Stephan, I must admit that the first time I pulled one of your lens out of the box I was very much taken back as to the bulk heft, finish and mechanical movements. Its a lens that is so much removed from any conventional design that it stands out like a one man freak show... sorry to sound that way, but actually I liked it being this way as it added a new twist to my lens inventory and I just wanted to twist it every way possible to see what pic's I could get out it... So yes its an attention getter, a fun lens to work with....
I'm sure going forward you can get a lot of sales from just the notariety by itself....
As good as the Zeis glass is going to make a cool lens and even better lens, I think that
most folks are too used to seeing the Zeis icon plastered all over the place, from Camcorders to cheap Sony Digital shooters....
Most folks just aren't going to get the true connection...
Your current lens selections are selling for less than $500...
The materials are fine, the finish is better than most plastic lens designs most folks
are subjected to every day... nothing wrong with your current design and if you desided
to put in Zeis glass, thats fine too... Sony does it all day long and at a much cheaper
price....
I'd love to have one of the new Zeis lenses but I'm afraid its just not going to happen at
the prices that are being suggested...
I agree the prices are ridiculous. The Canon 45mm TSE while not perfect is an excellent lens. It makes you realize what a steal it is at the price offered, PLUS you get auto aperture metering and focus confirmation (on Canon bodies). The Canon 90mm TSE is reputedly better, and the Canon 24mm TSE is quite a good lens, albeit flawed. The biggest problem with the Canon 45mm TSE is chromatic aberration when shifted, but I wouldn't pay 4 times the price for a Zeiss lens even if it had zero CA.
stefan - different question ... we are trying to figure out why Zeiss doesn't build EOS mount lenses ... the are releasing the ZF and ZS (m42) but why not an EOS mount. yes you can adapt both a ZF and ZS to Canon but with canon's market share, it seems odd they are not doing this. can you shed any light? does canon require a licensing fee for their mount ?
jonboring wrote:
stefan - different question ... we are trying to figure out why Zeiss doesn't build EOS mount lenses ... the are releasing the ZF and ZS (m42) but why not an EOS mount. yes you can adapt both a ZF and ZS to Canon but with canon's market share, it seems odd they are not doing this. can you shed any light? does canon require a licensing fee for their mount ?
I emailed CZ about this in Dec. 2005 and this is the response I go:
"Thank you for your suggestions and sorry for the late reply.
We know that many photographers would appreciate Carl Zeiss lenses on their
Canon EOS cameras. But without collaboration from Canon, we cannot realize
this idea."
I emailed Zeiss a few months ago and asked them if they were going to create a ts lens. I am happy to see they have gotten in bed with one of the most innovative ts lens manufacturers. Congrats Zeiss. Where do I sign up?
after having talked now for 6 days in a row,my throat is sore but my mind is happy. I hereby officially announce that Carl Zeiss is worldwide distributing our lenses starting from "first half of 2007".
I can only state what Chuck Westphal from Canon USA said when he saw what is possible with our lenses: "We are very happy to see what customers can achieve with our camera bodies"....... .this was after he saw a food shot from a D1S mark II that I demoed.
(and was estimated as medium format back quality by everybody who saw it.)
We have already a bulk of direct orders and all the photographers who saw the lenses wanted to have them immediately, especially after they saw the results.
The 4.0 IF 40mm though the most expensive lens is probably the most wanted.
I say thank you to anybody who visited us on the booth, expect to see some reviews and reports on several well known sources soon.
Edited by Stefan Steib on Oct 03, 2006 at 03:28 AM GMT
Stefan Steib wrote:
as said before ~ Hasselblad VSystem lenses of according make.
Yes, yes, But what does that mean? Since you were taking direct orders for the lenses you must know an actual pricce. Why won't you just tell us the prices?
.this was after he saw a food shot from a D1S mark II that I demoed.