Picture above: The current Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0
for Canon-Nikon-Pentax.
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According to an anonymous source Zeiss will release a new 28mm f/1.4 lens and the Sony G 200mm f/2.0 lens by 2011. One of our trusted sources confirmed the existence of the 200mm lens (and he will give me more news about the Zeiss soon). Sony could show that lenses at Photokina and give us more details about the official release period. Of course we all hope they will release it by early 2011 🙂
Zeiss currently produces the Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on eBay)
Zeiss Ikon Wide Angle 28mm f/2.0 (Click here to see that lens on Amazon)
for Canon-Nikon-Pentax mount. Imagine that lens with f/1.4 aperture and autofocus!
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16 Responses
*drools
Hm… Nikon 200 f/2 is expensive, weird lens $5000 for big fat brick. Nothing really in my range of interest, even though I could use telephoto Prime.
28mm f/1.4 should be something really extraordinary! Wide, bright lens… sweet.
SSM on the 85mm f1.4 and 135mm f1.8 please.
I would buy the 28mm f1.4 if the price was around 1300 USD. The 200mm I would less inclined to get cause I already have the 70-200 f2.8. Although, still awesome news!! A little strange to have a 24mm and 28mm and who would get the f2.0 for only a couple more degrees of view. my two cents, but they should have just produced one lens at 25mm and had it be f1.4
Cheers, Josh
I agree with Josh, if they were to release the 28mm 1.4 I don’t see many buying the f2 (unless the 28mm were to not have SSM). If you ask me there is a whopping huge gap in the lack of a 50mm above the 1.4. Surely it’s the easiest one to make being a standard lens? I am certain that a 1.2 with SSM (at a price point that isn’t extortionate) would sell crazily fast…in terms of lenses at that level anyway!
And that 50/1.2 would be image stabalized to boot !
the 24mm f/2 and 28mm f/1.4 (if true) will be different
one is a landscape lens primarily namely the 24mm which can focus very close for a lens in it’s class and achieve 0.29X magnification which again is a dream for landscape shots with objects very close in the foreground if you want to keep the focus on them.
The 28 mm wouldn’t focus so close i expect to have a 0.15X magnification and thus will be used more for low light situations and street photography.
This is not to say the lenses can’t be used for different purposes altogether, but for me taht is the only reasonable explanation, besides the one that making a 24mm f/1.4 is a tad harder than making a 28mm f/1.4.
I can’t imagine the 28mm f/1.4 being any less than $1800
Seems that Sony’s preparing for FF release next year. The interesting point is that they seems to focus on the high end and the low end in the lens department.
@James: Agree!!
28/1.4 is a really great news !!!!
but it also tells me Sony is still trying to sell 35/1.4G
Hope we’ll get some of these someday as well 🙂
-35/1.4ZA or
-35/2.0ZA or
-35/2.0 Minolta Re-release or
-simply being able to use DT lens on FF body
but for now 28/1.4ZA is a great news !!
Thanks !!
A premium 28/1.4 is nice to have, but as we saw with Nikon’s world-class 28/1.4, the demand was underwhelming, and Nikon axed it as it was a money-loser. (It didn’t help that it was pretty expensive, mind you.) Speaking of 28’s they even redesigned the 28/2.8 for AF to make it cheaper, as the demand wasn’t there for a “nicer” 28. The conclusion was that the enthusiasts and pros who wanted something better and didn’t mind spending more wanted a 24, not a 28. 28mm, the thinking went, was a pedestrian focal length for the average consumer, and they wanted a cheaper lens.
So, to that end, i don’t think a 28/1.4 would be enough of a hit to make it profitable enough. Enthusiasts and pros seem to gravitate to the 24/35 wide combo and 85/135 tele combo. That’s the pattern we’ve seen, and i don’t think the trend is for that to really change.
I would focus on providing enhanced options for the 24 and 35 mm focal lengths — first and foremost, a new and improved 35/2. Then, a new and improved 35/1.4 and a new and improved 24/2.8. As for the 28, a new and improved 28/2 is what’s needed. The market wouldn’t support a 28/1.4, IMHO.
With recent advances in lens technology, is a Zeiss really something to get excited about anymore? Price considered.
Glad to see those lenses even though highly unlikely i’ll buy any of them. They show Sony’s commitment to high-end FF DSLR.
Would they really release a 28mm so close to releasing a 24mm? Wouldn’t a 35mm f/1.4 make more sense? 24mm and 28mm just seem too close to each other to make it worthwhile — give another focal length some love! 😀
And a 200mm f/2! I could never afford it, but it would definitely give me something to drool over (and help to round out A-mount’s relatively lacking line-up).
28mm is my favourite focus length, so I’d totally trade my RS 28/2 for a ZA 28/1.4 if they made one.