Category Archives: Zeiss

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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RIP Zeiss Ikon film rangefinder camera

By PR admin | Published: December 7, 2012

After the silver Zeiss Ikon film rangefinder camera ($1,600) was discontinued earlier this year, today Zeiss entirely stopped the manufacturing of all versions the Ikon. It seems that Zeiss has no plans to introduce a digital rangefinder like the Leica M in the near future. In addition to the Leica M7 and MP, Voigtländer also still produces several different classic film rangefinder […]

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Seven new full frame DSLR lenses will start shipping in the next 30 days

By PR admin | Published: November 10, 2012

Several new and interesting full frame DSLR lenses will start shipping at the end of November/beginning of December: Zeiss The new Zeiss Distagon T* 2,8/15 and Apo Sonnar T* 2/135 lenses will be available from December 2012 onwards. Zeiss Distagon T* 2,8/15 lens technical data: Focal length 15 mm Aperture range f/2.8 -22 Number of lens elements/groups 15/12 Focusing range:  […]

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Zeiss lenses for mirrorless compact system cameras to start shipping in Spring

By PR admin | Published: October 27, 2012

At the last day of PhotoPlus Expo in New York Zeiss showed mockups of their new lenses for mirrorless compact system cameras. Shipping is expected to start in Spring (previous reports indicated shipping in Summer) starting with the 2.8/12mm, 1.8/32mm and 2.8/50mm macro lenses for Sony NEX and Fujifilm X-Pro cameras. All new Zeiss mirrorless lenses will […]

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Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/12, Planar T* 1.8/32 lenses for Fuji XF and Sony E mounts

By PR admin | Published: September 22, 2012

During Photokina Carl Zeiss announced their plans to produce lenses for Sony NEX and Fuji XF mirrorless cameras. Here are few images of the first prototypes that are on display at the show. First, the Zeiss Distagon T* 2.8/12 lens for Fuji XF mount:

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Zeiss announces new SLR lens family for high-resolution full frame DSLR cameras

By PR admin | Published: September 19, 2012

After the 50mm f/1.4, 135mm f/2 and a new set of mirroress lenses, Zeiss made another big announcements at Photokina today: they are introducing a new high-end SLR lens product line specially designed for high resolution, full frame DSLR cameras with resolution more than 30MP (Nikon D800, D800E):

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Zeiss to produce lenses for Sony NEX and Fuji XF mirrorless system cameras

By PR admin | Published: September 18, 2012

Zeiss announced on their blog plans to produce lenses for Sony NEX and Fuji XF mirrorless cameras. The first three lenses currently in development are 2.8/12, 1.8/32 and 2.8/50 macro. What to expect: All new Zeiss mirrorless lenses will have autofocus Zeiss lenses for X-mount will have also a manual aperture setting Priced at around EUR 1,000 […]

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Sony announced new Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 ZA SSM lens

By PR admin | Published: September 12, 2012

Sony announced the development of a new Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 ZA SSM full frame lens (Alpha mount) that is scheduled to be released in Spring of 2013. The filter size will be 72mm as you can see from the picture above. No other information is available at this point.

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New: Zeiss Apo Sonnar T* 2/135 lens

By PR admin | Published: September 7, 2012

After revealing their Photokina plans yesterday, Zeiss announced a new Apo Sonnar T* 2/135 lens that will start shipping in December 2012 for $2.000 (€1.600). As usual, the lens will be available for F mount (ZF.2) and EF mount (ZE). US price will be $2,122. The technical specs are: Focal length 135mm Aperture range f/2 -22 […]

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