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You guys are buying too many Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 lenses for your NEX camera and that’s why Sony Japan issued an official statement to say that they have no such lens anymore 🙂
In USA it’s out of Stock in all major stores like at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). And in Europe it’s hard to find. This on more time proves that good lenses will sell well even if the price isn’t really low. I hope this will push Sony to release more of such exceptional lenses!
And here are the full Zeiss lens links:
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This should prove that, indeed as you say, good lenses will sell well even if they are not cheap. The Zeiss E 24 is a great lens (again, coming from the 35/2 ZE for Canon and my 5D2) and the only worthy match to the NEX 7 from the E mount line up (I have yet to try the 50mm 1.8 but I seldom use lenses beyond 50mm equiv. focal lengths)
Congrats to Sony and Zeiss. Please, as you see, we need more of these quality lenses and should you supply us with a great set (16, 24, 35) with the same optical quality, we will pay for it. It doesn’t matter if they are not pancakes, as long as they are optically excellent.
Very well said. Quality over quantity. The 24 is very good.
Add to that an 85mm, and I’ll buy all four.
Thanks, but no thanks. I’m totally happy with the “easy choice” in A-mount (SAL35F18, SAL50F18, SAL80F28)and would like something similar foe E-Mount. Not going to pay 1k for a fix, never! (I’m not pro)
Why no OSS with this lens?? I don’t get it.
Yeah wish i had OSS… But i still love the lens for photography… Just wish it had for videography.
The same reason why other 24mm lenses doesn’t have it (let’s say..24mm f/1.4 Canon L Lens). It doesn’t benefit from OSS at that focal lenght. And if you know how Zeiss works, you should know that they don’t like too many electronics inside their optics. Be thankful Zeiss accepted AF capability designs from Sony at least.
Even for shooting video too?
Zeiss doesn’t allow it I’m afraid. =(
The E-Sonnar design is perfectly suited for OSS. A pity they did not implement it.
The cheaper Sony E 50/1.8 does nearly on par with the Sony Zeiss E 24/1.8 because of the OSS. Admittedly, it isn’t a wide and thank goodness Sony did not attempt to make it given their 16/2.8. 😉
Wideangles most certainly benefit from stabilisation, as can be confirmed by mounting one to a camera with IBIS.
Canon actually announced wide-angle lens with IS. I guess that exactly for video-shooting (makes sense with C300).
It could be done with Zeiss lens, but I guess Zeiss wants top-notch quality and IS part of lens is moving. Thats why you wont see any stabilising system in Leica S2 system. And maybe why Olympus chosen IBIS instead of lens based stabilisation. Tho just theory.. I think 24mm f1.8 is good enough even without IS. 🙂
+1 to Rooru and Daemonius
Zeiss never really believed in zoom lenses in the Contax days either (even when some of them were really good) and it took them until 1999 or so to offer AF with the Contax N system.
Now its a different story, but see that its only for Sony. Thumbs up to Sony for pulling the partnership out.
Haven’t we seen this falsehood long enough? If only we could trace the lie to its original source. To say that IS doesn’t benefit wide angle lenses is just wrong. To say that lens-based IS compromises the optics is wrong. To say that Zeiss, Voigt, Leica et al shy from these technologies for the sake of ultimate optical excellence…is just allowing public ignorance to give them a pardon. I use primarily manual lenses, but I know damn well better than to think ultimate optical perfection, and not cost-cutting, traditional strengths and R&D weaknesses, market strategy, nostalgia, weight and size concerns, and the continuing value-perception of legacy designs…is the reason they still make glass as they do. Eventually they will be on part with the rest of the world, and their excuses will be seen as such. They are not ideal as they might be.
It does not hurt to have IS at every focal length. What Sony could have done is to update a new NEX line (or the future hybrid line) with IBIS so that the customer having a choice of no IBIS but smaller body or IBIS with a bigger body. And if IBIS would hinder the video capability too much (i.e. overheat it faster), then I say get rid of the video function (though that is just me).
It’ a very very good lense! The best i never have!
But they will, havent u seen the roadmap? There is a planned wide, large aparture prime lens to be released in 2012 or at least announced.
Oh Man!
I got mine yesterday here in Germany and it was the last Zeis 24mm 1.8 E-mount in the city of Cologne!
Also i got it with 0% interest on a 29 Month payment plan…. 35€ a month!
I figured it was the best deal for me… instead of waiting 3 months for the standard sony 35mm 1.8 e-mount lens (which may or may not be announced in the 15 th of March.
Not really surprising.
In my view a truly great lens which brings out all the capabilities of the NEX-5n and 7.
(which can not be said for the 16mm and 18-55mm – junk at any price)
I wonder if anyone have made a comparison on all 24mm/f1.8 (or f/2.0 or better) for APSC sensor, for weight and size. Even-tough there has been silly discussion on m4/3 forums on the weight and size of the Zeiss, I do suspect this lens is actually quite small, compared to similar glass from Nikon and Canon.
Jack
It is smaller then canon nikkon and sigma equivalents,… much smaller. It looks tinny in comparison.
