ZF - Turned out to be Nikon F mount lenses

Avotius

Avotius

Some guy
Local time
1:32 AM
Joined
Dec 5, 2005
Messages
3,518
But then again we already new that huh...

oh but lookie what I found!!!

CLN: Canon users would love to be able to use Zeiss lenses, too!
Müller: …and they keep telling us day-in day-out. So along with the ZF line, we are also introducing "ZS" lenses. Carl Zeiss ZS lenses come with the same optics as the ZF line; only the mount is different. ZS has the M-42 screw mount, the one that used to be called the "Universal SLR mount." We don't think the M-42 screw mount is going to take the market by storm, but it has a unique advantage: there are M-42 adapters available for any SLR bayonet mounts, including Canon EOS and FD. So you can adapt a ZS lens onto any 35 mm SLRs (and many other applications as well) if you crave the optical characteristics of this lens line and are willing to get along without the convenience functions of recent lenses.

:D

Something else interesting too http://www.ogisaku.com/
 
Last edited:
I like that news, as I'm looking to buy a Nikkormat FTN and maybe a FM3A soon-ish. A Zeiss 50 would undoubtedly be high on my list (if they come in at the same price as ZM mount lenses).
 
85/1.4 is sweet. GeneW, you gonna have GAS over this now that you don't have the Zuiko 90?
 
And ZS (M42) mount is being introduced, too. Crap, I have a M42 to OM adapter. I'm dead.
 
Nikon F Mount seems to be having a bit of a reanaissance--my new-to-me 80mm Planar in LTM came with a Nikon F focusing mount as well. The lens is like a Viso lens: the head unscrews and you remount it on other mounts. Not sure what other mounts were made by "Rollei", but the lens is amazing. Another marketing debacle IMO. Never saw the lenses , let alone this great feature advertised. I'm dying to use it for some macro work.
 
Trius said:
85/1.4 is sweet. GeneW, you gonna have GAS over this now that you don't have the Zuiko 90?
Click to expand...
Don't do this to me! Yes, that is a sweet one. However, I just picked up a great buy on a used Nikkor 85/2 so I'm okay -- I think...

Gene
 
Oh my aching wallet... M42 mount too... which means FD with an adaptor...

William
 
From the Zeiss site:
>>The first ZF lens will be the Planar T* 1,4/50 ZF, which, in its Contax RTS version, was rated the world's best fast standard lens by "Popular Photography" in 1999. It will be followed by the Planar T* 1,4/85 ZF, which in its Contax RTS version became known as a great portrait lens and story-teller.<<

So these are essentially existing lenses (that had no real market) being refitted for the Nikon mount (now that Nikon is cutting back on its manual focus lenses).
 
Hm wait, I don't want to spoil the party, but I remember I had to stop down manually when using my father's M42 lenses on my Minolta SRT with the original Minolta adapter.

Will aperture preselection work with these lenses/adapters ?
(ie the ability of post-1960 SLRs to keep the aperture fully open until the shutter is pressed)

If it won't, we'll be better off dusting up the Visoflex lenses than buying these... :/
 
OK, so after reading the Zeiss blurb, probably the ZF [Nikon] have complete coupling, at least with current pro-level and all older Nikon D/SLRs.

But I fear the ZS [M42] will be about as usable as lenses with a stuck iris - always full aperture, or a dark viewfinder...
 
pbjbike said:
Nikon F Mount seems to be having a bit of a reanaissance--my new-to-me 80mm Planar in LTM came with a Nikon F focusing mount as well. The lens is like a Viso lens: the head unscrews and you remount it on other mounts. Not sure what other mounts were made by "Rollei", but the lens is amazing. Another marketing debacle IMO. Never saw the lenses , let alone this great feature advertised. I'm dying to use it for some macro work.
Click to expand...


Would you please upload a picture of that lens? I'd like to see what it looks like. :)

R.J.
 
VinceC said:
So these are essentially existing lenses (that had no real market) being refitted for the Nikon mount (now that Nikon is cutting back on its manual focus lenses).
Click to expand...

It's so very odd that Zeiss and Yashica/Kyocera offered and developed the Contax SLR line to a non-existing market for 30 years, a little longer than even the original RF Contax line from 1932-1961 which was never threatened by something called "digital photography." :eek:
 
I meant current market. I don't follow it closely, but I'd understood the Contax/Kyocera line had been dropped a short time ago. So you've got some first-class lens designs out there looking for a new home.
 
Alec: Some very nice photos have been made with stopdown metering on Pentax Spotmatic (pre Spotmatic F) and other M42 bodies.

Right now the onloy short tele I have on my OM is the Zuiko 100/2.8. It's a really nice lens, but sometimes I'd like something in the 80-85mm range. And f1.4? Yeah baby! I'm under no illusion that it will go for pocket change, though.
 
Looks like more than just 2 lenses. I see a 14 which equals 21 on nikon crops.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom