Category Archives: Zeiss

Zeiss to announce one more lens for Photokina: Distagon 35/1.4 ZM (Leica M mount)

By PR admin | Published: September 9, 2014

Zeiss updated their lens teaser for Photokina – there is still one more lens to be announced in the next few days: Distagon 35/1.4 ZM for Leica M mount.

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Zeiss Otus 1.4/85 lens officially announced

By PR admin | Published: September 8, 2014

The Zeiss Otus 1.4/85 lens is now officially announced and available for pre-order for Nikon and Canon mount. Here is some additional information: Sample photo:

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Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 Apo Planar T* lens to be announced tomorrow (US price: $4,490)

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2014

Tomorrow Zeiss will announce their new Otus 85mm f/1.4 Apo Planar T* lens. The US price will be $4,490 ($500 more than the 55mm version).

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This is the new Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 lens

By PR admin | Published: September 5, 2014

I have ben reporting rumors on the Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4 lens since February 2013 and now we finally have the first picture of the new lens courtesy of digicame-info. The official announcement will be on September 8th. The US price will be $4,500.

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Confirmed: new Zeiss Otus 85/1.4 and Distagon 35/1.4 ZM lenses to be announced

By PR admin | Published: September 4, 2014

A quick update to my earlier post – Zeiss will announce at least two more new lenses at Photokina: Zeiss Otus 85/1.4 (ZE, ZF.2 mounts) Zeiss Distagon 35/1.4 ZM (Leica M mount) Stay tuned for additional details. Update: here is the first picture of the new Otus 85/1.4.

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Zeiss updated their Photokina teaser – more lenses to come

By PR admin | Published: September 3, 2014

Zeiss updated their Photokina teaser – we can now clearly see the two Loxia lenses that were already announced. There are at least two more lenses that are yet to be unveiled. I believe at least one of them will be a new 85mm f/1.4 Otus lens (a new 24mm f/1.4 Otus is also a possibility). Zeiss may also introduce their […]

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Sony QX1 camera and two new full frame E-mount lenses leaked

By PR admin | Published: September 2, 2014

In addition to the XQ1 lens camera module (the official announcement is tomorrow), Sony will also announce two new lenses at Photokina: a new Zeiss Vario-Tessar 16-35mm f/4.0 ZA OSS FE that will be priced at 1,350 EUR (US price will be lower) and will start shipping at the end of October. The second lens will be […]

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Zeiss Loxia 2/35 and Loxia 2/50 lenses officially announced

By PR admin | Published: September 2, 2014

Update: B&H is currently taking pre-orders for the new lenses (including lens hoods and de-click key). Zeiss officially their two new Loxia manual focus lenses designed for full frame mirrorless cameras (only the Sony a7 as of today): The Loxia 2/35 will cost $ 1,299.00, the Loxia 2/50 will be $ 949.00. Sample images from the two new lenses can be […]

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First picture and specs of the rumored Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2.0 Planar and 35mm f/2.0 Biogon full frame manual focus lens *UPDATED*

By PR admin | Published: August 28, 2014

As I previously reported, the first two Zeiss Loxia full frame manual focus lenses will be 35mm f/2 and 50mm f/2. Here is the first leaked picture of the Zeiss Loxia 50mm f/2.0 Planar lens and the rumored specifications: Update – this is the Zeiss Loxia 35mm f/2.0 Biogon full frame E-mount lens: Update – here […]

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Zeiss to release two new Loxia full frame manual focus lenses: 35mm f/2 and 50mm f/2

By PR admin | Published: August 26, 2014

I received some additional information on the upcoming Zeiss Loxia manual focus lenses specially designed for full frame mirrorless cameras – the first two models that will be announced at Photokina this year will be 35mm f/2 and 50mm f/2. Stay tuned for additional details.

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New Zeiss Photokina teaser, “Loxia” manual focus lenses for full frame mirrorless cameras expected

By PR admin | Published: August 25, 2014

Zeiss has a new Photokina teaser on their blog – it looks like they will be announcing several new lenses. The lens on the top left seems to be for a mirrorless camera, while the big lens on the lower left I think is the new Otus (see Photokina 2014 rumors roundup).

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Photokina 2014 rumors roundup *UPDATED*

By PR admin | Published: August 24, 2014

Update: this post has been updated multiple times to reflect the latest Photokina rumors. As you have probably already noticed, I do not post every single rumor that circulates on the Internet for the very simple reason that many websites just post unreliable information and in many cases just plain nonsense. Here is a quick recap […]

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