so... it's august. where's the sonnar 50/1.5?

[triplefinger]

any news? I have just too much money right now and need to spend some on a NEW sonnar.

help.

 

[Nachkebia]

Same here 😀 no, no news yet 🙂 I doubt they will delivery it without delay 🙂

 

[telenous]

It seems Zeiss is applying the "delayed gratification" principle 🙄

 

[rover]

Well, keep that cash safe.

You guys may officially become the RFF new Sonnar testers. You will have the weight of the forum on your shoulds. How good is it?

 

[Nachkebia]

Its fantastic, but we need lens first 🙂

 

[Avotius]

funny, I was just thinking this today and was gona come home and write a thred almost exactly like what you put here.....where the heck is our new sonnar?

 

[jano]

I don't think retailers will have it until september or possibly november? I forget what popflash told me, and already deleted the email.

 

[sdai]

It's not on sale yet ... the pre-order price in Japan is around 88000 Yen, roughly 750 USD. No one knows when it's actually comin' in ...

 

[Nachkebia]

Well, zeiss said end of august, one week ego.

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

No one brings a product to market on time anymore ... well, except Toyota 😛

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Well, keep that cash safe.

You guys may officially become the RFF new Sonnar testers. You will have the weight of the forum on your shoulds. How good is it?

I have a few "original" Sonnars, a few copies, a few competitors... ::salivating::

But I'm very weary of getting another one at 6-9 times what I got mine from when the Zeiss-Opton in Contax RF mount already performs like a charm, and also focuses down to 0.9m

Thanks again, very much, Rover, for selling it to me (it says "hi") 🙂

 

[Nachkebia]

And nikon, and canon, and leica? 🙂 I don`t know, all I know is zeiss is having serious problems delivering product, first it was 50mm ZF then 85mm ZF then 85 ZM, later 15mm ZM and so on 🙂

 

[jano]

Since when is halfway through august the end of august? 😛

 

[back alley]

i forget;is this a made in japan zeiss lens or a made in germany zeiss lens?

 

[Pherdinand]

it's on my contax iia... 😀

 

[Nachkebia]

back alley : japan, two lenses are made in germany, 15mm and 85mm

 

[jano]

Do ya'll think the current 35/50 hood will work on the new 50? Or are we going to have to spend another ridiculous $80-150 on a silly piece of strangley machined metal?*

* While the hoods are solid and look well made, my two hoods have sharp edges, I've nearly cut myself a few times!

 

[Nachkebia]

jano 😀 😀 😀 😀

 

[varjag]

While the hoods are solid and look well made, my two hoods have sharp edges, I've nearly cut myself a few times!

So, can you stab people with Zeiss lens? Hmm, they must have banned cameras on the planes there in the UK for a reason 🙂

 

[Flyfisher Tom]

these are the new "ninja" hoods