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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


Saw it on Nikon Rumors and DP Review

http://www.dpreview.com/news/1006/10060802carlzeiss25mm.asp




Jun 08, 2010 at 10:47 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


Interesting, but very few details. It's not even on the Zeiss website yet.


Jun 08, 2010 at 10:53 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


burningheart wrote:
Saw it on Nikon Rumors and DP Review
http://www.dpreview.com/news/1006/10060802carlzeiss25mm.asp


That announcement is bogus.





Jun 08, 2010 at 10:56 AM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


Actually it's not. I found it on the Zeiss site just now.
http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B58B9/Contents-Frame/A0E0F6C4726E366BC125710E005F5A21

Look under press releases. Still no real detail though.



Jun 08, 2010 at 11:01 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


CVickery wrote:
Actually it's not. I found it on the Zeiss site just now.
http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B58B9/Contents-Frame/A0E0F6C4726E366BC125710E005F5A21

Look under press releases. Still no real detail though.


Strange. I said bogus because it's not the long-awaited optical redesign. Apparently Zeiss has decided to reissue the original design as well.



Jun 08, 2010 at 11:07 AM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


Their announcement doesn't give any details other than ZF.2. So we'll have to wait for any further details.


Jun 08, 2010 at 11:17 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


burningheart wrote:
Their announcement doesn't give any details other than ZF.2. So we'll have to wait for any further details.


"Now this popular and time-tested wide-angle lens is also available in a ZF.2 version"

Ergo, same optics.



Jun 08, 2010 at 11:22 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


I do not see that they have to be the same design, Zeiss can release a lens with minor changes and still call it the same. similarly as Leica changes coatings over time for the same model.
Anyway, it remains to be seen. Judging from the price we may not expect a major redesign or anything rivaling Distagon 21mm.



Jun 08, 2010 at 12:04 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


Any chance of it being an f2 lens?


Jun 08, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Edgars Kalnins
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


f2.8



Jun 08, 2010 at 12:25 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


Edgars Kalnins wrote:
I do not see that they have to be the same design, Zeiss can release a lens with minor changes and still call it the same. similarly as Leica changes coatings over time for the same model.
Anyway, it remains to be seen. Judging from the price we may not expect a major redesign or anything rivaling Distagon 21mm.


He he. I know more than I am allowed to say.




Jun 08, 2010 at 01:11 PM
Edgars Kalnins
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


Well, if that is the case, then I presume this is the same design - as you stated earlier. Your surprise at the news indicates that there is another one to be expected? depends of course on what is the source of your information


Jun 08, 2010 at 01:21 PM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


Do you know BTW if the compact 25mm prime Zeiss released earlier is the same design as the ZF 25/2.8?


Jun 08, 2010 at 01:23 PM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


I think they probably listened to Lotus


Jun 08, 2010 at 01:28 PM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


edwardkaraa wrote:
I think they probably listened to Lotus


Unlikely. Lotus already has the lens, and Zeiss has little hope of selling him another one



Jun 08, 2010 at 01:35 PM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


I don't trust anything I read in a Zeiss press release, because it's so often inaccurate or just silly. However, I would have thought they would at least mention a floating element design if the lens had one (after the 35 mm f/2 fiasco). So it seems the new lens doesn't.

Toothwalker's comments are intriguing.

I still have a soft spot for the old ZF 25 mm, with its phenomenal flare resistance and sharp centre even at full aperture.



Jun 08, 2010 at 02:02 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


Another thought: no ZE version announced? Something's definitely up.


Jun 08, 2010 at 02:16 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


Diglloyd is confirming that it's the same optics as the ZF version, and also that there will be no ZE version.


Jun 08, 2010 at 04:00 PM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


CVickery wrote:
Diglloyd is confirming that it's the same optics as the ZF version, and also that there will be no ZE version.



At what point do I get to start hollering "$hit!!" and flopping on the floor?



Jun 08, 2010 at 04:48 PM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · Zeiss 25mm ZF.2 announced


CVickery wrote:
Diglloyd is confirming that it's the same optics as the ZF version, and also that there will be no ZE version.


In that case I can only congratulate myself with buying the ZF version before its price shoots up again. Right now it is little above the old contax 25mm.



Jun 08, 2010 at 04:54 PM
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