The Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0 lens is in Stock at Amazon US (Click here). UPDATE: Now sold out.
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No it isn’t. It’s for sale from a third party seller.
It doesn’t even say in stock.
Pretty poor from you, Admin.
Try vistek or Henry’s they have had stock for awhike. CANADIAN PRICESS
And while this is a true Zeiss lens rather than Sony/Zeiss, so may not apply, but better warranty. Sony Canada lens warranty it 2 year with accidental coverage where Sony USA is one year and prior to their disbanding the Sony Store wanted to sell you the extended coverage that included accidental. All that is in disarray now as Sony relies on their authorized dealer network who prefer to sell their 3rd party over Sony’s extended warranty.
On a side note – don’t ship UPS (or FedEx) International! Vistek offer parcel post for about the same price as UPS with good delivery time (confirmed by multiple orders), but not certain if Henry’s offers parcel post. Ordered a 70-200 from Aden, on sale $100CDN cheaper than Vistek, didn’t offer parcel post and quoted $60 UPS vs $15 Viztek which I wrongly assumed was expedited/air – but was shipped ground! Worse, it arrived $55 COD as UPS tacked on a ‘customs clearance broker fee’ and a bogus customs duty as there is none on lens! Google search shows that this is standard procedure for both UPS and FedEx.
Finally, be aware that return policies are not as generous as B&H and others. They are the other end of the spectrum, bordering on non-existent with return/re-stocking fees. But, with currency conversion, they are priced near grey market but through a Sony authorized dealer/distributor network.
Zeiss Batis: the best lenses you can’t buy.
Honestly don’t know why they announced/released them when they clearly had no stock available.
It is understandable, they had t thought they could take a bucket of water drop some molten glass in it wrap the beads in a case and sell it to iPhone users.
Now everyone at zeiss is busy making glass beads at their desks making insane profits.
They already said that demand far exceeded their product planning expectations. Since they don’t manufacture them, they have to reserve the capacity ahead of time. If they badly miss their expectation for sales, then the capacity to make them in the numbers that they would like simply is not in place. Even if they made them themselves, they would have a similar problem but could likely respond faster.
I’m tempted- giggitty. BUT, before I pull that trigger I need more reviews and have to get it in my hand. That rubber focusing ring is a bit of a put off. Seriously, it’s a put off but maybe..just maybe it’s not all that bad. Only way to know is to try it out.
To bad no one has it:(
It’s really not bad once you get used to it (the Touit lenses have this, too). Yeah, I’d still prefer a metal ring (and hard stops, for that matter), but the rubber ring isn’t so bad.
No longer in stock under normal price. Just showing them overpriced now.
I’m starting to believe they’d sell even more at $2000.
My lens finally shipped from B&H yesterday.
when did you order ?
Dec 24, 2015 is the order that this shipped from but I had ordered it much earlier from another company which is now cancelled because it never shipped.
mine gets here Tuesday from B&H as well. ordered around the 28th.
not sure how to justify this while fe28 is out there.
Because the Batis is a better lens? Just a guess.
Had both… ended up selling batis 25. Waste good enough in ,you books. GOOD thing is they are easy to resell because no one can get them.