@CarlZeissLenses well I’ve been waiting for mine for one-and-a-half month now.
— Renier Mouthaan (@RenierMouthaan) December 9, 2014
Carl Zeiss posted that tweet to deny that the Loxia 50mm lens could be out of Stock for the next months. And on Facebook Zeiss writes:
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!
Fact is that no EU and US stores has them in Stock now (and they were supposed to be in Stock back in October). So let’s hope the lens will indeed ship soon as promised by Zeiss. By the way, Thanks Zeiss for officially giving us an answer!
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.
13 Responses
Better tweet than lawsuit…
There’s no delay, we’re just not shipping many yet…
I still don’t understand what’s wrong with the 35mm F2.8 FE from Zeiss that they needed to launched a second 35mm F2 without AF.
Zeiss didn’t produce the FE 35mm f/2.8, the f/2 is a stop faster and more suitable for video (clickless aperture ring, smoother MF). But also larger and more expensive. Horses for courses.
Different lenses for different people. Obviously there are a lot of people who like the MF Loxia, otherwise we wouldn’t read this news 😉
Because Loxia lenses have better IQ and offer superior manual focus experience.
Great news that people are appreciating the fantastic Loxia 2/50.
I received my Loxia 2/35 yesterday (so happy!) and did a very quick test comparing it to the Sony FE lens: http://backgroundblur.com/#!/articles/5486bdb7e2939c1336dcbfab
Ah! A rare post with practical examples to back it up! Interesting findings on your 35mm Loxia. I’ll be getting the 50mm Loxia shortly (my 55mm and new A7II are on the UPS truck as of this morning!) but might consider the 35mm as well.
Here’s what I’m curious about… I have the RX1, which also has the F2.0 35mm and as you know, is an absolutely fantastic tool. What I’d love to see is how the two compare considering that one’s a Sonnar and the other one’s a Biogon design with the sensors that are about the same (if not identical) on RX1 and the A7II… both mirrorless!
I’m holding on to the RX1 just because I’ve yet to see better IQ on at 35mm from ANY combination across any FF brand/glass out there to date.
All I want to know is if anyone has compared this to the Zeiss 50mm 1.4 for Sony. I like the size, but I want to know how it stacks up first. Someone….anyone???
I would think that’d be more of an apples to oranges comparison as you’d need the adapter and it’s a totally different design. Here’s one that I found interesting comparing the trio of 50mm-ish glass for the A7: http://backgroundblur.com/#!/articles/547cd671f2cdc6e12bf4cdee
It’s been well over a month since I ordered mine. 🙁 I’ve almost given up on it completely until seeing this post.
Maybe low demand was anticipated so the production was low to begin with? We only know that the demand is “high” compared to the production, at the moment.
Can anyone here recommend a super ultra ridiculous wide? I feel like I’m restricted here to the Voigtlander 12mm or Sigma 12-24mm. I prefer a prime for the added sharpness. Now, the only caveat with the Voig is it looks like you have to run it through corner fix, but it’s pretty dang sharp outside of that. I just bought a Tokina 17mm RMC, but I now have this itch for stupid rediculous ultra wide. I feel like I have only two options. I seriously hope Voigtlander comes out with a dedicated 12 and 15 for the A7 to fix the corners. Small, sharp and with minimal distortion.