What's up .......Zeiss?

nickphoto123nickphoto123 Registered Users Posts: 302 Major grins
edited December 21, 2005 in Cameras
http://www.zeiss.com/de/photo/home_e.nsf

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  • David_S85David_S85 Administrators Posts: 13,245 moderator
    edited December 19, 2005
    nickphoto123 wrote:
    http://www.zeiss.com/de/photo/home_e.nsf

    Looks as if we... A) need to be able to read German, and B) have to wait until 21 December to find out.

    I have my bets that they'll come out with a 400 f/1.2 Canon mount lens that weighs under a pound and costs less than $1,000 US. rolleyes1.gifrolleyes1.gif
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  • robscomputerrobscomputer Registered Users Posts: 326 Major grins
    edited December 20, 2005
    Got this from another message board.

    zeiss.jpg

    :D
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  • wholenewlightwholenewlight Registered Users Posts: 1,529 Major grins
    edited December 21, 2005
    Carl Zeiss lenses for Nikon-F mount?
    From DPReview:

    Carl Zeiss lenses for Nikon-F mount?
    Tuesday, 20 December 2005 10:30 GMT

    Carl Zeiss have gone all mysterious in their placement of a message on their home page, it reads "Millions of SLR Photographers Will Soon Discover a New Dimension in Photography." At the moment we have no idea what this means, speculation on our forums and elsewhere ranges from a new Zeiss digital system (Sony?) to Zeiss lenses for Canon / Nikon mounts (a leaked image shows Nikon F-Mount Zeiss lenses). UPDATE 21/12: As predicted it looks as though this will be Carl Zeiss lenses for Nikon F-Mount, the latest reveal names 'ZF'.


    Hmmmm, and I can't even afford Nikon glass!
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited December 21, 2005
    I've heard from more than one source the Zeiss lenses are definitely coming for Nikon F-mount. nod.gif

    While they may be expensive, they'll be awesome and add more competition to Nikkor. My Nikon friends are psyched.
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  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited December 21, 2005
    Pardon my naivete, but is the Zeiss entry into Nikon mount lenses really going to make a difference for most users? Having another high priced lens option is not going to drive the prices of the high end Nikkors down. Am I really going to be able to tell the difference between a high end prime Nikkor and a Zeiss on my D2X?

    I do use all Zeiss optics in my offices and in the operating room for my microsurgery of the ear. I know they are a quallity company. I'm just wondering what I'm really supposed to expect other than a high price for a quality lens.
    Mitch
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  • DoctorItDoctorIt Administrators Posts: 11,951 moderator
    edited December 21, 2005
    Mitchell wrote:
    Pardon my naivete, but is the Zeiss entry into Nikon mount lenses really going to make a difference for most users? Having another high priced lens option is not going to drive the prices of the high end Nikkors down. Am I really going to be able to tell the difference between a high end prime Nikkor and a Zeiss on my D2X?

    I do use all Zeiss optics in my offices and in the operating room for my microsurgery of the ear. I know they are a quallity company. I'm just wondering what I'm really supposed to expect other than a high price for a quality lens.
    Point well taken. All I know is what I've read, and there is some people excited about Zeiss f-mount lenses. As for the competition part, I would agree, but my die-hard Nikon shooter friend seems to think the Nikon corporate mindset needs it.

    We'll see, right? In any regard, it can only be for the better.
    Erik
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  • Matthew SavilleMatthew Saville Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,352 Major grins
    edited December 21, 2005
    Here's what I want from Zeiss:
    I would be willing to plunk down a pretty penny or two for a DX specific, 14mm f/4 lens that, unlike the current 35mm offerings in the 15mm aspherical department, would accept 77mm front filters. I would want this for landscape applications where I'm interested in milking absolutely every bit of printability out of my lens and sensor, so I can go to 24x36" and have as much detail as an 8x12", when the 20 or so megapixel DX cameras roll around.

    However, I dunno if Zeiss' plan is to make DX specific lenses, and I don't know if 20 megapixels in an APS size sensor is a good thing. But for my style I shoot at f/8 - f/16 100% of the time anyway for super-wide, so "the Zeiss advantage" might be even less in my case. Not to mention the fact that I like the affordability / portability of the DX format, so I'm not sure if Zeiss can do better than the already near-perfect 12-24 lenses from Nikon and Tokina, at f/8 - f/16 that is.

    Other than that, I don't think Zeiss optics hold any advantage over other brand name or even third party lenses. Mosly because I like to have AF in all my normal / tele lenses. Super-wide angle is the only genre in which I see Zeiss optics in the Nikon F-mount suceeding. Which is oh-so-ironic since Canon shooters are the ones fiddling with convertors to get Zeiss lenses to work, and the Nikon shooters are for the most part happy with Nikon lenses... I would think Zeiss would see a much bigger opportunity in the Canon FF DSLR market. But maybe they know something we don't about the (effectively) non-existent Nikon FF DSLR market!

    All in all though, I wouldn't be able to afford a 14mm Zeiss nor an FF camera for a decade or so, so It's no big deal for me right now. But definitely an interesting story to follow!

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  • robscomputerrobscomputer Registered Users Posts: 326 Major grins
    edited December 21, 2005
    On photography forums there is an endless amount of discussion between who has the sharpest copy, be it an L series or Zeiss. Even in the Zeiss, a catagory of ultra high (compared to the L series) lenses people still measurebate. I'm sure this will drive some people to switch.

    Rob
    Enjoying photography since 1980.
  • nickphoto123nickphoto123 Registered Users Posts: 302 Major grins
    edited December 21, 2005
    Zeiss..Nikon
    Nikon glass doesn't leave much room for Zeiss to improve upon.

    Zeiss must be going the EGO route that Leica does pretty well with.

    Regards, Nicholas
  • MitchellMitchell Registered Users Posts: 3,503 Major grins
    edited December 21, 2005
    nickphoto123 wrote:
    Nikon glass doesn't leave much room for Zeiss to improve upon.

    Zeiss must be going the EGO route that Leica does pretty well with.

    Regards, Nicholas

    Nicholas,
    Interesting thought. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
    Mitch
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