Where is the ZM 18mm lens, eh?

[Grober]

From the horse's mouth...

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38917#post523073

I'm excited about the 21/4.5 myself.

Rico,

Thanks for spotting this.

ZM 18mm in August in the U. S. for about $1100 (street price) is a good guess. Hmmm -- better start saving now.

-g

 

[Aurelius]

Any news regarding the 21 4.5? Shipping date?

 

[summilux]

the 18mm looks huge and so is the 85mm:

http://zeiss7.hp.infoseek.co.jp/rep-pie2007-top.htm

http://zeiss7.hp.infoseek.co.jp/rep-pie2007-b21.htm

http://zeiss7.hp.infoseek.co.jp/rep-pie2007-s85.htm

http://zeiss7.hp.infoseek.co.jp/rep-pie2007-d18.htm

 

[back alley]

the 21 looks small though.

 

[mbisc]

As I said earlier -- maybe it is the D18 from the C/Y series 😉 -- kind of looks like it. The D18 of the C/Y series is an awesome lens, so I wouldn't be upset if it was. The all I would need is an adapter and a viewfinder 😀

It probably was updated a bit, but who knows how much...

 

[Rico]

As I said earlier -- maybe it is the D18 from the C/Y series 😉 -- kind of looks like it. The D18 of the C/Y series is an awesome lens, so I wouldn't be upset if it was. The all I would need is an adapter and a viewfinder 😀

It probably was updated a bit, but who knows how much...

How about a lot? 🙂 The D18 ZM is depicted on the CZ web site. While it qualifies by Zeiss logic as a Distagon, the BFD (back focal distance) is very short versus the D18 in C/Y mount. This is clear from the already-short ZM lens registration, and the protruding rear element.

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[jaap]

any fool should see that this is not the Contax 18mm distagon

 

[mbisc]

Alright from that picture it's pretty clear 😱

From the pictures from the Japanese website it wasn't so obvious :angel:

 

[sepiareverb]

The 25 is a lot bigger than I was expecting- but well worth it!

 

[MichaelM7]

Delivery date of the 21 4.5

Delivery date of the 21 4.5

Any news regarding the 21 4.5? Shipping date?

Hi,

I asked Zeiss today, they confirmed an availability date "within June 2007", meaning that one can order it then through their online shop. The datasheet is already available at their homepage:

http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B58B9/ContentsWWWIntern/09E9E4037570DBB2C125711100459881

It looks extremely promising, almost zero distortion, even better than the 25, although no example pics are presented. And its so very small. IMHO, Prices should be comparable to the 2.8/28.

 

[sepiareverb]

...It looks extremely promising, almost zero distortion, even better than the 25, although no example pics are presented. And its so very small. IMHO, Prices should be comparable to the 2.8/28.

I just stumbled upon the 21/4.5 at the Zeiss site the other day- looking for info on lens caps:bang: (I dropped my shiny new cap for the 25 and lost one of the little springs) I'll be GASsing for this one. 18 is probably too wide for me.