Zeiss lenses coming in new mount - Zx?

The ZF 2.0/100 Makro Planar is so good that it is worth picking up an old Nikon film SLR just to be able to use it (F3 for me). A new lens line will be very interesting, whatever it may be. Kiss your L lenses goodby, maybe?
LJS
 
On the Zeiss website they say the new lenses are ZE so I think we can be sure they are giving into all the emails I have sent them about making canon mount lenses as long as E does not stand for (Olympus) e420 🙂

I am quite interested to see how they will deal with aperture linkage, it's going to be interesting.
 
wpb said:
The EF mount is not patented per se. The code in the chip is a proprietary trade secret and must be licensed from Canon. You can reverse engineer the code, as Sigma has done with mixed results.
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A pro friend of mine fried his 1DMKII with a Sigma zoom. Canon fixed the camera no questions asked as it was still under warranty. Sigma took back the lens and gave him another one. With the camera back from Canon he tried it again with the replacement Sigma and LOL it happened again!
 
One really has to wonder about that. I have seen peoples canon cameras completely freeze when a third party lens is on it or even a focus confirm adapter but on the nikon side I have never seen a cam have problems with third party, not to mention higher end nikon legacy supprt. I also hear canon on purpose makes it difficult for third party lenses be tweeking their code differently on various bodies. Seems like dirty bussiness to me.
 
This is pure speculation from my side - but could the new mount on the Zeiss glass have something to do with the full frame Sony 24Mp? It would make sense as they already make the lenses for the Alpha series.
Now, a 100f2 Planar on a 24Mp sensor with good noise ratio would be something!!!!!
 
Tom A said:
This is pure speculation from my side - but could the new mount on the Zeiss glass have something to do with the full frame Sony 24Mp? It would make sense as they already make the lenses for the Alpha series.
Now, a 100f2 Planar on a 24Mp sensor with good noise ratio would be something!!!!!
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Most of the Zeiss Alpha lenses are already full frame. They were thinking ahead!
 
photogdave said:
Most of the Zeiss Alpha lenses are already full frame. They were thinking ahead!
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yeah and plus they are already called ZA lenses, so I dont think that is what we will be seeing here. Not to mention all the ZA lenses are auto focus and none of the ZF breeds are. Seems like the only place they were not thinking ahead was that many of the ZA lenses dont have super sonic motors in them and just that annoying drive screw crap. That really turned me off to the entire Sony line.
 
I guess it will be EF, and I also expect some other Zeiss lenses to come out in the Sony mount.

However what would be really new would be for Red to announce a still camera on that day and Zeiss to be the lens maker.

Maybe not next week - but will that happen one day? what do you think?
 
ZE is for EOS. the dslr market now getting interesting. as a contax n user i have been contemplating which system to adopt for a while now. i will continue to wait awhile. zeiss lenses are a must for me, as is v good longevity for the mount (once bitten twice shy with contax). scenarios unfolding:
canon with zeiss ze (now with the new 5d replacement, i might convert all my n lenses too)
nikon with zf (strong bet, looking good, D3 with excellent nikon ergonomics and superb low-light performance)
sony with za (that way i can get some excelent zeiss zooms to replace my current excellent zeiss zooms)
...and wait for it, RED dslr with contax n mount. perlease!

and then all i need is a really good nikon/zi/anything rf digital in m mount.
 
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