genji wrote:Are the Zeiss ZF and ZE and Touit X-mount lenses \"designed and manufactured\" by Nikon, Canon, and Fuji respectively?
ZE and ZF.2 are almost all manufactured by Cosina (the Distagon 2.8/15 being the only German-made exception, I believe). Canon and Nikon don\'t endorse the ZE and ZF.2 lenses, BTW - Zeiss \'enjoys\' the same 3rd party status as do Sigma, Tamron, etc. I believe the Touit lenses are also manufactured by Cosina (they certainly are made in Japan), and the Otus series is manufactured in Germany.
Edit: I\'d like to stress that the Zeiss-label on the ZA lenses means they\'re every bit as good as the ZE/ZF.2 lenses, and it\'s not just some marketing ploy. I think ZA users can attest to that fact. The fact that Zeiss designed the optics in these lenses means a lot. Clearly, manufacturing tolerances are a very important factor in lens quality, as well. But both Cosina and Sony have proven that they\'re capable of doing an excellent job in that space, as long as they\'re not restricted by low price points of products that are aimed at a mass market. Tight tolerances and the associated quality control result in a very high fraction of the cost of high-quality optics (see Leica, Schneider, etc.).
genji wrote:Are the Zeiss ZF and ZE and Touit X-mount lenses \"designed and manufactured\" by Nikon, Canon, and Fuji respectively?
ZE and ZF.2 are almost all manufactured by Cosina (the Distagon 2.8/15 being the only German-made exception, I believe). Canon and Nikon don\'t endorse the ZE and ZF.2 lenses, BTW - Zeiss \'enjoys\' the same 3rd party status as do Sigma, Tamron, etc. I believe the Touit lenses are also manufactured by Cosina (they certainly are made in Japan), and the Otus series is manufactured in Germany.
Nov 10, 2013 at 06:19 AM
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