Knorp
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Interesting ILHP interview with Zeiss; product news and technical insides: Zeiss at Photoplus Expo 2015 Interview
source: ilovehatephoto.com
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source: ilovehatephoto.com
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+1 on this ....Just wish they announce the dang roadmap so I can plan.
+1 on this ....
I find myself hovering over the buy button but pausing because it's not really the focal length I want (Batis 25 & 85).
I don't really want to go manual focus with the Loxia as I can get those ranges in C/Y Zeiss for less money.
Just give me a nice 21, maybe a nice 35 too & definitely a fast 100 Batis and I'll be happy.
In the mean time I'll just keep watching ebay for a reasonably priced C/Y 21 & 35f1.4 to tide me over for the next couple of years.
The sony 35 f1.4 and Macro 90 are nice but just too big IMO.
Just wish they announce the dang roadmap so I can plan.
Interesting Vivek, I have missed that remark from Sony. In my simple mind I would think it's only a question of putting a little longer tube at the mount end of the lens and you're done. So I'm now wondering what I'm missing if it is true what Sony saidWhat I find the most intriguing is that earlier Sony said that the short lens flange makes tele lens designs very difficult. Now, Zeiss claim the same for wides. :facesmack:
This is what i was most interested in.
Omar asks: “Will ZEISS have plans for specialty lenses, like Macro or Tilt-shift?”
Zeiss: This is a question that is asked regularly. We are well aware of the lack of specialty lenses in the FE-mount system and we are working on developing some for this system. Right now, we do not wish to publish any further details about our future developments.
e-mount 24, 45 and 90mm ts lenses would help me jump from my canon setup straight to a A7Rii without blinking. First would have to be the 24 though! I am still using my 5dii+17tse and having to bracket and layer blend more than i would like to. 42mp is not that far away from 50mp, but a good DR is important to my architecture and landscape. I think that they would get a fair shair of architectural photographers if such lenses were available in e-mount.
ZEISS...I hope you are paying attention enough to go ahead with this.
+1 on this ....
I find myself hovering over the buy button but pausing because it's not really the focal length I want (Batis 25 & 85).
I don't really want to go manual focus with the Loxia as I can get those ranges in C/Y Zeiss for less money.
Just give me a nice 21, maybe a nice 35 too & definitely a fast 100 Batis and I'll be happy.
In the mean time I'll just keep watching ebay for a reasonably priced C/Y 21 & 35f1.4 to tide me over for the next couple of years.
The sony 35 f1.4 and Macro 90 are nice but just too big IMO.
There is already the Zony 35/2,8, so a Batis 35/2 seems not to make much sense. As 28mm is too close to 35, probably a wider choice like 18mm (21 being already the Loxis).Of the five FE lenses through to the end of 2016 that Zeiss have committed to produce, it makes sense for the AF Batis side of things to be 35/2, 100/2 and 135mm (most likely f2.8, for still plenty of separation). The dominance of the FE55 already overshadows the Loxia 50/2,