New ZM lenses, 21mm and 18mm.

[sheepdog]

Biogon T* 4,5/21 ZM

http://www.zeiss.de/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/2ed02958b9bbc5dcc12571ec005336c5


Distagon T* 4/18 ZM

http://www.zeiss.de/c12567a8003b58b9/Contents-Frame/7e14bca7d3c8a25bc12571ec005363bd


Some more ZF and medium format lenses here, but the page seems to be a rough draft (typos, wrong pictures).

http://www.zeiss.de/C12567A8003B0478/search/5C8A382AE7237A1DC12571EE004507FF?OpenDocument

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Kjetil

 

[Nachkebia]

Wow Wow Wow!

 

[Nachkebia]

woooooow!!!!

 

[kbg32]

That 18mm seems interesting.

 

[saxshooter]

Hmmm... 18mm... I smell a digital (non Full frame) Zeiss coming...

 

[Nachkebia]

Or they want to sell lenses to M8 users since leica has nothing in same legue with same price (hopefully low) 🙂 anyhow very sexy lens 😀

 

[Athos6]

Woh

Woh

Did you see the DOF markings on the 100/F2 ZF ?? The only ones that show up are the F11 and 22, very selective focus....

 

[dcsang]

Hmmm... 18mm... I smell a digital (non Full frame) Zeiss coming...

That would make sense..
After all; CV already have the design/layout from the RD-1 so it should be easy to incorporate that into a Zeiss body I would think.

Dave

 

[Nachkebia]

Athos6 : Can you explain what does it mean? I don`t know why are those markings....

 

[Nachkebia]

That would make sense..
After all; CV already have the design/layout from the RD-1 so it should be easy to incorporate that into a Zeiss body I would think.

Dave

1.6 crop factor? no thanks 😀

 

[saxshooter]

DOF markings: At any given focus distance (as seen from center mark pointing to the distance on barrel of lens), the two marks on either side (lined up with the aperture value) is the depth of focus as read from the focus ring.

Once you know that "ballpark" visually on your barrel, then you can play with hyperfocal distance. But this is much more effective with wider lenses.

 

[Nachkebia]

Thanks saxshooter, Hyperfocus they call it right? yeah, but what is useage for macro lens?

 

[Athos6]

The depth of field markings? The F-stop markings that tell you what should be in focus at each apeture. Most of my lenses have most of the apetures marked the 100/2 has only the f11 and f22. You should be able to get razor sharp selective focus with lens....

 

[saxshooter]

That would make sense..
After all; CV already have the design/layout from the RD-1 so it should be easy to incorporate that into a Zeiss body I would think.

Dave

And now they can get Kodak to make them the imager (unless Leica totally patented the one Kodak made for them) and hopefully stick a $3000 price tag on it.

 

[Athos6]

hmmmm

hmmmm

Now should I get the 35/1.4 nikkor or the Zeiss 35/2 ??? ARggg!

 

[saxshooter]

Thanks saxshooter, Hyperfocus they call it right? yeah, but what is useage for macro lens?

Probably not much, it is too "tight" to mark it on the barrel, I would assume, unless you are totally stopped down.

 

[dcsang]

1.6 crop factor? no thanks 😀

Well.. I bet ya; if Zeiss/CV want to make some bucks.. that's how they'll do it. People will eat it up.... Mr K; while he should be lauded for bringing back RF photography in an age where digital P&S and SLRs are becoming/have become the norm, is still a businessman - and in the end, his company and any partnerships they may have with other companies (Epson / Zeiss ) is all about making a profit.

Maybe a different sensor can be used - but I don't think a full frame digital RF / will be viable just yet. So.. they stick with what they have for the time being...

Dave

 

[Athos6]

ohh

ohh

I wonder what the prices will be for the ZF lenses??

 

[photocrazy]

The medium format lenses are really beautiful. Thinking adding a 500cm and 180mm f4.

 

[Nachkebia]

dcsang : Zeiss are not in trounle as leica was (is) so they have no demand in digital body! until system is mature and they can put full frame onboard..