good value rather than flash.

Alamak, I went for the flash as well and both the 3600 and 5600 at that.:bsmilie: