marbing Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 <a href="http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B58B9/ContentsWWWIntern/D10916E 347D1265AC12570F8003E3839">ZEISS Lenses for Nikon F Mount</a><P> More interesting is the parallel announcement of a series of ZS (screw mount) lenses for owners of classic cameras.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julio_m Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Where in the Zeiss website is the announcement about screw mount lenses ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl_keung Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/5abd5bc6297eb165c12570f900407e35 a brave business decision indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karl_keung Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 http://www.zeiss.com/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/d10916e347d1265ac12570f8003e3839 image gallery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbing Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 Yes, it was buried in the Frequently Asked Questions section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Lai Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 <a href="http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B58B9/ContentsWWWIntern/5ABD5BC6297EB165C12570F900407E35" >Read 1/3 of the way down this interview to learn about the M42 screw mount lenses.</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_Lai Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 Karl beat me to the link.<p>Any comments about the Braun SR2000 with the Contax/Yashica mount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbing Posted January 17, 2006 Author Share Posted January 17, 2006 As Zeiss says...It is no Contax. I think that we would find it a step down in build quality from the Cosina or Bessa. Basically, it is a Yashica mount camera...which just happens to mount Zeiss Contax SLR lenses. I wonder how much more affordable it would be compared to a used Yashica or Contax? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brambor Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 ...they do look beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julio_m Posted January 17, 2006 Share Posted January 17, 2006 No Leica screw mount then; as a counterpart to the ZM line ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miles_s. Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Interesting, while the just 50mm/1.4 Planar and 85mm/1.4 Planar have been announced the image gallery shows a Makro-Planar and a Distagon. However, the focal lengths are obscured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthuryeo Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Any idea if these are going to be made in Germany or another one of those CV deals --- mostly made in Japan and only 2 models made in Germany? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donald_ingram1 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Made in Japan by Cosina again.<div></div> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipling Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 the 50 and 85??? how many good nikkor lenses in those focal lenghts already? I won't be selling my 85mm 1,4 afd for the planar. why not offer something a little more needed in the nikon line up, like a good 20mm with very low distortion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_rory Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 I have not seen anything yet to convince me against getting a Sigma 30mm f/1.4 EX DC HSM for my D70 (or my D200 later in the year). The reports of distortion and vignetting in the Zeiss Ikon Planar 50mm f/2 M mount is not encouraging news either. The one lens ANY company should get right is the 50mm especially Zeiss whose Contax 50mm f/1.4 was a benchmark. Nikon's own 28mm f/2.8 AI-s is going to take a LOT of beating even for Zeiss. Plenty of those around still. Now if they were making AF Zeiss DX lens for Nikon DSLRs I would take notice. Perhaps they should have gone into partnership with Sigma rather than Cosina. A Sigma/Zeiss 30mm f/1.4 AF Planar with HSM and T* coated Zeiss glass. Yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 The 85/1.4 does not make any sense at all. 50/1.4 ZF is going to be better than any of the 50mm Nikon lenses. Other focal lengths would make sense more than these. A 60mm f/1.2, a 20mm f/2 and the like. Zeiss can learn a few things from Cosina about what sort of focal lengths to bring out (12mm and 15mm CV lenses, for example). A Distagon is interesting. It appears (the above photo with focal lengths are false speculations) that there is a 28/2 Distagon and 60/2.8 Makro-Planar. There are far too many macro lenses in this focal length region and almost all are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_hall1 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 That's a Makro-Planar. I don't think any 30mm Double-Gauss formulation can clear the mirror of a 135-format SLR. >The reports of distortion and vignetting in the Zeiss Ikon Planar 50mm f/2 M mount is not encouraging news either. FWIW, the ZM 50 has exactly the same amount of distortion and light fall-off as the G 45, and their MTF graphs are practically the same. Funny how people don't seem to complain about the G lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen_S Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Let's hope they'll serve any once popular SLR mount sooner or later. I'd prefer using Pentax k-mount bodys over digging out my Spotmatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_hall1 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 >It appears (the above photo with focal lengths are false speculations) that there is a 28/2 Distagon and 60/2.8 Makro-Planar. I agree, except that the Makro-Planar is an f/2 lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_hall1 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Jochen, I have good news for you: these lenses will be available in M42 mount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_hall1 Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 ...just add an adapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivek iyer Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 That is interesting Andrew. The old S-Planar 120/5.6 has a restricted aperture disc compared to the 120/4 Makro-Planar. Same scenario repeating here with the 60/2.8 (Contax) to 60/2 (ZF)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Am I suddenly living in a parallel universe? Cameras that don't use film are selling better than cameras that do. Most cameras for which film is no longer available are worth more than cameras for which film is available. Many photographic shops do not sell film; some do not sell cameras. You can buy a camera from a telephone shop and vice versa. Film companies are seeing falling film sales, but photographic paper companies are selling more paper. You don't need photographic paper to print a photograph on. Agfa has gone bust, but Ilford is still around. Kodak has discontinued Kodachrome II. Voigtlander lenses are not made by Voigtlander, Zeiss lenses are not made by Zeiss. Rangefinder cameras are popular again, but one model does not accept film. Many cameras that do not use film are designed around the modern and innovative APS film size. APS film is obsolescent. Zeiss lenses are to be made for cameras that were obsolete in the 1970s. Film is available for these obsolescent cameras but batteries arenﾒt. Anybody can take photographs with a telephone that they carry around in their pockets. Nikon have recently made a copy of a rangefinder camera that was obsolescent in the 1960s. Nikon have also introduced a technically advanced camera that uses film, but which very few people can afford or need. This camera cannot be used to make telephone calls. Nikon are stopping making film cameras. Zeiss are to start making lenses for cameras that Nikon no longer make. Zeiss make lenses to fit Leica cameras. Leica lenses are fitted to cameras that don't use film and which are manufactured by a Japanese electronics firm in Siam. I give in! I guess the next thing is for Leica to start making non-rangefinder cameras that donﾒt use film, but which have an inbuilt cordless telephone. ﾓBeam me up, Scottieﾔ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Who put ' marks in my message?. Seemed fine when I previewed it *&^%$ﾣ"! We didn't have this problem with telexes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_shriver Posted January 18, 2006 Share Posted January 18, 2006 Adam, you must have pasted in *(&*(%#&(*)&$(*)&(*@#&$()* Windows "smart quotes" into your message. Stick to ASCII, and the messages will render right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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