Category Archives: Zeiss

Zeiss Touit lenses sample images

By PR admin | Published: May 31, 2013

The new Zeiss Touit lenses for Fuji X mount are already shipping. Foto Hans Keuzekamp just received their first shipment and sent me few sample images that can be viewed on flickr:

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Updated Zeiss roadmap hints for a new line of lenses

By PR admin | Published: May 20, 2013

In a recent press event in Japan for the unveiling of the new Touit lenses, Zeiss showed an updated roadmap that in addition to the existing ZM, ZF/ZE/ZF.2, the not yet released high end DSLR and Touit lenses, also had a fifth unnamed product line marked with a question mark. Maybe this will be a new line of […]

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Zeiss Touit updates, sample images, new 50mm f/2.8 Macro coming in October (UPDATED)

By PR admin | Published: May 11, 2013

The new Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 and 32mm f/1.8 lenses are expected to start shipping in 6-8 weeks. B&H has also listed the 50mm f/2.8 Macro lens for X and E mounts that was announced at Photokina last year. The shipping date for now is October 1st: Few Touit 12mm f/2.8 sample images from Zeiss: Zeiss Touit 32mm […]

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Zeiss Touit lenses for Sony NEX and Fujifilm X mounts now available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: May 2, 2013

The new Zeiss Touit lenses are now available for pre-order: Fujifilm X mount Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8 Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Sony NEX mount Zeiss Touit 32mm f/1.8 Zeiss Touit 12mm f/2.8 Touit

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Zeiss reveals more details on the Touit 2.8/12 and 1.8/32 mirrorless lenses

By PR admin | Published: April 30, 2013

Zeiss published additional details on their Touit 2.8/12 and Touit 1.8/32 mirrorless lenses for Sony NEX and Fujifilm X cameras. You can now download the official brochures and data sheets for each of the new lenses. Few sample images are also available.  The official name of the mirrorless lens product line will be Touit:

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Canon, Zeiss and Sony at the 2013 NAB show

By PR admin | Published: April 3, 2013

The 2013 NAB show will take place in Las Vegas from April 6-11. Here are some of the new announcements for the show: Canon announced the development of a 35mm prime lens – their sixth lens in their cinema line Canon announced XA25 ($2,699) and XA20 ($2,199) camcorders that feature a 20x HD zoom lens, simultaneous […]

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Carl Zeiss has plans for new 85mm and a wide angle f/1.4 high-end lenses

By PR admin | Published: February 15, 2013

In the above video, Carl Zeiss representative confirmed the company’s plans for new high-end 85mm and a wide angle f/1.4 lenses similar to the Distagon T* 1,4/55 (fast forward to the 1:15 mark). This is how the new product line was described few months ago: “This is about lenses for full-frame (36x24mm) SLR cameras with manual focusing capability. This family of lenses […]

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Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 1,4/55: “the best fast 50mm ever”

By PR admin | Published: February 15, 2013

Carl Zeiss published a new interesting video on their upcoming Zeiss Distagon T* 1,4/55 lens which is supposed to be “the best fast 50mm ever“. The lens is specially designed for high resolution, full frame DSLR cameras and is expected to costs around 3,000 EUR. The new Distagon will be available in both Nikon and Canon mounts. Some more images of […]

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Few images from the Zeiss and Voigtländer lenses shown at the 2013 CP+ show in Japan

By PR admin | Published: February 3, 2013

The new Zeiss Distagon 55mm f/1.4 lens (click on images for larger view): Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 135mm f/2 lens ($2,122.00):

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News from the first day of the CP+ show in Japan

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2013

New Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 lens for Micro Four Thirds: 23cm minimum focusing distance 1:4 magnification ratio No aspherical element New Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 ZA SSM lens for Sony A mount: 72mm filter size Circular aperture diaphragm 9 optical elements in 8 groups 45cm minimum focusing distance Olympus had a teaser for their E-P3 […]

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