Zeiss Distagon 21/2.8 for SLRs!

[kevin m]

Has this been posted yet: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0809/08091901carl_zeiss_distagon_t_21mm.asp

Zeiss is going to make a new, improved version of their 21/2.8 Distagon for Nikon, Canon and Pentax mounts. Close focus is about 8 inches/.22 meter!

 

[kevin m]

Really? I saw the thread with the 50/85 announcement, but I didn't see anything about the 21. Pretty cool news for Canon shooters in particular, I think. 🙂

 

[rover]

This has my interest for sure. I fear the price though.

 

[joachim]

This has my interest for sure. I fear the price though.

€1400 was quoted

 

[kevin m]

The 21 would be a future purchase, but I'm seriously considering buying the 50 Planar. It even takes the same 58mm filters as the Canon EF 50/1.4! 😀

 

[rover]

It has been on the Zeiss web site a couple days. I recall the announcement there only indicating ZF and ZK mounts to be available initially. Today is the first mention of the ZE in the first release.

 

[jaap]

Anaway the original Contax version does look a lot better. But lets say beauty is only skin deep.

 

[rover]

€1400 was quoted

That is $2,000ish. Of course the E1,400 includes VAT I believe.

We will see when Tony posts it on Popflash.

For comparison:

ZK 18/3.5 $1,450
ZK 21/2.8 $????
ZK 25/2.8 $826

 

[rover]

From the Zeiss Site

18 E1,149
21
25 E799

🙁

 

[Kim Coxon]

At those sorts of prices, I will stick with my 20/2.8A Pentax lens. I am tempted by the macros and the 85/1.4 though.

Kim