wolf_rainer_schmalfuss Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 CARL ZEISS in Oberkochen/Germany announces new lenses for cameras with K-bayonet mounts. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill_m Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Yes... here is the Carl Zeiss link http://www.zeiss.de/de/photo/home_e.nsf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_drew4 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Cool! One more reason to keep the bodies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_drew4 Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 . . . and in the screw mount as well! Gee whiz! $50 get a fine old Spotmatic and put a new Zeiss lens on it and WOW! Anyone interested in a used G2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14mm 2.8l Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I am wondering about the image quality of the Zeiss 85mm 1.4 image sample. Is this razor sharp or a soft focus lens? http://www.zeiss.de/de/photo/home_e.nsf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14mm 2.8l Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Bummer link defauted to mainpage. Anyways I see the 85mm 1.4 is a 1,000 euro lens. Currently $1,338 US plus delivery. I guess I'll pass on this soft focus looking K Mount lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainvisions Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 This is good news of course...but I'd probably opt for the limiteds myself over the Zeiss. $1300 for the 85 1.4 or I could get the 85 FA* for about the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14mm 2.8l Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 I'm off by $50, more like $1390 with devalued dollars vs euros at $1.39 per euro plus delivery. I have seen some Pentax limited film glass offered in leica mounts. Don't know if pentax made these or if they were converted to leica mounts. But if leica shooters like limited glass on their Leica bodies then maybe Pentax Limited are a better choice. These are made for basic K Mount. Not a K-A or K-FA mount either. Nikon and Pentax have almost identical film plane distance so this wasn't a great undertaking for Zeiss to change the mount and aperture lever function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougmiles Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 Lindy, there was just the one Pentax Limited, the 43mm, made in Leica 39mm thread mount, a limited run of 2000 of these (800 silver, 1200 black). Rumored that Pentax contracted with Cosina to supply the RF barrels, perhaps untrue. Also said to be marketed only on the Japan domestic market. I have a black one used mostly on a Minolta CLE, just as great a lens in this form as in the original Pentax mount. Unfortunate the new Zeiss-K offerings aren't KA mount... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_kreithen Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 If the Zeiss lenses are similar to the Voigtlander SL series, then they ARE K-A mount. In fact, if you go to the Cosina website, they specifically say the new Zeiss ZK mount is K-A mount. See: http://www.cosina.co.jp/seihin/co/zf-50/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14mm 2.8l Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Are Zeiss and Cosina related to Leica? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rod_sainty2 Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 If some of you people actually read the Zeiss website link before rushing as usual to comment negatively you would have seen the photo of the K-mount lens with A button at centre (ZF left and ZS right) and read this part of the press release: The manually focused ZEISS SLR lenses (with their transmission elements) for the K bayonet fulfill the SMC-A standard and thus permit the utilization of the shutter priority, aperture priority and programmed auto exposure on all camera models with these features. They supplied a photo and said it in the text. Why the confusion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
14mm 2.8l Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 I can't find the K-A text in either link Dan and Rob supplied. But I do see the picture showing an "A" aperture ring. So its K-A and not simple K Mount. I stand corrected. So is a 1,000 euros ($1,400 US$) a great deal for this 85mm 1.4 Zeiss/Cosina lens? The manual focus 85mm 1.4 Pentax usually sells for up to $1,000 dollars in near mint and a couple hundred less if somewhat used. The autofocus pentax version never tops $1,400 and usually lands in the $1,200 area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_kreithen Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 The Nikon AIs mount Zeiss ZF 84mm / f1.4 currently sells for $984 brand new at popflash.com I would be stunned if the Pentax K-A mount version is any different in price. Whether this is worth it or not compared to the Pentax version is up to the individual. I will say though that the new Zeiss 100mm / f2 macro looks like a stunning lens, if the (measured) MTF curves are anything to go by. Probably a bargain at $1500 or so, given what the Arri versions go for (10s of thousands of dollars). The 25mm /f2.8 lens also looks very interesting, since Pentax is no longer producing a prime in this focal length that can cover the entire 35mm film area. Cosina is producing these Zeiss products under license, just as Kyocera did for years with Contax products. Cosina also produces the Voigtlander named products available for both Leica M and screw mounts (as well as the recently discontinued SL series for Nikon, Pentax, and other mounts). Most if not all of their Voigtlander branded lens products are very good to excellent - and always a bargain when price is accounted for. I'm happy to see these Zeiss lenses produced for K mount, but sad to see the not really equivalent Voigtlander SL lenses discontinued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrana_batik Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 I own a few Zeiss ZF: the 25, 35, 50 and 85 for Nikon. They exemplary in most every respect. I wish I could just mount them on the Pentax. Replicating them in Pentax mount is going to be an expensive procedure :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 They're going to have to go a long way before being any better than my SMCP lenses. Or even as good as. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jorge_diaz_santiago1 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Is there a consensus on how the (relatively) new Zeiss 85 f/1.4 ZK Planar T* Manual focus which goes for about $1000, compares to the Pentax FA* 85 f/1.4 It seems it could be a good substitute and cheaper than any used Pentax FA* 85 f/1.4 Only caveat would be lack of autofocus, but depending on the use that might not be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougmiles Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Photozone.de has a review of the 1.4/85mm in ZF mount... I too would like to hear of personal experiences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miserere_mei Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 Check out this thread for comments and images from the Zeiss K-A line: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-slr-lens-discussion/36041-zeiss-zk-lba-pics-notes-thoughts.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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