What's coming on Dec 21?

[Mazurka]

Originally Posted by Avotius

damnation, I hope they also come out with canon mounts...I refuse to use those damn adapter things

Just get a working FM2/FE2/FM3A. You won' t regret it.

[bobofish]

Or for that matter an FG...
I found one in perfect condition with a 50 1.8 for $25 at an antique shop. AND they are the smallest Nikon, more or less, AND they have TTL.

Goodness me. Zeiss lenses....This could be really really cool.

[Kim Coxon]

Less than 24 hours and all the speculation will be over!

Kim

[Avotius]

Originally Posted by Kim Coxon

Less than 24 hours and all the speculation will be over!

Kim

speculation? Its already on the zeiss site

[darkkavenger]

How so it's already there ?? I've seen the leakage pics only

[leafy]

Are they going to go for MF lenses or AF lenses? From the pics showing a FM, I'd suppose that producing MF lenses is the easiest way for Zeiss, probably just new lens housings for the Contax line.

Less than 24 hours and all the speculation will be over!

speculation? Its already on the zeiss site

I have 6 Nikon F mount lenses for sale. Anyone interested?

I wonder if these Zeiss F's will be priced nice. Cosina making 'em?

[varjag]

They'll be priced for quality-minded amateurs and professionals. Hence, unlikely cheaper than current Zeiss-CV offerings.

That could mean priced Leica'ly?

Use EURO's in Belarus?

[bobofish]

I imagine just like the ZI offerings, some will be priced somewhat competitively, like the Cosina made lenses, and some will be made by Zeiss, and priced stratospherically.

Doubtless however is that they will probablly sell a lot of lenses, because the Zeiss name stands for something just about everybody with more than a couple brain cells can agree about.

I'm curious as to what the ratio of rock star lenses to more humble lenses will be.
After all, the Nikkor lenses are no slouches, and there seem to be plenty of price points to choose from...the Zeiss lenses will have to be compelling offerings indeed, because I doubt they will be able to compete in price with Nikkors.

Consequently, I'd be willing to bet that most of the lenses will be rock stars, also since Zeiss will want to make a big big statement.

Is this the first time that Zeiss has offered lenses in a "competing" mount? I mean a camera mount that already has proprietary lenses offered... I'm no expert, but I can't think of an example. (well, except for the occasional red herring in the Leica or Alpa lines...)

[RObert Budding]

Originally Posted by bobofish

I'm curious as to what the ratio of rock star lenses to more humble lenses will be. After all, the Nikkor lenses are no slouches, and there seem to be plenty of price points to choose from...the Zeiss lenses will have to be compelling offerings indeed, because I doubt they will be able to compete in price with Nikkors.

Nikon does make some bad "consumer-grade" lenses. Their good glass, though, is quite good. But I expect that Zeiss will only make premium lenses. And surely, they will be less expensive tha Leica glass.

Robert

[GeneW]

Originally Posted by dffman2001

Pictures are leaked! Nikon it is!

Perfect timing on my acquisition of a Nikon F3 HP ...

Gene

Finally after years of cr_ppy Nikon F lenses, Zeiss has come to the rescue! I can't wait to see their line-up!

[varjag]

Originally Posted by Frank Granovski

That could mean priced Leica'ly?

Use EURO's in Belarus?

Well, current ZI offerings look less expensive than those of Leica. They have to compete. But Zeiss is generally not known for budget products.

And no Euros here: we're not in EU, let alone Eurozone

[anselwannab]

Does the inclusion of the Nikon bodies mean that there is some agreement between the two companies? If Zeiss where doing it without Nikon's approval, would they be able to use their cameras in the ads?

There are F to EOS adaptors, right?

An EOS line of products seems to make more sense. Although, with Canon having a pretty full line of products, I would think you would want to slot any new uber lenses above the L offerings, and then you are in Leica price territory.

I agree, if there is an agreement between Zeiss and Nikon, I would think Nikon might stop making MF F mount lenses.

[Robin Harrison]

With the Nikon deal, Zeiss have another huge market for their lenses. Is nobody else a bit disappointed what this means for the Contax brand? I know they were dead anyway, but there was always the hope that whilst there was Zeiss glass, there was a need for a Zeiss-mount body (ultimate goal: full frame digital C/Y mount manual focus SLR, branded by whoever). Now Zeiss have opened up lens sales to two large, huge, massive groups of users (Leica AND Nikon), I very much doubt they'll be looking for a partner for the manual focus SLR lenses.

Oh well. Back to rangefinders!

[MP Guy]

looks lik ethe pictures from Zeiss are gone. Did anyone save them to their computer?

[Socke]

Originally Posted by anselwannab

An EOS line of products seems to make more sense. Although, with Canon having a pretty full line of products, I would think you would want to slot any new uber lenses above the L offerings, and then you are in Leica price territory.

Compared to an 400/2.8 APO-Telyt Canons EF-400/2.8L is a bargain :-)

BTW, could anybody here imagin buying a lens with a closest focusing distance of 17 METERS ?

[Avotius]

Originally Posted by Socke

Compared to an 400/2.8 APO-Telyt Canons EF-400/2.8L is a bargain :-)

BTW, could anybody here imagin buying a lens with a closest focusing distance of 17 METERS ?

could if I was gona use it to shoot photos for magazine articles with titles like "alien coffee table set"

[bobofish]

Jorge,
This image courtesy of some guy named Sang Kyu on P.net