I guess you still know that at Photokina Zeiss announced the development of three new prime lenses for the Fuji X system: The 12mm f/2.8, 32mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/2.8 with a price of around 1.000 Euro. We know got a rumors from a good source saying that these lenses will hit the market on April 2013!
These lenses will have full electronic support for aperture and autofocus. More info about the lenses at Zeiss Blog.
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P.S.: Also the Sony E-mount version will be available in April.
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So all of them will be released on the next April? Or just 12mm and 32mm?
All of them!
Very interested in the 12 and 32mm. Good to see they’ve kept the aperture dial on the lens. Will have to see if the RAWs improve tho, to decide to buy into the system or not.
I suppose the 12mm will have the aperture dial as well but only on X-mount ?
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No distance scale… what the f*** are they thinking ?
If u note in top 3d rendeing lens you will note the small distance window….just point out…. 🙂
No that’s just the label on top. And Fuji’s lenses don’t have distance scale either. They’re really one made to be AF, as the MF sucks and they know it. Wonder how these Zeiss’s manual focuses though.
Best news ever ! Getting the 12mm, if only it was a 10mm
Models shown are prototypes. I guess they will arrage a distance scale on the final product. Or may be we should start an Avaaz petition to ask Zeiss to do it !
In the same time, what about to ask Zeiss to make a X-mount version of the f:1,8/24mm originally made for Sony. It shouldn’t be so difficult to do it, flange distances are almost the same, just need a 0,3mm longeur tube for the Fuji.
These are prototypes. I guess final lenses will have s distance scale. If not, better to ask it now to Zeiss !
What about to ask Zeiss to adapt the f:1,8/24mm originally made in E-mount for the X mount ? Just to put a 0,3mm longer tube, and that’s it !
May be Sony would scare to see better results with this lens on a XE-1 than on a Nex-7…
On the Fuji the distances scale is in the finder so not likely to have one on the lens.
like to see them make the 24mm too
32mm f/1.8 Zeiss or Fuji’s own 35mm f/1.4… Hmm
12mm f/2.8 = Okay, I can see that as a stop gap until a real UWA comes out (Fuji 10-24)
32mm f/1.8 = A slower, more expensive version of what we already have. Unless the motor in this lens causes it to to have rocket like AF, this is a total waste.
50mm f/2.8 = Don’t even get me started. Same as above. I’ll wait for Fuji’s lenses with a MAYBE on the 12mm as a stop gap.
Try to dress up an Alabama farmer with Armani suits…that is funny stuff…
Hope they will also offer the 24mm with the Fuji mount.
OK, Fuji. Now when is that speedy (1.4, 1.8) portrait lens going to be available?
Fix that lack and I might just switch from m43 this year.