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new Zeiss ZM 18 f/4 , ZM21 f/4.5 ( and ZF plus new Hassy ZV lenses )


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Check out <a href="http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B0478/search/

5C8A382AE7237A1DC12571EE004507FF?OpenDocument">zeiss new lenses</a> The images are wrong,

but the links work</p>

 

<p> <a href="http://www.zeiss.de/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/

7e14bca7d3c8a25bc12571ec005363bd">18mm f/4 ZM </a> <img src="http://www.zeiss.de/

C12567A8003B8B6F/GraphikTitelIntern/zm18silber/$File/zm18silber.jpg">

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<p> <a href="http://www.zeiss.de/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/

2ed02958b9bbc5dcc12571ec005336c5">21mm f/4.5 ZM </a> <img src="http://www.zeiss.de/

C12567A8003B8B6F/GraphikTitelIntern/zm21silber/$File/zm21silber.jpg">

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<p>I'm surprised there is no 90mm f/2.8 </p>

 

<p> They are also selling Hasselblad V lenses directly !

<a href="http://www.zeiss.de/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/

d4e13bba373d69b6c12571ed0046d421">50mm f/4 ZV </a> <img src="http://www.zeiss.de/

C12567A8003B8B6F/GraphikTitelIntern/habla50s/$File/habla50s.jpg"> and others plus more ZF lenses

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thanks john. the new tri-elmar is too slow in my books also. i understand its f4 for size,

weight and cost reasons. good for lanscapes etc, but too slow for low light work.

 

the 28/2.8 looks interesting, small light and compact. pity leica didnt make it an f1.4, as it

looks like Leica could make it the size of a the 4th Vers 28/2.8

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It makes perfect sense. Most of the `blad lenes have been used professionally and are worn. The shutters fail without warning. That was the reason for the CFi lenses, a new material shutter spring with increased life. You have no idea how many cycles a `blad lens has on it and when it is eady to fail.

 

4.0 and 4.5 make perfect sense for those who work outdoors. Why carry big heavy glass if you will not use it wide open? A tripod is the best fast lens there is for indoors. I will bet these will sell for 1/3 the price of Leica glass.

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<p>Arthur, I cannot claim any inside information : I saw <a href="http://www.photo.net/

bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00I7kq">this Nikon ZF thread </a> on the photo.net

unified view, and noted the above ZM and ZV lenses</p>

<p>I bet a lot more, cash strapped, M8 buyers will buy the 18mm ZM lens, rather than the

16-21 Tri-Elmar </p>

<p>If Zeiss are planning to go through their back catalogue: perhaps they could rangefinder

couple their 38mm and 60mm Biogons along with the 80mm Planar, and make a nice little

Zeiss-Ikon 6x6 RF camera :-) </p>

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"It makes perfect sense. Most of the `blad lenes have been used professionally and are worn. The shutters fail without warning. That was the reason for the CFi lenses, a new material shutter spring with increased life. You have no idea how many cycles a `blad lens has on it and when it is eady to fail."

 

I hear a CLA with a new shutter spring and flash contacts on a Hasselblad lens from an independent shop runs something like $150. Is the "new" Zeiss lens less expensive than a used Hasselblad lens and a CLA? It seems off that someone would be OK with buying a professionally-worn body and getting it serviced, but prefer to pay dearly for a new lens than get a used one rebuilt. Whatever, I've never owned a Blad and never would. Just seemed like a minuscule market for this product. Their 35mm-mount lenses they can make in a number of mounts, many of which have dSLRs available too.

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