arthuryeo Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 http://www.camera-news.com/search/cosina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erickpro Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Well, the prices look alright relatively compared to the Nikon lenses. I am waiting impatiently to see how they compare to their rivals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I will have to get one smuggled out of the US, I guess. The Zeiss official list price is 499 Euros plus 17% VAT. I don't know what their marketeers are smoking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthuryeo Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 More pleasurable readings ... search for Gandy (Stephen Gandy is the sole distributor of Cosina products) when you click on that link below. It's interesting to note that there are ONLY 2 lens makers in the world that has the ability to produce their own glass: Cosina and Nikon! That was one of the reasons why Zeiss chose Cosina as a partner for the ZM and ZF lenses. http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-16365.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_chan5 Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 That only Nikon and Cosina make their own glass is not all that surprising in an era of OEMs and outsourcing. It may make a lot more sense for someone else to make the glass. I am a little curious what sorts of autofocus and automated bodies (or just parts) Cosina makes, since the manual camera and manual lens market seems to be drying up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Arthur, The info is rather depressing. Cosina justifies making their own glass by coming up with innovative, new, prime lenses. :-) Canon did develop their own fluorite glass. The company that makes it for them is spun off in to another. So, the statement that only two companies make their own glass is not exactly correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sander_vesik Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Why should an optical design company make their own glass? It is so much more sensible to have an existing glass maker make a special order glass for them if there is such a need. All major glassmakers make custom glasses. Oh, and Zeiss is special case in "doesn't make its own glass" because Zeiss and Schott are owned and controlled by the same entity - Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung. It would be totaly ridiculous if Zeiss started making their own glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjacksonphoto Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 Am I missing something? I can't find anything about the prices on the link provided... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthuryeo Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 "Per sources at Cosina, The ZF 50mm/1.4 Planar T* will list at USD490 and the ZF 85mm/1.4 Planar T* clocks in at USD970." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthuryeo Posted March 4, 2006 Author Share Posted March 4, 2006 >All major glassmakers make custom glasses. That's not quite true. It has to be in their catalog or else it is truly custom and pricing/availability of raw materials have to negotiated. If the formula is overly exotic (like the one used in the Leica Noctilux f1.2 version 1), it will be turned down and that was why Leica made it their own in their lab at that time. Leica no longer has a glass research lab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ky2 Posted March 4, 2006 Share Posted March 4, 2006 I don't know about Cosina or Nikon, but Plzner Urquel makes my glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwrtertbsratbs5 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Sheesh! I don't care who makes their own glass. I care about the quality of the lenses. If they are good, they will probably sell reasonably well. And I hope they do so that Zeiss expands the offering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikos peri Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Where have you seen official Euro Zeiss list prices?<br> All I've heard so far is the cheery news that that Fowa wil not import the lenses into Italy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Nikos, Check out Zeiss website. They state that the prices have been fixed and will be available through their site once their ystem is complete and in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspiration point studio Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 Zeiss has an online shop offering their ZF lenses. http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B58B9/Contents-Frame/ 4AE4CD3C0EC87F91C12571110038C241 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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