Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]AFAIK only the ZM 15mm Distagon and ZM 85mm Sonnar were made in Germany, others may be designed there but built in Japan. john ________________________________________ I wonder if the internal politics of Zeiss involves keeping the German ZM pipeline in business. I hope they can stretch the 21mm to a design that works on the Sony. (I'm not sure if I'm going to try another WATE attempt.) Paul www.PaulRoark.com On Tue, Sep 2, 2014 at 12:50 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> wrote: > So releasing the same two focal lengths as the only ones as Sony has ;-) > > john > > -----Original Message----- > > > http://www.zeiss.com/camera-lenses/en_de/camera_lenses/loxia/loxia235.html > > Zeiss is, in effect, updating the ZM 35 f/2 Biogon and 50 f/2 Planar for > the a7. The 35 adds an ASPH; the 50 looks like a carbon copy of the ZM 50 > design. The manual focus and classic designs might appeal to some of us. > It'll be interesting to hear how (or if) they've managed to avoid the ray > angle issues with these designs. > > Paul > www.PaulRoark.com > >