Let’s now focus on the new Zeiss FE 35mm f/1.4 lens. The lens will ship in mid April and prices and preorders can be found here:
in USA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
in Europe at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony IT, Sony ES, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony AT, Sony CH, Sony SE, Sony FI, Sony NO, Sony PT.
What’s hot with the lens:
– The lens has super fast Direct Drive focusing
– Advanced Aspherical Lens
– Aperture ring with click or clickless switch
– It’s weather sealed
Image samples from Sony (only low resolution images available)
Preorders:
In USA at:
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony 90mm f/2.8 FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony 24-240mm FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony 28mm f/2.0 FE at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony Fisheye Conversion Lens for FE 28mm F/2 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony Ultra-Wide Conversion Lens for FE 28mm F/2 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony Fisheye Converter for E 16mm F/2.8 and E 20mm F/2.8 Adorama, BHphoto.
Sony Ultra-Wide Fisheye Converter for E 16mm F2.8 and E 20mm F2.8 Adorama, BHphoto.
In Europe at:
Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 FE at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony IT, Sony ES, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony AT, Sony CH, Sony SE, Sony FI, Sony NO, Sony PT.
Sony 90mm f/2.8 FE at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony IT, Sony ES, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony AT, Sony CH, Sony SE, Sony FI, Sony NO, Sony PT.
Sony 24-240mm FE at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony IT, Sony ES, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony AT, Sony CH, Sony SE, Sony FI, Sony NO, Sony PT.
Sony 28mm f/2.0 FE at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony IT, Sony ES, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony AT, Sony CH, Sony SE, Sony FI, Sony NO, Sony PT.
Wide Angle converter at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony IT, Sony ES, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony AT, Sony CH, Sony SE, Sony FI, Sony NO, Sony PT.
Fisheye converter at Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony FR, Sony IT, Sony ES, Sony NL, Sony BE, Sony AT, Sony CH, Sony SE, Sony FI, Sony NO, Sony PT.
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Nice background separation on the bass player. Of course, the difference in lighting does some of it, but still…
Oh my god, I had no interest in this lens when I first saw its size, but after seeing Steve Huff’s first look review, I’m starting to feel the pain that can only be cured by upgrading my Voigtlander 35mm f1.2 to this. Pray for me……
yes, Steves photos really make this lens shine…bookeeehhh!! 😀
Agreed, the photos on Steve Huff’s site are promising.
It’s funny that you mention Voigtlander’s 35/1,2 – some of the photos here reminded me of that lens – a good bokeh with quite gentle and subtle rendering of the subject. I can imagine it will be a great lens for photographing people.
As many others have written on here it will be interesting to see whether it gets close to the look of the legendary Rollei/Contax Zeiss 35/1,4. I sitll haven’t seen a photo that shows that yet but a couple of Steve Huff’s site look like it might be close – the unique thing about those old lenses is the way subjects in the middle distance still pop in and out of focus more like a nromal/short tele lens. Others on here have said it’s impossible to recreate that look for various technical reasons but I am hopeful!
Hey Admin, is chance to cheap lenses as 28f2.0?
What about new cammeras?
I still think the size is ridiculous, but the image quality looks nice.
The size was putting me off entirely, but I might be rethinking that.
A bit early to tell, but it looks like it might have the technical abilities of the Sigma, but render with character as well
Does the 55mm have SSM?
No, not like the 35mm f1.4 and 90mm macro.
If only there was a weather sealed body coming…
They called it the Sony A7ii
http://community.sony.com/t5/Alpha-SLT-DSLR-Cameras/Clarification-on-A7II-Weather-Sealing/td-p/483069
Dust and moisture sealed only, and the LensRentals teardown doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence as to how effective that is compared to the a7. My guess, we’ll see a weather sealed a9…
And for all who whined about the price, size etc: It is slightly cheaper than Nikon 35 1.4G, about the same size and weight, and judging by what i`ve seen on Steve Huff page, at least twice as good.
I’m sure it’s a good lens, but is Steve Huff the most reliable source?
http://huffparanormal.com/
Hahah is it his website or some parody? I dont really know much about him, but i saw 100% image samples of this lens on his site, and they are terrific. Thats enough for me, he can be scientologist vampire slayer gliding fire squirrel if he feels like it.
Yep, that’s him!
http://huffparanormal.com/about-me/
Wow. Lets assume one could talk to the spirits by the means of funny ghost-shaped wooden box. And his question to timeless energy being is….”Do you like puppy dogs?” Sht, how insane is that?
I do not know…. looks too contrasty and with “high” pop, yest it’s very sharp… but this image does not touch me.
Steve has his detractors but I give him credit for having many hours of hands on experience with high end glass. When he says this Zeiss is as good or better than the Summilux FLE, eyebrows will be raised for sure but from the early samples, he might not be far off.
Sorry, that was meant as a response to Lotus Eater…
At first I thought the opposite, the last image (of the red car) is quite a subtle rendering which reminded me of the Voigtlander 35/1,2 but looking again at the other images you might be right – it rather reminds me of the Sigma 35/1,4. Still it’s hard to know what post processing has been done here or on Steve Huff’s site.
for the boken sharpnessCA performance, i’m moved!
heres a page with some sample images from the 90mm if anyone is interested. I didn’t see any on site admin. http://www.cameraegg.org/sony-fe-90-mm-f2-8-macro-g-oss-lens-sample-images/
Fantastic. Its still early to say that E mount is the best system lens-wise. A year too early.
i dont know if there really is such a thing as a best system. sony has some great innovation and seems to constantly push the envelope at least in regards to current technical abilities, and I certainly like their system..and while ive never had a canon dslr, from what ive heard you can throw them against the wall and bury them in mud and they still take quite usable images..i do know they make some great lenses but i think *every* company has an area they are notable in.
This what i said was intentionally pompous because of constant complaining that E mount has no lenses or that they are inferior to Nikon Canon pro line. They certainly are for the moment, but this is just a start, and already 55 is matchless, 35 very seems so also, too early to say seriously about 90 macro, but it looks stellar too. I really didnt expect Sony to come with the highest possible quality lenses for this system, but it seems they are doing that. In a year, 70-200 f2.8, 85 f1.4, some wide tilt shift will come out, and IF they follow IQ of FE55/35, i dare to say it will be the best.
I dont really know would i like to hit my camera at the wall, but thats valid only for 7D model, it is really nigh-indestructible.
Looks like it’ll be a great lens but I don’t know, the samples just don’t make me feel like I should give up my Voigtlander for it.
I’m in the same boat as you… I kind of want to keep both though… there is something extremely satisfying about the voigt 35.
I have to say that the price is pretty fair for a zeiss distagon with AF.
Shhhh don’t let Sony hear you!