rscheffler wrote:
It will be interesting to see what combination of features and performance Zeiss conjures up for their upcoming line of manual focus lenses for this platform... Will they lean more towards their historical tendency of \'lens relaxation\' through somewhat larger optical formulas, or will they aim to take advantage of the lack of AF components and truly shrink lens size (length) down to something akin to RF lenses? (I suspect girth will remain constant with the lens mount size.)
High performance wides are pretty big on Nikon and Canon
Do we think that Zeiss could build a solid manual focus, electronically connected, FE class 24/2 or 24/2.8 in this size:
If these new lenses do rival RF lenses for size and offer optical performance along the lines of the two FE lenses we\'ve seen thus far, I suspect it will make RF lenses on this platform much less relevant. There seems to be a big opportunity here if Zeiss can find the magical combination of size and performance to satisfy a large enough segment of this fairly niche market. I also expect we\'ll see something from Voigtlander.
Zeiss has a lot to gain and nothing to lose unless FE class bodies go no where for Sony, which seems unlikely to me. Zeiss must have a fairly good idea of the potential given their close relationship with Sony (which will include royalty data coming to them).
At the moment, they have zero direct competition in this segment. There is competition in the rangefinder lens area.
rscheffler wrote:
It will be interesting to see what combination of features and performance Zeiss conjures up for their upcoming line of manual focus lenses for this platform... Will they lean more towards their historical tendency of \'lens relaxation\' through somewhat larger optical formulas, or will they aim to take advantage of the lack of AF components and truly shrink lens size (length) down to something akin to RF lenses? (I suspect girth will remain constant with the lens mount size.)
High performance wides are pretty big on Nikon and Canon
Do we think that Zeiss could build a solid manual focus, electronically connected, FE class 24/2 or 24/2.8 in this size:
If these new lenses do rival RF lenses for size and offer optical performance along the lines of the two FE lenses we\'ve seen thus far, I suspect it will make RF lenses on this platform much less relevant. There seems to be a big opportunity here if Zeiss can find the magical combination of size and performance to satisfy a large enough segment of this fairly niche market. I also expect we\'ll see something from Voigtlander.
Zeiss has a lot to gain and nothing to lose unless FE class bodies go no where for Sony, which seems unlikely to me. Zeiss must have a fairly good idea of the potential given their close relationship with Sony (which will include royalty data coming to them).
At the moment, they have zero direct competition in this segment. There is competition in the rangefinder lens area.
Shift the goal posts?
Nov 13, 2013 at 12:55 PM
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