GALLERY: All the New Zeisses
Zeiss ZM Distagon T* 18mm ƒ/4
Zeiss ZM C Biogon T* 21mm ƒ/4.5These two Zeiss ZM lenses fit Leica M-mount. Made for the Zeiss Ikon, they cover the full 24x36mm 35mm frame and will also potentially fit most if not all Leicas, including the new M8; the M-mount Cosina Voigtlander cameras; the Hexar RF; the Epson RD-1; and other M-mount cameras. (Possible camera-lens matching restrictions due to issues such as protruding elements are unknown at this time.)
Zeiss ZF Distagon T* 35mm ƒ/2
Zeiss ZF Makro-Planar 50mm ƒ/2
Zeiss ZF Makro-Planar 100mm ƒ/2
Zeiss ZF Distagon T* 25mm ƒ/2.8These Zeiss ZF lenses are full-frame lenses for Nikon F-mount cameras, including both film and digital SLRs. I believe the 25mm is the only carry-over from the old Contax line. The 35mm ƒ/2 is all-new, and marks the first time in decades that a Zeiss lens of this specification has been available for SLR cameras. The 100mm ƒ/2 Makro-Planar is especially significant, in that it marks the first time that one of Zeiss's famous Arri lenses, made for the Arriflex industrial movie cameras, has migrated to a 35mm/DSLR mount. The Arri/Zeisses are both renowned and prized in the film industry. Finally, the only other 50mm ƒ/2 macro I'm aware of was the Olympus OM Zuiko, a true sleeper of a lens that had spectacularly high performance.
Finally, there are three Zeiss ZV "Classic" chrome lenses in Hasselblad CF mount:
Zeiss ZV Makro-Planar T* 120mm ƒ/4
Zeiss ZV Distagon T* 50mm ƒ/4
Zeiss ZV Sonnar T* 180mm ƒ/4Posted by: MIKE JOHNSTON, hat tip to Oren
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11 Comments:
Just glancing, I doubt there will be any body-matching problems, because the 18mm is so retrofocus.
Very nice pieces but why a classic hasselblad range?
"...but why a classic hasselblad range?"
Good question....
--Mike
I don't quite get what the point is of the new Hasselblad lenses-- these lenses are already available in black versions. This is for the rich amateur who wants to have that classic chrome look, but wants to buy a new multicoated lens?
Besides the old OM 50/2, there is a ZuikoDigital 50/2 macro (slight reverse telephoto, concave front element) which performs extremely well.
scott
Thanks for the lens porn.
Maybe they know or suspect Hasselblad (Imacon, really) will discontinue the V series altogether in favor of the H series.
Hmmm. The 50mm ZV Distagon doesn't look like a FLE. Either they managed to get rid of the distance selector ring for the floating element (e.g. by coupling with the main focus ring), or they are using the older, pre-FLE design, which would be a significant step backwards in optical quality.
I don't get it.
Zeiss comes out with these fabulous looking lenses.......all predicated (seemingly) on classic 35mm focal lengths.....in a mount that doesn't, really, any longer support those focal lengths, since Nikon doesn't even make a full frame sensor camera. If they wanted to hit the ball out of the park, they'd have made these in Canon mount. Sheesh.
Ah, but you see, the Canon mount would've required electronics and interfacing with computers, both of which seem to be cuss-words for Zeiss. With the Nikon-mount all they had to do was fit in an aperture-ring. Mind you, these lenses don't work at all (well, no metering) in over half of Nikon's current digital bodies. But I still wanted that 50/2macro. Until I saw that it only does 1:2magnification, so it's a no-go for me anyways. Oh well. Keeps the missus happy.
I don't know about that "cuss-words" comment. All I'm hoping for is that the optics for those ZF lenses some how end up in the new ZA mounts. The 100/2 and the 35/2 would be sweet. Instead of waiting for a good condition, decently priced, used Minolta 35/2 to show up, I'd gladly take a revamped and multicoated-for-digital Zeiss-designed prime any day of the week. Although between this, the Sigma 30/1.4 and the 28/2 that I already have, perhaps I'll have too many "normal" lenses. Wait... is it possible to have "too many" normal lenses?
"Wait... is it possible to have "too many" normal lenses?"
You already know the answer to that, but I'll answer it anyway: No.
--Mike
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