3 ZE lens coming today , including Distagon 21mm f2.8

Anyone else notice that the so called ZE pictures have nikon AI meter coupling?

Anyway, that image of the Zeiss ZM 85 f4 Tessar looks more interesting to me!
 
This makes me quite excited and may eventually be reeeeeally bad for my bank account. Killer news.
 
Now official on the Zeiss website: http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B58B9/ContentsWWWIntern/239CAD953B6DC283C12574C2003568EF

But the 21 is not mentioned.

And no aperture rings.

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Carl Zeiss Planar T* 1,4/85 ZE with EF bayonet
 
I was very sceptical about this. I thought it will not happen. I was wrong but I am very happy about it!!! Zeiss on Canon bodies - amazing!
 
Man, oh man, a Zeiss wide-angle prime for the EF mount...! :eek:

A really good wide-angle prime has been sorely lacking for that mount.
 
28mm F/2

28mm F/2

I would hope that Zeiss is going to release all the lens they have in their other mounts in the ZE mount. The 28 would be of most interest by me, replace the Distagon I sold when I went to the dark side. It was by far one of my favorite lens. Keeping my fingers crossed for all FL to be made ZE!
 
Double Negative said:
Fantastic news! I love my L lenses and all, but to have a [native mount] ZE lens with automatic aperture is sweet... Let's hope Zeiss continues to put out other lenses in the near future.

Surprising they didn't include AF though, considering some other mounts have it (e.g. ZA). Doesn't bother me, personally - but it does/will affect some potential customers.

All I know is, if the ZEs are half as good as my ZMs, I'd be tickled pink. ;)
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The other ZF, ZS and Zk lenses are all manual focus, and I suspect that adding AF would spoil the manual focus experience.

I have a Distagon 35 which I use with a Nikon ef adaptor and it's an outstanding lens.

Mike
 
This is great to see. Lack of an aperture ring means full AE functionality on a Canon body: Av, Tv, P, M mode. Apparently focus confirmation is dialed in, too. I can't wait for the 25mm f/2.8.

OBERKOCHEN/Germany, Carl Zeiss is expanding its successful line of SLR lenses: ZE lenses with EF bayonet for all analog and digital EOS camera models. As with all EF lenses, the new ZE lenses from Carl Zeiss transfer all information exclusively via electronic contacts. This means that all exposure modes such as programmed auto exposure, shutter priority, aperture priority and manual setting are supported.

The camera’s automatic focus confirmation also remains available to an unlimited extent with these manual focus lenses. With digital SLRs, the lens data and all exposure data can also be accessed via the camera’s EXIF file. Even E-TTL flash metering is supported. The first lenses to be available will be the Planar T* 1.4/50 ZE and the Planar T* 1.4/85 ZE in the last quarter of this year.

Further focal lengths will be added to the line within the next few months.

Recommended retail price of both lenses:
Planar T* 1.4/50 ZE
€ 579 (incl. 19% German VAT)
$ 660

Planar T* 1.4/85 ZE
€ 999 (incl. 19% German VAT)
$ 1,170
 
A bit OT:

Anyone got a link to a review somewhere comparing these newer Zeiss lenses to the "old" C/Y ones?

I'll need to see lots of convincing advantages optically before I'll spend mega-bucks on these. The old ones are pretty darn good already.
 
Here's what our old buddy Rockwell has to say:

I've only used these lenses in Nikon mount. I wasn't impressed. The optics were identical to the real camera-brand lens, but the mechanics were second rate. Is Zeiss kidding? Other third-party lenses graduated from ribbed-metal focus rings by the 1970s.

These Zeiss-branded lenses aren't made by Zeiss; they have been made by Cosina in Japan, the same people who have been making third-party lenses for people like Vivitar for many decades.

One bit of caution is to understand that these lenses are not made by either Canon or by Zeiss. They are third-party lenses completely unaffiliated from Canon. Canon does not sell them, does not approve of them, and certainly has not provided electronic, mechanical or any other design information to Zeiss.

Third-party lenses have the annoying habit of occasionally having incompatibilities with some features on some cameras, so be careful to test any lens you get on every camera with which you intend to use it. I've had some Tokina lenses that some of my Nikons won't even recognize as being mounted!

These Zeiss-branded lenses, at least the ones I've used in Nikon mount, are competent optically, but not better than Canon lenses, and the Canon lenses autofocus, weigh less, and have much better manual focus feel than the ZF Nikon-mount versions of these lenses. I doubt the Canon-mount variants will be any different, and I'll let you know when I get to try these in person.
http://kenrockwell.com/zeiss/ze.htm
 
photogdave said:
Here's what our old buddy Rockwell has to say:

I've only used these lenses in Nikon mount. I wasn't impressed. The optics were identical to the real camera-brand lens, but the mechanics were second rate. Is Zeiss kidding? Other third-party lenses graduated from ribbed-metal focus rings by the 1970s.

These Zeiss-branded lenses aren't made by Zeiss; they have been made by Cosina in Japan, the same people who have been making third-party lenses for people like Vivitar for many decades.

One bit of caution is to understand that these lenses are not made by either Canon or by Zeiss. They are third-party lenses completely unaffiliated from Canon. Canon does not sell them, does not approve of them, and certainly has not provided electronic, mechanical or any other design information to Zeiss.

Third-party lenses have the annoying habit of occasionally having incompatibilities with some features on some cameras, so be careful to test any lens you get on every camera with which you intend to use it. I've had some Tokina lenses that some of my Nikons won't even recognize as being mounted!

These Zeiss-branded lenses, at least the ones I've used in Nikon mount, are competent optically, but not better than Canon lenses, and the Canon lenses autofocus, weigh less, and have much better manual focus feel than the ZF Nikon-mount versions of these lenses. I doubt the Canon-mount variants will be any different, and I'll let you know when I get to try these in person.
http://kenrockwell.com/zeiss/ze.htm
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This is the same Cosina who make the excellent Voigtlander M, LTM, and SLR lenses, right?
I did also manage to work out that Cosina is a third party, and in no way affiliated with Canon. I did notice that they both started with the letter 'C' and that did confuse me for a while, but after careful consideration I decided they both weren't the same company after all. :rolleyes:
Having used Canon lenses in MF... they f**king suck. In no way do they compare to a lens designed to be MF.
That bloke should spend less time talking out of his arse...
 
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