I will pre-order this if possible. This could eliminate having to use my old Zeiss 25mm or 28mm + FTZ. I like that it doesn't seem to have the look of so many indy brand Z mount lenses: a narrow bodied lens with the wide Z mount inelegantly grafted onto it. Cosina calls it "tight styling'.
I have pre-ordered E-mount version from Map Camera already. I hope it will get released early in December (usually new releases in December don't happen very late in the month due to Christmas and New Year holidays).
ftllens wrote:
Wow! That was much faster than I thought. The 0.28m seems great and only 60g more.
Yes, I'm glad they kept the same 0.28m minimum focus distance as they have on 28/1.5 mirrorless version, and the weight of E-mount version is also very close to that one (320g for Nokton and 325g for AL). I've been totally happy with the handling and feeling of the Nokton and I think this will feel very similar in use (just different IQ characteristics).
I wonder why they didn't publish MTF charts and there are no product introduction videos for these mirrorless versions.
There seem to be product introduction videos and MTF curves available for both of these mirrorless lenses too. Cosina's e-mail newsletters contain the MTF curves and links to product introduction videos, but the videos are shown as Private at the moment and can't be viewed. Maybe there were some data issues with this product announcement and they are fixing it gradually...
Ripolini wrote:
Curious to see if Z- and E-mount versions have same MTF plots as M-mount.
I added screenshots of the MTF plots for E and Z above. I think they are a bit different from M-mount, but they look more or less identical between E and Z.
Juha Kannisto wrote:
I added screenshots of the MTF plots for E and Z above. I think they are a bit different from M-mount, but they look more or less identical between E and Z.
Here is the comparison:
The VM version shows better corner performance and less astigmatism in the middle of the frame. Right?
The VM version shows better corner performance and less astigmatism in the middle of the frame. Right?
I'm not MTF expert but perhaps VM looks better at f2, and mirrorless versions might be better at f4...(?). Hopefully some who are more proficient in MTF plot reading can comment.
Juha Kannisto wrote:
Product introduction videos became properly available:
Random observation on my end and totally subjective, but I'm sometimes a bit surprised by their choice of camera models to showcase these lenses on in promotional material.
They use the Z8 for Nikon and the a9 for Sony (on Instagram, not YT), but imo the Zf and a7CR would make for much more visually appealing combination. Or at least some of the smaller bodies like the Z6 III and a7R V..
fjablo wrote:
Random observation on my end and totally subjective, but I'm sometimes a bit surprise by their choice of camera models to showcase these lenses on in promotional material.
They use the Z8 for Nikon and the a9 for Sony (on Instagram, not YT), but imo the Zf and a7CR would make for much more visually appealing combination. Or at least some of the smaller bodies like the Z6 III and a7R V..
Yeah, I've also wondered why they use A9 series camera on their promotional materials (it seems their product leaflet that will be distributed in shops is using that, not only their Instagram) for showcasing some of their new Sony lenses. I've seen it used with multiple previous lenses too and I don't recall seeing A7CII or A7CR which I think would be more commonly used with their lenses and could be visually pleasing combo with their smaller lenses. I think they have sometimes used Zf but this time they seemed to go with Z8 on their product leaflet as well. In some sense a high resolution body makes sense here, but A9 doesn't really follow the same logic. Anyway, I have no idea about the background of their choice of camera bodies here.
