ZM 50/1.5 Sonnar available

[Mazurka]

"Sonnar is a trademark owned by Zeiss AG, they use it how they want for any lens of some speed."

Excellent description of Zeiss naming practice which is now based more on marketing than tradition. "Some speed" might as well be "any speed" though.

Suffice it to say that this C-Sonnar is a "modern version" of the Sonnar design. It is asymmetrical & should give a different look than the Planar & other symmetrical designs - a look that will hopefully be very much like the original Sonnars. Needless to say, it is a design that we will never find in an SLR lens & one that makes the pursit of rangefinder photography worth the trouble.

Well there have been tons of un-named "Sonnars" (or rather "Ernostars") in the longer focal lengths made by every SLR manufacturer -- they just don't have cemented triplets.

 

[Nachkebia]

Sonnar2 : Great! can`t wait for pictures!