Mazurka
Well-known
There hasn't been any Tessar-type formulations at f/2 - f/2.8 is already pushing the design a bit far.
Huck Finn
Well-known
leafy said:
Looks like you hit the nail on the head, Leafy. "More to come on December 28."
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Mazurka said:
now the web site is saying Wednesday december 28th......what's happening
leafy
Established
It means we will get to the bottom of what we have already known six weeks later.
Folks, move on, back to rangefinder shooting, there is nothing to see here.
Folks, move on, back to rangefinder shooting, there is nothing to see here.
They now have Zeiss presents the ZF. More info on the 28th. They are really pissing me off. Just release the press article and deal with it !
Mazurka
Well-known
Yeah. If they keep this up, my money's going to a 85/2 Ai Nikkor instead of waiting for the Zeiss equivalent. :bang:
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StuartR
Guest
Yeah, that's really cheezy. If you are going to announce something, just do it. I am sure the product will be fine, but why drag it out? It is not a TV cliff-hanger or a book, they're camera lenses!
thmk
Well-known
I knew it, they just go the same way as with the announcement of the Ikon
Cheers
Thomas-Michael
Cheers
Thomas-Michael
RJBender
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Jorge Torralba said:
Jorge,
I think it's strange that a large number of guests are viewing this thread. Several hours ago it was over 60 now it's 35 or so. I wonder if zeiss.com's IP address is on your log?
R.J.
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StuartR
Guest
this thread was linked on photo.net's Nikon forum, so I am sure there are many people coming in from there.
RJBender
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plummerl said:
TOP SECRET!!! Must be due to some last-minute legal maneuvering. BTW those German pastries look nice!
R.J.
RJBender
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StuartR said:
That probably explains it. I usually only see 2 or 3 guests per thread.
R.J.
halabar
Member
Howdy!
It seems Zeiss is playing the same games that Nikon did when the announced that stupid square coolpix camera.
This has me worried. The more fluff they ad to the marketing like this, the cheesier the product usually is.
-- Karl
It seems Zeiss is playing the same games that Nikon did when the announced that stupid square coolpix camera.
This has me worried. The more fluff they ad to the marketing like this, the cheesier the product usually is.
-- Karl
halabar
Member
The real question is will these lenses, assuming that is what this is all about, be really adapted to work well with digital sensors. If they haven't retooled to adapt to the need of digital sensors, then it's much ado about nothing. The main thing they need to correct for is the angle at which the light hits the sensor.
If they are doing this just for film, then they'll probably see a short burst of sales, but it's chasing a dying market.
If they are doing this just for film, then they'll probably see a short burst of sales, but it's chasing a dying market.
aizan
Veteran
that one leaked banner suggests these lenses will have an image circle that covers 35mm. i would have liked it if they were only for digital, so the fields of view would be spot on.
Bryan Lee
Expat Street Photographer
Maybe its a whole system including the body like I was suggesting before. It would be very easy for them to do the same thing Cosina did with the R2 body when they made it into the Bessa Flex. They could convert the Ikon to a Ikon Flex. I would deffinatly be interested in that. I love Rangefinders but SLR telephoto and macro cant be beat on small format film.
Bryan Lee
Expat Street Photographer
RJBender
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Bryan Lee said:
Bryan, if the Zeiss system includes a Cosina camera body, do you think Nikon will keep using Cosina to make camera bodies for them?
R.J.
Bryan Lee
Expat Street Photographer
RJBender said:Bryan, if the Zeiss system includes a Cosina camera body, do you think Nikon will keep using Cosina to make camera bodies for them?
R.J.
I dont realy think it would cause a problem but who knows.
This is my latest thought ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A new Sony/Ziess Digital SLR system in F mount. This is just from reading into their own wording. I dont think anyone has the fantasy that MILLIONS of film cameras will be sold in the future or that film could ever incorperate the term "NEW DEMINSION" into its current marketing terminology.
sheepdog
Available darkness.
Bryan:
Sony's dSLR plans surely include the Minolta Maxxum mount, Anti-Shake and other Konica Minolta patents after their cooperation was announced early this autumn. There was an interview with someone at Sony some time ago where it was disclosed that Sony first went after Nikon, who refused (or something to that effect) before deciding on teaming up with KM.
Many KM users on dpreview, myself included, were pretty sure that Zeiss would announce KM-mount glass (to go with upcoming Sony-branded bodies) until the leaked images (whose authenticity are confirmed by the new banner presented on the Zeiss site today) turned up..
Kind regards
Kjetil
Sony's dSLR plans surely include the Minolta Maxxum mount, Anti-Shake and other Konica Minolta patents after their cooperation was announced early this autumn. There was an interview with someone at Sony some time ago where it was disclosed that Sony first went after Nikon, who refused (or something to that effect) before deciding on teaming up with KM.
Many KM users on dpreview, myself included, were pretty sure that Zeiss would announce KM-mount glass (to go with upcoming Sony-branded bodies) until the leaked images (whose authenticity are confirmed by the new banner presented on the Zeiss site today) turned up..
Kind regards
Kjetil