ferider
Veteran
Agreed. Or better, take one of those:
Take a photo, measure fall-off and see. Cheers,
Roland.
nome_alice
Established
oh, i'm just getting rid of my zeiss ikon 35 digital.
any takers?
if not, i'll be putting it up on ebay tonight.
any takers?
if not, i'll be putting it up on ebay tonight.
ZeissFan
Veteran
This topic comes up now and then. Early on, I think we got the sense that it was "when" and not "if."
Carl Zeiss AG has been quiet on this issue, but I think that they are not the type of company to let things slip out, although it has happened here and there.
I would think that they are continuing to evaluate the technology, as well as consider market conditions and the global economy (some people are actually struggling to make ends meet), currency markets, investments, etc.
I think that the current sensor used in the Nikon D3(x) and the D700 seem to have excellent performance.
The company's film camera obviously caters to a niche audience, and a (higher priced) digital version probably would involve an even smaller group of users. Or maybe more, because it's digital.
In any case, I don't believe it would be Cosina's decision as to whether Zeiss would make this camera, as Cosina is only the contract manufacturer. It could choose not to make this camera, in which it might fall back to Zeiss to find a company to assemble the final product (Sony, perhaps?). But Cosina would not have any approval or veto rights about Zeiss deciding to make a digital product.
That is, the current Zeiss Ikon product is a Zeiss product. You won't see Cosina's name anywhere on the packing, the product or the literature.
Carl Zeiss AG has been quiet on this issue, but I think that they are not the type of company to let things slip out, although it has happened here and there.
I would think that they are continuing to evaluate the technology, as well as consider market conditions and the global economy (some people are actually struggling to make ends meet), currency markets, investments, etc.
I think that the current sensor used in the Nikon D3(x) and the D700 seem to have excellent performance.
The company's film camera obviously caters to a niche audience, and a (higher priced) digital version probably would involve an even smaller group of users. Or maybe more, because it's digital.
In any case, I don't believe it would be Cosina's decision as to whether Zeiss would make this camera, as Cosina is only the contract manufacturer. It could choose not to make this camera, in which it might fall back to Zeiss to find a company to assemble the final product (Sony, perhaps?). But Cosina would not have any approval or veto rights about Zeiss deciding to make a digital product.
That is, the current Zeiss Ikon product is a Zeiss product. You won't see Cosina's name anywhere on the packing, the product or the literature.