UPDATE: Announced! Preorder links here:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
Lens shade for 85mm at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
Lens shade for 25mm at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
It’s now the third source within weeks that tells me this. Zeiss has a huge surprise for the FE system. They are going to launch a new autofocus lens line system for the FE mount! This is the latest message I got:
New Zeiss Batis lenses will be announced today. This is a new line for FF E-Mount. Like the Touits for APS-C. 2/25 and 1,8/85 will be available in summer 2015.
UPDATE: Zeiss is rumored to announce those lenses at 11.00 Berlin time. Stay tuned on SAR!!!!!
AND STAY tuned all day and remember that tomorrow (April12) at 12-13.00 London time there will be a BIG Sony announcement!
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I will kill you if this is actually fake!! (>_<)
It’s not.
Killing is sin
Not in all religins
Unless you worship Baal, I’m pretty sure most religions do not condone random killing.
This is actually the best news I’ve heard for the FE lineup.
At the same time, this might be fake. Come on guys, they must’ve designed a 35mm lens too. It’s like saying good morning. FE lens developers day goes like waking up, washing your face, developing another 35mm lens for FE, coffee, lunch.
We already have 24/1.8 for APS-C, 35/1.4, 35/2 and 35/2.8, not to mention RX1. We can still use a 35/1.8 and a 35/2.4.
25 f2 with well controlled coma for astro please
One more thing for astro though – mechanical MF. Or revolutionary fly-by-wire, first of a kind.
This makes my day. Now if only they’d release an ultrawide. ..
emount real comeback in april 😛
BATIS 25 F2 $599
BATIS 85 F1.8 $1299
Batis Maxxamus 135mm F2 1600.00
Touit AF was a disaster. Hope they learned.
Wow! That is great news. The e mount has some great options.
Absolutely perfect for me, the two focal lengths I was hoping for. Hopefully quality right up there with the other Zeiss versions. Will be interesting to see the size with autofocus and the speed, guess that will be developed via Sony.
The size must be up to the name – a small flycatching bird.
What happened to the Loxia line? I would have expected these exact focal lengths to be introduced this year but with full manual control for the Loxias. I hope they won’t be postponed in lieu of these likely much larger and more expensive beasts.
I imagine Loxia will remain as a slightly slower all manual focus compliment to the new line. I could see a Loxia 25mm or 21mm f/3.5 for example.
if the price is normal, this will kill a-mount.
Take my money and all my Zeiss a-mount lenses
Take my money….yes….all my Zeiss a-mount lenses…CRAZY TALK!
1,8/85? Nice! Just what I need.
And it will be as slow as Toutis was in AF operation?
Wow, very good news (or rumor). I wonder if these lenses have fly-by-wire manual focusing mechanism. If so, they’re no go for me.
it’s out already at http://www.zeiss.de/camera-lenses/de_de/camera_lenses.html
Looks huge
Brilliant! The two focal lengths that were missing. Fingers crossed that these are just as good as the 55/1.8 and not much bigger.
http://www.zeiss.de/camera-lenses/de_de/website/landing_pages/batis.html
http://www.zeiss.de/camera-lenses/de_de/website/landing_pages/batis.html
Gahh I would kill for those lenses! AF or not!
I’m assuming that these focal lengths / aperture combinations can not be made as compact as the 35 and 50 mm Loxias, and therefore Zeiss is starting a new line with AF.
It would be nice to see compact 25/2.8 and 85/4 Loxias at some point as well.
Come on! Gimme more cropped lenses for my A6000!
Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp-nUqpwhTs
Nice, with DOF calculator and OLED display to show distance to subject and DOF.
I want!
https://vimeo.com/125533166
Now i am only missing two lenses. 14/15 mm f.2,0 and 135 mm f.2,0
I don’t remember asking for more overpriced zeiss lenses. I’ll take them I guess. Where is the 135mm.