Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All absolutely true, but Zeiss have mostly shown recently that the names are, well, just names. The ZM Biogons, for instance, are semi-retrofocus. Zeiss are obviously putting some substantial effort into design. They don't actually have that many names to choose from, unless they abandon cashing in on historical names with a reputation for quality. I think we can expect a lot of lenses with names that don't necessarily match historical established expectations. Leica has done that with the Summarits too. Marty > That's true Marty, but I wonder, as Mark did, why the lenses will be > Distagons. That's a wideangle lens design, and Zeiss made 50mm Distagons > for Hasselblad and Rollei medium format SLRs. I have a 50mm Distagon with > floating element (the CF-FLE version) for my Hasselblad, and it is a VERY > sharp lens, but it covers 6x6. For 35mm a Planar would be a better design > for a 55mm lens. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 9/8/12 2:55 AM, "Marty Deveney" <benedenia at gmail.com> wrote: > >>It's a ZF.2/ZE lens Mark - those are Nikon F CPU enabled (like Nikon >>Ai-P) and Canon EOS mount lenses, respectively. >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information