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Is anyone actually seriously considering this when the 35mm 1.4 glass is right around the corner for ~$200 more?
Nope
Not me but maybe if you really like mechanical manual focus. Is the 35 1.4 focus by wire or mechanical?
It’s by wire, unfortunately. However, AF is fine for the average Joe.
Two possible reasons come to mind – weight while still getting a fairly fast lens, video where you need to smoothly pull focus – the Loxia will be much better for that. Warranty might be a third that could matter to a few – at least on DSLR lenses so I am hoping also on Loxia lenses, Zeiss gives us a 3 year extended warranty (in the USA) if you register the lens online while Sony is just one year. And then there’s the $200 difference 🙂
Yeah, my Loxia came with three year warranty here in Sweden too, so I guess it’s a World wide thing for all “real” Zeiss lenses.
Sweden benefits from the 6 year EU law anyway e.g. all electronic items are under guarantee for six years
Completely untrue. There is no such thing as a 6 year guarantee regulation in EU for electronic items. May I aks for your source? Otherwise please retain from confusing comments. Thank you.
Source on that please. In Sweden we have three years, but in reality two years warranty on electronic consumer goods. Initial two years covered by factory, and the last third year, with the requirement that you,the customer must prove that the fault was present when the product left the factory. Not easy without access to the manufacturers internal documentation.
http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/shopping/shopping-abroad/guarantees/index_en.htm
No need, you seem to think you know best and are arguing after the fact I told you you’re wrong; you continue to be wrong. Enjoy being screwed over by shops because you cannot be bothered to research properly
Provide me with one single link that verifies there is a six years warranty effective in Sweden. Please do, mr knowitall. Meanwhile, if you even can read properly, here’s a link providing what Konsumentverket, an agency under the direction of the Swedish Government, has to say about it.
http://www.konsumentverket.se/Other-languages/English/Consumer-rights/Guarantee/
“Over and above the guarantee, the Consumer Purchases Act applies,
according to which you have up to three years to complain about a fault
which was already there when you first purchased the good.”
Why do you think focus pulling on this lens will be much better versus the FE?
because the FE will have the horrific variable focus throw and it’s focus-by-wire. FE lenses are literally the worst video lenses I’ve ever used. The 28-135FE may be the one exception. And I’m sure the Loxias will be lovely.
Fully mechanical with good resistance vs fly by wire.
Ordered Loxia 50mm in Belgium : 2-3 weeks waiting …
Well worth the wait. I’ve had mine for just a few days now, and wow, it’s really a nice lens to use. Going to take some dinner and concert shots with it tomorrow with my A7S.
The reviewer sentiment towards the 50mm is significantly better than the 35mm. Great choice there!
Yes, the 35mm got some mixed reviews, unfortunately. Hoping for a Loxia 24mm coming soon, a good one!
Could you please point to some negative reviews?
I don’t think it will perform better than zm 35 f2 and the zm will be future proof as I can mount on any other mirrorless mount in case Sony ditched the FE mount. but if this wasn’t zeiss and was less than $800 price tag then it will be no brainer.
PS. If money wasn’t an issue I would go with the 2010 Summilux 1.4 ASPH it is great investment :).
On an A7 camera, it does perform better then the ZM 35
Too bad that i am not a manual focus guy, otherwise this size and aperture are perfect for mirrorless body. Hope the f2 af version is available
awesome, can’t wait to buy a manual focus lens for 1300 bucks in the year 2015..oh wait..
but all the others are far more expensive 😉
Or do you prefer plastic fantastic loud AF crappy Canon glas? Then what are you doing here?
I agree with you. But then again, I’m a bit wary of purchasing e-mount glass when i don’t think the e-mount will live very long.