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Short note for US readers: Both Zeiss Touit lenses, the 12 and 32mm primes are in Stock now at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
New reviews: Matthew Durr posted the Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8 test made on the NEX-7 camera. And Luminous Landscape tested both lenses (on a Fuji camera).
Matthew writes: “Though I did give high marks to the Sony 35mm f/1.8 OSS, and I still stand by what I said, the Zeiss is in another league in areas of performance like sharpness and aberrations.”
LL writes: “Overall we rate the new Touit 12mm and 32mm lenses very highly. Technical reviews on sites that measure MTF, distortion and such are already showing first rate results, and our pragmatic field tests fully corroborate this.”
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As expected, good quality from Zeiss.
Todays cameras are too low resolution to match the high resolution of new lenses like this. If Sony only plans to make 30+ mp new cameras then there is no reason to buy a new lense like this.
Lenses usually do last more then 2-3 years…Im sure sony will release more large MP sensors with in then.
If Sony would optimize the 24mp sensor like they did with the 16mp, i think the 32 would do very well on the 24mp. I wouldnt want to go any higher then 24mp on a crop camera.
New tech will allow higher resolutions and lenses will certainly not be a limiting factor.
What to me defies common sense is that many of the same people that are excited about new higher resolution lenses oppose higher resolution cameras.
In a full frame camera 56mp willl only match (NOT EXCEED )the resolution of a 24mp c size sensor. For a ff squre sensor 88mp will ONLY MATCH the resolution.
The resolutions sony is talking about is not only not an increase but actually a substantial DECREASE inresolution.
I of course want higher res cameras and higher res lenses.
Without the camera the lenses are a waste.
If Sony will not make a high res camera for another 4 years than we should not buy these lenses until then.