p.3 #3 · Ask Zeiss for ZE EOS focus confirm lenses
Now if they'd actually release some of the more interesting lenses as ZE I'd be happy.
But at the current pace of things at Zeiss it seems I'm in for a long wait.
p.3 #4 · Ask Zeiss for ZE EOS focus confirm lenses
Now if they only would put the chips in the ZF mount lenses, and release the ZF/ZE lenses in Sony alpha/Minolta lens mount -- the existing Sony/Zeiss ZA lens selection is woefully inadequate.
MichaD wrote:
Now if they'd actually release some of the more interesting lenses as ZE I'd be happy.
But at the current pace of things at Zeiss it seems I'm in for a long wait.
p.3 #5 · Ask Zeiss for ZE EOS focus confirm lenses
Lotusm50 wrote:
Now if they only would put the chips in the ZF mount lenses, and release the ZF/ZE lenses in Sony alpha/Minolta lens mount -- the existing Sony/Zeiss ZA lens selection is woefully inadequate.
Wouldn't life be wonderful if camera manufacturers would conform to a single, universal
lens mount?
p.3 #7 · Ask Zeiss for ZE EOS focus confirm lenses
brainiac wrote:
Which one?
I was already afraid that someone would ask this question. For my personal convenience
the EF lens mount is a suitable choice, but I can imagine that other photographers have
other preferences.
p.3 #8 · Ask Zeiss for ZE EOS focus confirm lenses
Note that the two existing ZE lenses (the 50 and the 85) already have auto aperture...at least if you mean that you set the desired aperture in camera yet get to focus wide open. I am not sure if the "auto" component would extend to shooting in shutter priority mode, for instance, but I do not see why not.
Zeiss clearly has gotten both the aperture control in camera and the TTL communication aspect already sorted out with Canon, one way or another.
It also sounds from the form letter responses that they are really not soliciting suggestions for the order of introduction of their optics into the marketplace and instead are following whatever internal schedule that they have hatched. It took them less than two years to produce the array of ZFs for the Nikon mount, so I would not stress too much about it.
Personally, I would love to get my hands on their 100 makro. Results from posts of the ZF version that I have seen are phenomenal. 3D quality like I have never seen elsewhere.
I would also like them to make sure that their QC and compatibility are high. I have read far more negative than positive about the softness of the 85. I would be happy to chalk much of those up to people who do not know how to manually focus a lens or to properly stabilize an 85mm lens, but there have been a couple of those reviews from reputable sources, and it gives one pause about paying $1000+ for a lens that may or may not be configured properly.
p.3 #10 · Ask Zeiss for ZE EOS focus confirm lenses
The Zeiss ZE's offer these options they maintain all exposure modes such as programmed auto exposure, shutter priority, aperture priority and manual settings. Got that from the DPP in focus page in February's Digital photo pro magazine.
p.3 #11 · Ask Zeiss for ZE EOS focus confirm lenses
The ZF lenses work like the AI-s lenses except they have half stops. The focus confirm light works, and so does automatic stoping down. The only very slight disappointment is that the half stops don't register in the viewfinder or the exif.