If you need a comparison go to dslrgear.com and just open up as many graphs from each review as you can. Then start compareing them.
I already did. The only thing that can hold up is the Samyang 35mm1.4. But it is a colossus.
Jack
I disagree on the 16 and 18-55, they are not pixel perfect, but far from junk. I love their low weight and the OSS on the 18-55 is very helpful.
+1 on the 16/2.8
The only part that is worth anything is the stainless steel lens mount.
Crappiest lens I ever used for any system.
Sony can you hear us?
We are waiting for the 35 1.4 Zeiss / G, personally I would prefer it to have OSS, but, if it had the quality of the 24 1.8, I would buy it either way
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The Zeiss 24 is a 35mm equivalant. I want a Zeiss 16/1.8mm ASAP!!! I want a Zeiss wide. A 35/1.8 would be 52mm equiv. Boring!
calxn is correct
well, he has an opinion, he’s not necessarily correct.
I want a 50mm equiv.. so a 35mm is about what I’m hoping for. I’m think most people will agree (a 50mm equiv is required lens).
I do. 35mm is a must have for APS-C, like 50mm is for FF.
I say that a 16mm (24mm equiv). Is more useful for me too than a 35(50). The sony 16 is shite and a zeiss 16 with f2 or faster would win me over.
Potential EU buyers can find it here:
digital camera graz – it costs only 799 EUR and is in stock.
I absolutely love mine.
Have it, love it. Perfect size for the Nex-7. It’s a little unfair to compare it to the 50/1.8 – to achieve the same performance is far more complicated on a wide angle. 50mm has always been the best bang for the buck.
+15 on this lens being awesome. I got mine locally, but have been paying attention to how it is doing online and looks like this is the pick for my new NEX-7!
Just a little help for those wishing they could pick one up too:
This lens is in stock in the USA (specifically Texas) at Precision Camera & Video.
Well, let’s face reality, there aren’t that many else lenses for NEX-7 users to buy than this special one.
Great news! I’m not even close to buying it, but I hope it will inspire Sony to make more and better E-lenses 😀
This really puzzles me, everyone has been screaming for more quality E mount lens and it’s described as “unexpected high demand”. It sounds like Sony still isn’t listening or they don’t think logically?
Is that really a surprise? 😉
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This is kind of odd the 5Dm3 trolls haven’t commented by now.
Keep up the good work Sony and start bringing us more update A-mount lenses too.
They’re too busy trolling Canon forums. Nikon users are the only ones thumbing their suspenders right now.
It’s more like all these trolls have put pre-ordred money in and feeling the buyer’s remorse already even before it getting shipped.
Dont forget the M43rd and the usual no pancake lens commenting trolls! 😉
I think it has to do with the upcoming, imminent price hike on this lens around the world. The 24mm lenses are quickly flying off the shelves!
Considering they made very few of these lenses in the first place, it’s not surprising.
Great news! Hope Sony will understand people are willing to paid for quality lens and release more good lens for nex (ie more Zeiss, the G lens) asap!!!
Btw, I think the 50mm f1.8 oss is selling quite well too in Asia, so far I can’t find a copy……
Glad I got one. Na na na na na. (-:
Only decent lens available for a loooong time ….. 50mm f1.8 will change things as it’s very good.
Yup, you can complain and waffle about the price, but you snooze, you lose.
I like the 24 mm F/1.8 so well that I bought one from Adorama even though I have no camera to mount it on. I have had this lens since 26 January. Hope I get the NEX-7 soon. Been waiting since October.
How is this unexpected? Finally people get their hands on the NEX-7 only to realize that this amazing piece of camera has no decent lenses apart from the 24/1.8.
The NEX-3 attracts point-and-shoot upgraders, but the NEX-7 is appealing for DSLR fans that got just a little tired of lifting heavy gear. Ergo – Sony needs to deliver lenses at a quality (and speed!) those guys are used to. Otherwise the NEX-7 is a pointless device, too expensive for one, not enough lenses for the other…
And no – I didn’t buy a 24MP camera to ruin my pix with ISO 800 ;).
Well.. I guess i was not the only one. I did the exact same thing from Adomara just before Xmas. I still don’t have a camera (nex 7 where are you?) but I may get a nex 5n… Hard to way…
Don’t know if I’m allowed to do that, but my Zeiss 24 1.8 is not selling on eBay despite the 850€ price and the fact that it is brand new (I just got it out of the box to check there was no damage).
So here is my ad :
http://cgi.ebay.fr/Lens-Sony-Carl-Zeiss-SEL24F18Z-24mm-f1-8-NEX-E-Mount–/220964412993?pt=FR_IQ_PhotoVideo_Photo_Objectifs_Zooms&hash=item3372815e41
Merja,
850 is to expensive. Thats the new price in Belgium. I will take it for 700………………..
I bought it two weeks ago at amazon.it for 825EUR (819E + 6E for shippement to France and it’s was in stock ) http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B005LLIEO2/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A11IL2PNWYJU7H