Image courtesy: kakaku.
First the bad news:
Plenty of dealers contacted me to tell me that indeed Zeiss will not ship them new Stock of the 50mm Loxia any time soon. One of them even got an unofficial note saying that new Stock of lenses are likely going to ship in a few months only. Only major store having many of them in Stock is Digitalrev (Click here). So grab it there if you want to get one now.
Now the good news:
The same dealers confirmed Zeiss will ship the firts Stock of Zeiss Loxia 35mm Biogon lenses from December 12 already (Source: DC.watch)! P.S.: Japanese Loxia 35mm test at Kakaku and Kasayapa.
Zeiss Loxia preorders:
Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, CameraPro, Digitalrev.
Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens for Sony E Mount at BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, CameraPro.
Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 50mm f/2 Planar T* Lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss Lens Hood for Loxia 35mm f/2 Biogon T* Lens at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss 52mm Front Lens Cap for Touit and Loxia Lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss De-Click Key for Loxia Lenses (5-Piece Set) at BHphoto and Adorama.
Zeiss Rear Lens Cap for Loxia E-Mount Lenses at BHphoto and Adorama.
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Seems this site is out of rumors also…
Sony seems to have decided to plug the leaks as witnessed by the A7 II.
nope. A7II was an exception just like the A7s. Because those were announced in Japan only first and in US/EU after. But at leats I have now tow new Japanese sources…will be prepared for the future 😉
Hahahaha. You will wonder soon 😉
I only had busy days with the server issue. Now fixed 🙂
I have high hopes for APS-C (E-Mount) rumors ^^
And here we are 😉
http://www.sonyalpharumors.com/sr4-new-tamron-prime-lenses-will-resolve-the-new-close-to-50-megapixel-sony-ff-sensor/
🙂
Any news on Flashes, Admin? Not many care about the Loxia. Quite a few already own and use Zeiss ZMs and they are easy to find new or used.
The Loxia lenses perform better than the ZM on the A7 series, because they are tuned with sensor stack thickness in mind.
So, I heard. Is it 0.5x better commensurate with the prices?
here is a first comparison
http://www.verybiglobo.com/zeiss-loxia-biogon-352-review/2/
Nice brickwall shots here: http://www.verybiglobo.com/zeiss-loxia-biogon-352-review/2/
My Loxia 2/35 arrived today. Will do a comparison to the Sony 2.8/35 later today.
Let me know when it’s online! 😉
So the only place where they have good stock of this E mount lens is DigitalRev, where the annoying dwarf Kai keeps bashing Sony cameras.
Ebay has ’em.
Not many care about the Loxia?? The Loxia line is the only reason I bought the a7S! Shooting with an adapter is incredibly clunky compared to using native lenses. It’s a dream shooting with my Loxia 50mm versus my Nikon 50mm F1.4 with the Metabones adapter. I’m waiting with bated breath for the Loxia 35mm so I can be done with my Nikon 35mm F1.4 and cut the adapter cord completely.
Mike, are you in the US or overseas?
Carl Zeiss just made an announcement on Facebook:
“There are rumors out there stating that our Loxia 2/50 will be out of
stock for months. Let us state that this is not true! While it is out of
stock with some dealers at the moment due to high demand, we are
constantly producing new batches and shipping them to distributors and
dealers. So please, don’t worry!”