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Archive 2013 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

28mm 1.4 and 85mm 1.4 according to:
http://www.canonrumors.com/2013/03/the-next-zeiss-lenses-cr2/

Mar 03, 2013 at 07:39 PM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

Yes.... a 28/1.4. I thought that all three would come out at the same time.

Mar 03, 2013 at 07:44 PM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

28/1.4 is a gap left unfilled since the AF-Nikkor. Will be interesting to see how much larger it will be than the ZE/ZF 35/1.4. This also means the rumoured Leica-M 28/1.4 is imminent, if only to counter Zeiss.

Mar 04, 2013 at 12:06 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

Hope the new 85/1.4 is designed to render like my Contax N 85/!.4 . That is my favorite zeiss portrait bokeh lens.

Mar 04, 2013 at 01:01 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

I just hope the 28/1.4 isn't proportionally larger to the 55/1.4 as typical 28/1.4s are to 50/1.4s

Mar 04, 2013 at 01:21 AM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

mpmendenhall wrote:
I just hope the 28/1.4 isn't proportionally larger to the 55/1.4 as typical 28/1.4s are to 50/1.4s

Mar 04, 2013 at 01:27 AM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

I'd love to see a 16-35/2.8 in the ZE mount.

JayT

Mar 04, 2013 at 02:38 AM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

I want to see a 180/2

mpmendenhall wrote:
I just hope the 28/1.4 isn't proportionally larger to the 55/1.4 as typical 28/1.4s are to 50/1.4s

Haha, at that point it's pretty much Master Prime (or at least Ultra Prime) size, so hopefully they have the sense not to do that.

Mar 04, 2013 at 03:02 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

Hi,

Sirfishalot wrote:
I'd love to see a 16-35/2.8 in the ZE mount.
JayT

+1 and with autofocus

Mar 04, 2013 at 03:37 AM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

+1 with auto focus.

Mar 04, 2013 at 03:40 AM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

"We simply removed the limitation of price" one Zeiss representative told me on their booth at PhotoPlus Expo this week.

I somehow would have been more interested in an updated 50/1.4 Planar than a 55/1.4 Distagon which is priced way out of my comfort zone.

Mar 04, 2013 at 05:07 AM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

igmolinav wrote:
Hi,

+1 and with autofocus

Buy a Sony

Mar 04, 2013 at 05:30 AM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

hauxon wrote:
I somehow would have been more interested in an updated 50/1.4 Planar than a 55/1.4 Distagon which is priced way out of my comfort zone.

Hard to improve much on usual double gauss 50/1.4 design, they are pretty much similar. So to improve the contrast and performance wide open they had increase the size, weight, # of elements and cost. We are at the point in the price performance curve where you have to really inrease price/cost to get that incremental gain in performance. Maybe Sigma or Samyang can do it cheaper.
Yes, 4k is steep.Even more than some brand new Leica M lenses.

Mar 04, 2013 at 09:52 AM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

A 28/1.4 would make me faint

Mar 04, 2013 at 01:24 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

bluetsunami wrote:
A 28/1.4 would make me faint

from the weight, or the price?

Mar 04, 2013 at 01:26 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

I think a great 85 f/1.4 would be a wonderful addition and it wouldn't have to cost as much as the 55 f/1.4 (although I am guessing it will be close). Adding a floating element to improve near MFD performance, adding a 4 or 5 high refractive glass elements, maybe an aspherical element or two (although I don't think this is necessary in a short tele), and I am sure they can make a great lens. I hope they follow the design of the 35 f/1.4, allowing some spherical aberrations wide open but delivering great bokeh and excellent CA control. This lens would then make a very different sort of portrait lens than the new 135 APO, and they would complement each other well.

I would love a great 28 f/1.4. It is hard to predict what this will be, but I would expect this to come out later as Zeiss has never had a lens that wide and fast to my knowledge.

Mar 04, 2013 at 01:36 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

Steve Spencer wrote:
I hope they follow the design of the 35 f/1.4, allowing some spherical aberrations wide open but delivering great bokeh and excellent CA control. This lens would then make a very different sort of portrait lens than the new 135 APO, and they would complement each other well.

Given the apparent design goals of this series, I think it's an unlikely place to find "pleasant aberrations" intentionally left in. Assuming a similar price range to the 55/1.4, this lens will cost ~2x as much as the 135/2 APO --- so I suspect it will be even more strongly aimed at clinically precise, ultra-high contrast/resolution, "modern" rendering from wide open. The wide-open background blur will probably be distinguished by being extremely uniform --- very little vignetting, "swirl", "cat's eyes," bright rings, color fringing, etc.

Edited on Mar 04, 2013 at 02:10 PM · View previous versions

Mar 04, 2013 at 02:05 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

Steve Spencer wrote:
I would love a great 28 f/1.4. It is hard to predict what this will be, but I would expect this to come out later as Zeiss has never had a lens that wide and fast to my knowledge.

There was a Contax 25/1.4 prototype that recently re-appeared --- but I doubt that now rather old design would have much to do with this new lens series.

Mar 04, 2013 at 02:09 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

mpmendenhall wrote:
There was a Contax 25/1.4 prototype that recently re-appeared --- but I doubt that now rather old design would have much to do with this new lens series.

To me, it's more because of the physical constraint and cost that Zeiss has not released with such a fast WA lens. Throwing those two factors out, I don't doubt they can do it. And am I mistaken since I clearly remember that these three would be released simultaneously?

Mar 04, 2013 at 02:46 PM

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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Next Zeiss lenses after 55mm 1.4 Distagon

how about an 85/1.2 ?

Mar 04, 2013 at 03:21 PM

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