Photoscala unofficially writes that Schneider could have production issues because of their very popular Cine Lens demand. And therefore the MFT launch delay. Last time we from 43rumors got news about these lenses were via email from Schneider directly where they wrote:
Many thanks for your interest in our M43 lens.
From today’s perspective the lens is expected in 2014.
Thank you for your kind understanding and patience.
So let’s hope Schneider will tell us more about those MFT lenses during Photokina!
Current Schneider lenses (non MFT mount):
[shoplink 27395 ebay]Xenon 16mm f/1.2 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27387 ebay]Xenon 25mm f/0.95 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27389 ebay]Curtagon 35mm f/2.8 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27391 ebay]Componon 50mm f/1.4 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27390 ebay]Xenon 50mm f/1.9 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27394 ebay]Xenar 50mm f/2.8 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27388 ebay]Xenar 75mm f/3.5 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27392 ebay]Xenotar 80mm f/2.8 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 27393 ebay]Xenar 180mm f/2.8 (Click here to see on eBay)[/shoplink].
24 Responses
I have given on Schneider delivering these lenses. This is the worst delay, upon delay, that I can remember a well known company has had in recent memory. No credibility.
Correction. I have given up on Schneider.
Isn’t there a woman with a family name Schneider who brought up a Digital Bolex s16 recently? Wonder if it has something to do with the real Schneider.
The lens lineup seems to make no sense to me either. I think the best thing they could do is to make a m43 version of the Xenon FF Primes i.e. Xenon m43 Primes. m43 native versions of their cine lenses. The photography segment is crowded and full of very stiff competition, not sure what Schneider could bring to the table there. There is also lacking a cine zoom native for m43, so if they could do something cost competitive, keeping in mind Sony’s new power zoom for e-Mount, that would also be incredible, although Schneider’s traditional focus is primes, so less realistic than my original idea.
why are the best ideas always coming from here
Because we are all actual users/enthusiasts so we understand what the community needs and wants most. You would hope companies read blogs and forums, after all they are basically free focus groups. Sadly, I get the feeling most companies still do no realize this.
yes true, but most come either wirh very custom wishes and too much people who just want to have any spec to the max. maybe its the age of being spoiled with hitech for consumers. I love it too, but sometimes i can dig just to be able to CLICK
There’s a lot of interest in a faster/higher quality 17mm, was hoping they would deliver something near that.
17mm f1.2 would be great, with super high quality IQ and very far AF.
Lost interest in Schneider no show, one begins to wonder if there will ever be anything from them. The 60mm would have to be something special to better the Oly, while the same applies to the 30 mm against the Pana Leica 25mm or the Oly 25mm.
Well the 60mm macro is Okish. Nicer would be now 100-120mm but Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro already does 1:2 so it is great close up objective with 70cm focus distance (50cm from front lens).
Why can’t others make 7-25mm objectives? More to 7-12mm range than up?
We already have lots of great 25-60mm scale objectives and it is hard to offer something special over those.
What happened to Sakar-Kodak M43 lenses? Another company that can’t get their act together???
Wasn’t the about Kodak is that they’re selling the camera with its kit lenses just not in markets such as USA?
Boy, I can’t wait to mount one of these Schneider Cine Lenses to my E-M1 and shoot some 4K video!
I believe you can’t mount them to E-M1. Look the bajonet and spot how tight it is around it. Seems that there can be compatibility issue. And that can be a reason for delay.
Sorry, I was being a bit sarcastic. I don’t think I am going to be able to do either of those things anytime soon!
no interest any more in schneider, don´t like their customer focus policy !
“Production delay” or “Production limitation” are not explanations for why they are not producing the lenses. They are just a tautology, another way of saying the same thing using different words.
It is equivalent to saying, we are not making these lenses because we are not making them.
Just bought a SK xenoplan 25mm f1.9.
Oh please! We’ve been hearing that stuff from schneider for 4 years now. Why not just tell us you’re not making MFT lenses?
DOA?
Dead On Arrival
All these lenses were quite obsolete when they were first announced, except maybe the 30mm 1.4, but this focal length is not very popular. The focal lengths around 14mm are crowded with excellent options, and Oly has a good 60mm macro. These lenses would have been niche anyway. I can see Schneider scrapping them and starting over with some more needed focal lengths.
This is also what I don’t get about the 30mm Pana macro. There’s still a good wide angle missing, and Pana goes for this … maybe it’s gonna be extra small for the GM series.
Schneider on M43? How many units are they going to sell? 5 a year? At what prices? Of course they don’t bother.
Just ignore Schneider product announcements. They are not with the bytes used to display them.