These new Zeiss Touit lenses look like a very great addition to the new E-mount lens range. SAR reader Rob had the pleasure to test these lenses on the Sony NEX-5n: “I just posted à long hands on review of the Carl zeiss touit 12mm on à Sony nex 5n. See http://transcontinenta.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/hands-on-review-van-de-carl-zeiss-touit-2-812mm/
I also did Many shots with the Sony nex 7 and the Same lens in the Dutch Keukenhof . See our flickr account for that with Many high res touit samples taken With the 32mm on à fujifilm XE-1 and à Sony nex 7.”
And there are plenty of new image samples and news to read: A new Zeiss Blog entry that talks about the lens design, 12mm Hands-on at Photographyblog and image samples at Photographyblog. 32mm Hands-on at Photographyblog and image samples at Photographyblog. Image samples also at Diglloyd. 12mm image samples at ThePhoBlographer.
Zeiss preorder links:
12mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Adorama and Uniquephoto. In Europe at [shoplink 18497 ebay]CameraCenter UK[/shoplink] and FotoMundus.
32mm f/1.8 at BHphoto, Adorama and Uniquephoto. In Europe at [shoplink 18498 ebay]CameraCenter UK[/shoplink] and FotoMundus.
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So these Touit lenses wouldn’t cover a FF sensor in a NEX body? So Zeiss will have to have 2 seperate line of lenses if a FF NEX is released?
Forsooth, my Lord.
They’re not really looking after the existing lineup too – the old 85 1.4 and 135 1.8 both have old, noisy, focus systems that make them difficult to use in video mode (unless you’re will to commit to the hassles of manual focus). Also, the 85’s optics should be updated – the spec’s are looking more and more middle-of-the-road, and not worthy of the lense’s price.
Specs for a lens? Don’t tell us much more of its IQ than a frequency response chart tells us about the sound quality of a loudspeaker.
I have access to the ZA 135/1,8, don’t know anything about the ZA 85/1,4 and don’t know anything about the specs for either of these. But I DO know that the IQ from the 135/1,8 is stellar!
And the AF noise is almost never a problem for me, because I am shooting stills only.
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About the ZA 85/1,4 – as said, I haven’t used it myself, but I can’t recall having heard any negative criticisms about its IQ either.
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I used to have the ZA 85. The IQ was spectacular, except for the pretty high amount of lateral CA. Either way, the focus drive of both of the 85 and 135 need to be updated to SSM.
Sorry for the many posts.
Rob Wrote:
“They’re not really looking after the existing lineup …”
Really? Well, when learned about the updated 70-400/4-5,6 G SSM II and the soon to come updating of the 70-200/2,8 G SSM II lens, people instantly started to complain about this – Sony had better to fill in the holes in the lineup instead!
The usual: “Damn if you do, damn if you don’t.”
Even the kit lens has been upgraded, from 18-70/3,5-5,6 to 18-55 SAM and now to SAM II, and some other lenses too. Besides, I think that all Sony repacked Minolta lenses has received at least improved back lens AR to reduce problems with sensor reflections.
Finally, of course it is possible to put a fast and silent ring wave motor in a 135/1,8 lens. However, to make the AF fast it should ideally move ONE lens only, not most or all of them. Such a change would compromize the famous Zeiss IQ, and would of course require a complete redesign of the lens too.
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Don’t worry. Rob is just a troll who forgot that other brands do not even offer AF during video at all (wathever lens you use).
Not a troll Peter – just aware that the video capabilities of Sonys will be improving now that 4k tvs are becoming affordable, and mirrorless cameras will be manufactured by ALL major companies soon. Also, sensors will increase in resolution. The lenses should be better than their current incarnations – they might be “fine” for now, but they are indeed looking long in the tooth.
Welcome to the constraints of physics
Hi,
because of the big changes in Flickr since yesterday, here the direct link to all the Touit images :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/transcontinenta/collections/72157633431462820/
Rob van Keulen
The future is full of possibilities for the NEX platform and many are being promoted here on SAR.
No, it doesn’t make sense to spend big dollars on crop E-Mount lenses if you expect to purchase a full frame E-Mount body. Having said that, we all know that Nikon, Canon and Sony do sell lenses designed for crops so maybe that’s going to happen with the E-Mount also.
I think many posters confuse NEX with mirrorless and mirrorless with NEX and really don’t understand that future is mirrorless cameras that most likely will look more like the current DSLR than the small NEX design and will use the same mounts from Canon, Nikon, Sony etc. as are used today.
Um, no.
sorry: NEX will always be small – that is the whole point of going mirrorless. That is why I chose NEX over Canon and Nikon
Try again.
I’m sold! 🙂
The bokeh of 32 f/1.8 is abysmal, it’s even worse than sigma 30mm
I have to agree with that.
The bokeh is too harsh and noisy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/transcontinenta/8747199612/in/set-72157633416509707
I noticed the same, I think from this point of view it is outclassed by the Sony 35f18OSS…I’d like to see a direct comparation between the two.
Agreed… I’ve rarely seen such disgusting bokeh:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/transcontinenta/8714087076/in/set-72157633431906862/lightbox/
Most zeiss optics are busy like that, and many who love it.
If you find it harsh, it must be sharp then. Agree, it is expensive for a snapshot f/5.6 lens. I think the bokeh king is coming.
Zeiss lenses never were about bokeh. Get your facts straight.
What are you talking about?
They’re complaining about bokeh because they got nothing else to complain about.
no distance scale
Why are there no test shots with the NEX-6? So far, I see image samples either taken with NEX-7 or the NEX-5. Is the NEX-6 not a competitive camera to take images from a new lens offering?
I think all that is needed is a little patience… 🙂
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From what I gather, the NEX-6 is the NEX-5 with an integrated viewfinder and some upgraded controls, but substantially identical imaging components. I wouldn’t expect the -6 and -5 to perform differently when it comes to image quality.
The 6 has the same sensor as the 5R but I think the 5N has an older sensor
There really isn’t much of a difference. They all look the same. My nex-f3 looks just like my nex-6 pictures. The nex-7 may be the only one thats a litle different although when I had it I did not see that much of a difference in the way the pictures looked. So if you have a nex-6 then the pictures will look the same as they do on the cameras they use for testing the lens.
Well DxOmark does not agree with you on that…
I would think most people know by now Dxo’s scientific approach looks a certain way on paper but in real life things don’t always match up.
The NEX-7’s 24mp sensor is ‘less forgiving’ of lens defects, so might be the better camera to test with (unless you want to test the AF)
I’m sure it’s pronounced Twat.