(SR3) New Zeiss lens to be released at Photokina?
Following rumor is not from our sources so take it easy! It could be true it could be wrong!
At Dyxum forum member with the nickname “boyanphotography” affirms that “Today I talked to the Zeiss guy at IBC, and he told me that at Photokina they will launch the full MF line of lenses for A-mount (18mm all the way to 100mm (including the 50 1.4), they start with bringing the 100 macro on the market at beginning 2011).
Also, he said Zeiss/Sony will release a new lens at Photokina (besides the 24)!!!
He said he couldn’t tell me what lens, though he said it’s a very big one 
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Could this be the CZ 200mm?”
We remind you that those are the current Manual Focus lenses from Zeiss:
Distagon T* 3,5/18
Distagon T* 2,8/21
Distagon T* 2/28
Distagon T* 1,4/35
Distagon T* 2/35
Planar T* 1,4/50
Makro-Planar T* 2/50
Planar T* 1,4/85
Makro-Planar T* 2/100
In the meanwhile Kurtmunger noticed that the new Zeiss 24mm lens “does not appear anywhere on their site as of 21:44, 9/12/10 EST. Apparently, Sony’s US website was down on Saturday for maintenance(?) As I was trying to update some links to the CZ 24mm F/2 lens I noticed it was gone on the Carl Zeiss lens page. Could it be a mistake? Or is Sony having troubles again? Since last week, Sony has very quietly pulled the A560, A580 and CZ 24mm F/2 from their US website, I’m not sure about other places. Very strange actions here. I remember the date when the CZ 16-80mm was promised, and it ended up being released six months late. ” BHphoto is still taking preorders (approx. arrival November)
UPDATE: The Sony 24mm lens in available for preorder in all other worldwide sonystyle stores. Very likely it’s just a Sony US mistake…
ABB
3 years ago |One of the reason why people buy Sony is that it has AF on Zeiss. How many will buy these MF?
I would like to see an AF version of 100/f2 macro anyway.
Sahaja
3 years ago |One of the reasons people buy Sony is because of the Zeiss lenses. The lack of availability of some of these Zeiss lenses in A mount is also one reason why some people who want Zeiss lenses do not buy Sony. On Alpha cameras these will be stabilized.
MF has its place – for one thing completly silent with video. Why are manual focus Zeiss and Nikon lenses popular on Canon cameras for shooting video?
- C
Panfruit
3 years ago |Give me an AF lens any day, and if I want to manually focus it I’ll switch to MF.
ABB
3 years ago |A good AF lens can do what MF lens could do.
If I demand a lens with MF function, I can switch the AF to MF, manually.
But no vice versa.
You ask why Z and N lenses are popular in C’s system?
It’s because within the same price range they offer the better one.
You use MF because it’s a joy to use, not because of its function.
Michael
3 years ago |Sony’s websites are notoriously inaccurate and incomplete. The mentioned 16-80 was missing on the German Sony site for about half a year after it was released and sold there. Also currently on sonystyle.de, the 28-75 is listed as “standard fixed focal length”. If you’re looking for it under zooms, you won’t find it.
So what does it mean when something is listed or missing on the Sony websites? Absolutely nothing.
hanugro
3 years ago |It might be they are running low on pre-order stock so have to pull it out temporarily.
Edgars
3 years ago |For macro work AF is mostly unused feature.
hanugro
3 years ago |They should put SSM on it. CZ lens deserves SSM even though in-body motor is fast enough for primes.
Bart Pelgrim
3 years ago |It has SSM, look at the picture.
Sky_walker
3 years ago |Wohoho! This would be outstanding! MF primes from Zeiss + A55 EVF with zoom function… oh yea!
Big AF zeiss? this can be something very curious
Though I’d prefer 50mm prime (whatever f/1.4 or f/1.2 (f/0.95?! 
) )
Sahaja
3 years ago |Some people like 180mm or 200mm for tight portraits on full frame – also could be a makro.
Sahaja
3 years ago |> “I’d prefer 50mm prime (whatever f/1.4 or f/1.2)”
If history is anything to go by, slower Zeiss Planar lenses are better in IQ terms than the faster ones. e.g. 100mm f3.5 Planar on Hasselblad is better than 80mm f2.8 and on Rollieflex the f3.5 Planar was better than the f2.8 Planar – unless you needed the extra half a stop.
I’m interested in the f2 Macro Planar for copy work. For me the high ISOs available with digital cameras make wide apertures even less of a requirement. But some are obsessed with narrow depth of field – or always shooting wide open.
kb
3 years ago |hmm… idk. i find it hard to believe they would pull a lens. although i welcome the full MF line and a 200mm zeiss.
GH
3 years ago |Using Sony websites as an indication of anything regarding camera and lens stock is usually a mistake.
Brett
3 years ago |“Also, he said Zeiss/Sony will release a new lens at Photokina (besides the 24)!!!”
“Besides the 24″ means “as well as” not “instead of”!
Don’t be reading more into things than there are.
Don’t be starting false rumors now!
Din
3 years ago |Probably the Zeiss 14mm f/2.8
Magnus Fröderberg
3 years ago |Big one = 500/4
Sky_walker
3 years ago |oh yea, good point, I totally forgot about it. It’s 500mm Sony G lens.
I really hope they gonna release some more lenses though… if not MF Zeiss than perhaps 16-80 successor, or 17-55 f/2.8???
Avi
3 years ago |Sony Canada shows the 24 f/2 on their site.
http://www.sonystyle.ca:80/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?categoryId=1000747&storeId=20153&langId=200&catalogId=100803&N=4294960170
Ayan
3 years ago |Cool, Sony CA mentions 24 f2 as zoom lens.
mugen
3 years ago |Zeiss 500mm sounds stupid
Sahaja
3 years ago |I think what was mentioned is 200mm Zeiss. The 500mm is Sony G.
mugen
3 years ago |Yes, but the title was updated with some info about Sony/Zeiss 500mm and now is changed
admin
3 years ago |Sorry Mugen. We made a mistake with copy and paste! We rmeoved the text afte few minutes
mugen
3 years ago |No problem
Panfruit
3 years ago |MF Zeiss lenses == yawn.
Panfruit
3 years ago |And CR3 for a shaky source? Isn’t that score a bit high?
admin
3 years ago |Maybe you are right. Anyway I heard form other new sources that new lenses are coming. I will tell you more about tomorrow…
Panfruit
3 years ago |An AF Zeiss macro — now that would be wicked.
Or even an updated Sony 100mm macro, something more competitive with Nikon and Canon offerings — also would be nice. 200mm macro just seems like way out there stuff of dreams.
Sky_walker
3 years ago |good… good… new lenses ^_^
Fredrik
3 years ago |The reason for the delay of the A560/580 could be for the massive demand of the NEX-cameras, at least that is the explanation I read somewhere. This could possibly affect the CZ lens as well.