BHphoto posted that Zeiss Batis 25mm & 85mm Lenses First Look video. The store also shipped out the first preorders to SAR readers but they are now all sold out. The next Stock is supposed to arrive sometimes in mid August. I guess we will have to be very patient just like it happened with the still not in Stock Loxia lenses.
Mirrorlessons posted the full Batis 25mm FE lens review and writes:
The Zeiss Batis 25mm is yet another great lens for the Sony FE system. It isn’t perfect and vignetting can be the most annoying thing to deal with especially on the A7r. There is also some perspective and barrel distortion that can be easily fixed in post-production. Otherwise, it provides great sharpness, is perfectly usable at f/2 and has an excellent bokeh rendering when you focus close. It has a fast autofocus mechanism and the OLED screen can be useful for astrophotographers.
Alexander Voss: “Real raw’s from the 7r and the brand new batis. Feel free to share. Best greetings. Alexander https://www.dropbox.com/sh/k3ius8dvwvpd1ca/AAALi78kenwjVcAK1141spuRa?dl=0”
Batis store links:
Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 lens in US at Adorama, Bhphoto. In Eu at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens at Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon DE, WexUK. In Asia at Digitalrev.
Loxia in Stock:
Kenmore camera has the [shoplink 38519 ebay]50mm Loxia (Click here)[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 38518 ebay]35mm Loxia (Click here)[/shoplink] in Stock.
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Did I hear wrong? 85 has built in is? I haven’t heard that.
Yes that was big news all the way back from the very first announcement.
I didn’t believe in the first place, too. 🙂
Quickly took a look on the Zeiss hp and *tada* the 85mm has indeed IS.
Can’t really believe that this was missed to be mentioned in the older threads.
That’s a great deal A7/7R/7S users I assume.
It was never missed
Apparently I read over this.
Just goes to show how unimportant it is.
Zeiss please make a 40mm Batis!!!
Well, I am impressed with the direction and features of these powerhouse optics but couldn’t justify their purchase considering the constant issues of distortion, vignetting and other faults all lenses posses to some degree. Bokeh is nicer than many but not worth falling in love with. Love the LCD window info, a brilliant design advancement, but can’t believe Zeiss didn’t accommodate videographers since a click less aperture ring feature is built in, or is that just the Otus line? Plus, I have IS in my meager a65 body already – doesn’t everybody? Anyway, clearly a superbly built and functioning lens but not enough optical advancement to pull four figures out of my wallet. I’m getting such similar results out of my Samyang iterations and have saved big bucks as a result.
is it really pronounced bad-ass?
Totally unrelated. Can we have a rumor about when B&H will FINALLY make the freaking Tammy 15-30 2.8 available in A mount. It’s getting killer reviews man. It’s like- better than the Nikon 14-24…it’s been dethroned. This lens- THE HYPE IS REAL.
It seems to come up with exceptional IQ capabilities.
However it does not support standard filters, nor pro filter holders. So it will need special constructions like the Lee filter holder for the Nikon 1424 – which wil make it very expensive.