Zeiss to discontinue producing lenses for photography?

[Yossy]

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[Yossy]

Not the same. Leica Camera, Leica Microsystems and Leica Geosystems are separate entities, and the profits of the Micro and Geo companies do not support the Camera entity. Leica Camera have to make their profit from cameras and sporting optics, or they go bust. So their business approach makes a lot of sense.

2019: the use of the Leitz brand Leica’s Dr Kauffmann bought back the rights to the Leitz brand. So, more products bearing the original company name. Cine lenses, for instance are branded as Leitz as well M lenses and camera limited editions

 

[Freakscene]

2019: the use of the Leitz brand Leica’s Dr Kauffmann bought back the rights to the Leitz brand. So, more products bearing the original company name. Cine lenses, for instance are branded as Leitz as well M lenses and camera limited editions

Indeed, but irrespective, Leica Camera do not get funds from sale of microscopes or surveying equipment.

 

[Yossy]

Of course; microscope and scientific equipment, produced in the historic Leitz factory in Wetzlar belong to a US fund that took over the company from the Swiss Wild

 

[simonOWO]

It seems like we are gonna get a new set of otus from Zeiss for Nikon Z, Canon RF, Sony E

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[Archiver]

So the rumours of Zeiss' photographic death were exaggerated? 😆

 

[cboy]

Seems Highly Likely

 

[boojum]

So the rumours of Zeiss' photographic death were exaggerated? 😆

I guess we will know further on 25 February.

Ooops, now the 26th. Those guys in Marketing think they are so cute with a tease like this.

 

[simonOWO]

I guess we will know further on 25 February.

Ooops, now the 26th. Those guys in Marketing think they are so cute with a tease like this.

Different dates on different site… maybe there will be 2 different stream?

 

[boojum]

Different dates on different site… maybe there will be 2 different stream?

Or maybe the two will be on different sides of the International Date Line. Let's just see what they are bringing to market. Marketing can make a carnival out of a lunch break.

 

[simonOWO]

Just watched the livestream

 

[cboy]

Thankfully they have manual focus with a distance scale. Electronic contacts too... If Leica cant do the same then they're lagging wayyyyyyy behind

On another note, thankfully the voigts have the chrome rings removed

 

[boojum]

Just watched the livestream

Missed it. Offered for Sony E-mount but I am happy with the Zeiss 55 I now have and also the 24 - 240 Zeiss/Sony. Both great lenses. I had hoped for an M mount. Of course anything new has to beat the retro CZJ's I have or the sweet Skyllaney Bertele Sonnar, and then there's the really nice '57 Jupiter-8. So any new Zeiss can be sharper, more color accurate and maybe apochromatic aspherical, but it has to look better than those retro Sonnars. I am not sure I will live long enough for that.

Color me crotchety. ;o)

OK, I had missed your post. But my Japanese is so rusty, like non-existent. Oh, well. There will be English ones pretty soon.

 

[simonOWO]

Missed it. Offered for Sony E-mount but I am happy with the Zeiss 55 I now have and also the 24 - 240 Zeiss/Sony. Both great lenses. I had hoped for an M mount. Of course anything new has to beat the retro CZJ's I have or the sweet Skyllaney Bertele Sonnar, and then there's the really nice '57 Jupiter-8. So any new Zeiss can be sharper, more color accurate and maybe apochromatic aspherical, but it has to look better than those retro Sonnars. I am not sure I will live long enough for that.

Color me crotchety. ;o)

OK, I had missed your post. But my Japanese is so rusty, like non-existent. Oh, well. There will be English ones pretty soon.

Given the size of this lens, I imagine, you won’t see anything through the viewfinder if it’s on m mount. 😋

Maybe ask skyllaney if he would do m mount modifications with this 🤔

 

[boojum]

Given the size of this lens, I imagine, you won’t see anything through the viewfinder if it’s on m mount. 😋

Maybe ask skyllaney if he would do m mount modifications with this 🤔

If anyone could do it Skyllaney could. But I am not sure what I would gain from it. I like those 50mm retro Sonnars. As I said, crotchety.

M9 plus Jupiter 8, a great combo. The Jupiters are uneven. This one is a honey. by West Phalia, on Flickr

 

[Dogman]

Chrome ring. I like it. Looks distinctive.

New lenses. I like them too (although not enough to buy them).



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[Freakscene]

Given the size of this lens, I imagine, you won’t see anything through the viewfinder if it’s on m mount. 😋

Maybe ask skyllaney if he would do m mount modifications with this 🤔

The Nikon F mount versions adapt fine to M mount, just no RF connection, and, it wouldn’t make a difference if it did because these lenses would obscure the viewfinder and the illumination window on the Ms where that illuminates the framelines.

Thankfully they have manual focus with a distance scale. Electronic contacts too... If Leica cant do the same then they're lagging wayyyyyyy behind

Of course they can do it. They just don’t want to do it.

 

[PetPhoto]

Not quite the same thing.

Zeiss outsourced lens production to Cosina.

Voigtlander *is* Cosina.

And for what it’s worth, today’s ‘high-end Cosina’ is pretty bloody good and has been for a while.

current production voightlander cosina Nokton lense i got last year, blows the rear end out of high end cannon FD lenses