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philip_pj wrote:
[I'd never have thought that of the EFCS, thanks for that Fred.]
'But look at the size and weight increase!'
Zeiss must rise to the challenge due (i) to the market surge of the Sony cameras, which they admit is 'the future format', and (ii) to stave off the coming competition from CV and Sigma, etc. They have done it recently with the Batis 135/2.8 and the Loxia 85/2.4. These are important milestone lenses because they trade off a stop of lens speed for half the complexity (Loxia), weight and bulk (both) of the two DSLR Milvus lenses they were intended to 'match'. They also establish ~600 grams as the sweet spot for heavier lenses for FE.
When you think about it, the huge size and weight increases of the Milvus lenses over their ZE/ZF and CY counterparts are as great a point of differentiation from the other end as are the light, small Batis/Loxia lenses. It's Zeiss's way of telegraphing what users should be doing:
Use the right lens on the right platform.
To them, the platform is sacrosanct, each lens is tailor-made for its body series. True also of the small ZM lenses, they would most definitely not be favor of 'FE fixes' like front filters, Kolari, etc. That is why they added dinky stuff like the DoF display and the auto-on magnification, to reinforce that these are FE mount lenses with 'special' features, even if almost no one uses them. ...Show more →
I agree with you on most of what you're saying, but DoF display and auto-magnification isn't "dinky stuff". The DoF display on the Batis lenses is much more readable than an analogue scale, so much more usable. Auto magnification or at least activating manually makes focusing much easier than on any DSLR. I'll agree though that this stuff is new and we may not be as accustomed to it yet as we were to the old ways of doing things. I do prefer the Sony electronic way, and I happily learn it and adapt to it, as it brings me results I could never have from a DSLR.
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