It's possible that our dreams might come true soon ... I just found the following line in the new product catalog of 'Light+Byte', which is an official Zeiss distributor here in Switzerland:
Zeiss Distagon 35 mm
ZE 1762-850: 35 mm 2.0 ZE . . . .Fr. 1'369.– ZE 1771-843: 35 mm 1.4 ZF.2 . . .Fr. 2'358.–
Note the last line! Prices are in Swiss Francs, so the 35/1.4 would have more or less the same price as the 21/2.8.
But they have the cheaper 35/2.0 in their list too. So I suppose it is not a false f-number but only the false image - probably the official product images are not available up to now.
I got an answer from L+B (official Zeiss distributor in Switzerland) this morning:
Das DistagonT 1.4f 35mm ZF.2 fuer Nikon ist noch im Rueckstand, und sollte in den naechsten Wochen eintreffen. Mir ist kein DistagonT 1.4f 35mm fuer Canon bekannt. Wo haben sie sowas gesehen? Es gibt ein DistagonT 2.0f 35mm ZE fuer Canon. Das ist lieferbar fuer 1292.- Sfr
briefly translated:
The Distagon T 1.4f 35mm ZF.2 for Nikon is still delayed and should be available in the next few weeks. And they have no information about a ZE edition of the 35/1.4 ...
The Zeiss ZE 21/2.8 in the US is $1700. If a ZE 35/1.4 ever gets released, then it may be around the same price
Not that I will be buying
martin.egger wrote:
It's possible that our dreams might come true soon ... I just found the following line in the new product catalog of 'Light+Byte', which is an official Zeiss distributor here in Switzerland:
Zeiss Distagon 35 mm
ZE 1762-850: 35 mm 2.0 ZE . . . .Fr. 1'369.– ZE 1771-843: 35 mm 1.4 ZF.2 . . .Fr. 2'358.–
Note the last line! Prices are in Swiss Francs, so the 35/1.4 would have more or less the same price as the 21/2.8.
Please send the lens to Australia for further evaluations!
