edwardkaraa wrote: genji wrote: edwardkaraa wrote:
Indeed it was confirmed that the aperture is purely mechanical.
Am I correct in assuming that the Zeiss ZE/ZF lenses are auto-aperture? If that is so, were the Loxia lenses designed with both a mechanical aperture and the ability to switch to stepless aperture control mainly to optimize them for video shooting?
The stepless control is for video shooting, but the stop down aperture is because the lenses are purely mechanical. The only electronic connection is to communicate the exif to the camera and to activate magnified view when the focusing ring is turned.
Recording the exif info would be handy but, if the Distagon 35/1.4 ZM rumor turns out to be true (and the lens performs well on the A7), I\'ll happily forgo the exif and (probably not so happily) pay the extra for the Distagon -- particularly if its rendering resembles that of the Contax Distagon 35/1.4.
Sep 05, 2014 at 02:54 AM
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