And finally you can preorder the new Zeiss lenses in USA! Here are the links with price:
The 12mm f/2.8 lens can be preordered for $1,250 at Uniquephoto (Click here).
The 32mm f/1.8 lens can be preordered for $900 at Uniquephoto (Click here).
Let me know if you find more preorder options in US and other countries! Thanks!
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I would prefer if they had aperture ring like the Fuji versions.
And a DOF scale.
And a cup holder.
Not sure I understand your sarcasm.
None of E-mount lenses has it, why should this one do? Not that I wouldn’t care, just it’s not gonna happen. ‘Serious’ photographers seem to be directed to the A- and other mounts.
Maybe because it is made by Zeiss and it is quite expensive?
Really, what is the point of either on a modern MILC? This isn’t 1965. People are complaining about this for the sake of complaining.
^agreed. those more like a hispter/aesthetic preference if anything.
Distance scale is needed for zone focusing. It is a must for street shooting.
Apparently, things were more convenient in 1965. The point of having an aperture ring on the lens would be to make cramped cameras like the NEX-5 more comfortable (and convenient) to use. The point of having a DOF scale is again convenience, something I shouldn’t be explaining. Zeiss certainly disagrees with you when it comes to their new 50mm.
It doesn’t hurt to have it, it surely doesn’t cost anything to have it.
And I shouldn’t have trouble explaining you can get a Zeiss 28mm ZF.2 or a Voigtlander Heliar and get 99% of what you are looking for now. This is 2013, you can have both, but don’t drag me back to the stone age.
Taran, none of those are native e-mount, not even a-mount.
How is a DOF scale from the “stone age”? It is a useful tool, even today. If you don’t know how to use it, fair enough, but nobody is dragging you anywhere by putting some numbers on the lens.
@Taran
You seem to have quite limited photographic skills. How can you set hyperfocal without DOF scale?
I hope there will be properly scaled native ZF MILC body at some point. Until then I can continue playing with legacy glass and provisional UWA solution.
@Emacs, I set to f8 and point the camera at something far away.
@Vlad, “if I don’t know how to use it?” You assume a lot.
These lenses are designed from the ground up to be electronic and sleek, just like NEX. Your options, both of you, are so numerous it boggles the mind, yet, in your mind, these Zeisses have to conform to all the old rules. I am happy Zeiss has disappointed you, quite frankly. Some photographers will have to get left behind as we move forward.
As Sony users, we get used to paying more for less… I’m also talking about optical image stabilizer… Third party makers cut it while charging the same price…
I doubt if they have mechanical focusing ring, so DOF scale makes no sense here…
I doubt if X-mount lenses have mechanically coupled aperture ring either. I might be wrong but it looks like just another electronic dial.
The X-series can’t focus without a mechanical aperture ring on the lens. It really doesn’t matter to me. If you like the NEX series camera’s you’ll likely get one of these CZ lenses at some point.
The X-series can’t focus without a mechanical aperture ring on the lens. It really doesn’t matter to me. If you like the NEX series camera’s you’ll likely get one of these CZ lenses at some point.
Actually GreenLens is right. The AR is electronic.
And OSS
Insane.
But the body of the lens is in plastic?
I don’t understand (this is not a critisism) why prices are not reflective of the product. In this example the Nex and Fuji are the same price. Why! The Fuji has added complexity, even if small, in adding the aperture control. This seems universal over historical events, in that we can have the same lens for other camera vendors that come with stablization and with A-mount no built in stabilization. I understand that there is often little need for stabilization in A-mount because of built in IBIS but the price is often the same without the complex components of the comparitive lens for other systems. Back in the day when I bought my A300 (dating myself) one of the biggest selling points was the added savings of not having to pay extra for stabilization in each lens. But it seems that the costs are uniform across the vendor platforms. Now I see this (Fuji/Nex) and rather than stabilization its aperture components for the lens, but the price is the same. Otherwise they are identical (minus the .5mm shave off on the lens barrel on the Fuji) so why! The why is “!” not “?” because I know the answer. Otherwise, any new lens offerings is a good thing, whether I buy it ot not, so I can say I’m happy anyway.
In a market prices do not depend on cost but on demand. Demand is there if there is a monopoly of a good in a certain quality. Especially if you are locked in to a specific system for reselling your cameras and lenses would loose money, experience with the system and remind you that you did not make the best possible purchase when buying in to the system.
Would be nice if they redo the 24mm in the same style.
As Zeiss told in the last show, they unfortunately don’t plan to do it. Ridiculous.
Actually the 24mm f1.8 is a Sony made Zeiss lens while these lenses are Cosina made Zeiss lenses. 🙂
The aperture mechanism is the same on both lenses. One is manually controlled by a ring, the other by an electronic control. Both systems must be equivalent. For the rest, it’s a matter of marketing. In terms of stabilization, I understand that the lenses should have different prices depending on whether or not the features.
Both apertures are electronically controlled. In the case of NEX, a rear or top dial is used, for Fuji the aperture ring is used but it is still just an electronic switch and not mechanically coupled to the actual aperture. I think it is an elegant design, but not one Sony chose to use.
Can’t wait! This will finish my travel kit with some extra quality.
WTF!? NEW 70-200 G2?
Let me guess what most Nex users will say… “Too much money”… Just wait till your FF Nex comes out…
Talking for myself as a NEX user! I want a Leica feeling in NEX. It is there in NEX7 to a quite large extent. But I am a litte bit afraid NEX FF is going to be more A-line? Large and more Canon like.
The price doesn’t scare me that much. Sony must sell and can’t ignore price/performance.
These prices looked pretty good, till I read that these lenses might be plastic. No way in heck I will pay these prices for plastic. Plastic is for the m43 crowd.
Do these provide full frame coverage for the future?
The future is half-frame, for NEXes!
No.
So much of the Zeiss pricing is based on hype- not worth the high price IMO.
Looks like these guys carry them in Canada: http://rangefinder.camtecphoto.com/index.php?&SS=2
And they seem to be the only ones north of the border…