Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/08

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Subject: [Leica] OT: Zeiss for Fuji
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 10:15:02 +0530
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Zeiss has totally reinvented itself as a premium lens maker for other
systems. It was only a matter of time before AF entered the mix, especially
for the CSC market where I doubt they can even make a single sale without
it.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> I find this interesting mainly because it is the first case of a high-end
> lens maker making AF lenses for a new system like Fuji X. It certainly
> shows a level of commitment to the system.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
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> YNWA
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> On May 9, 2013, at 5:48 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
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> > Brilliant - that 12mm looks tempting! Though I must confess that Fuji
> > lenses are probably just as good and cost a fraction of what the Zeiss
> will
> > cost....
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Interesting, I did not realize that the lenses made by Zeiss for the
> Fuji
> >> X system were autofocus:
> >>
> >> http://blogs.zeiss.com/photo/en/?p=3542
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Nathan
> >>
> >> Nathan Wajsman
> >> Alicante, Spain
> >> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> >> http://www.greatpix.eu
> >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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> >> YNWA
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Replies: Reply from john at mcmaster.co.nz (John McMaster) ([Leica] OT: Zeiss for Fuji)
In reply to: Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] OT: Zeiss for Fuji)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] OT: Zeiss for Fuji)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] OT: Zeiss for Fuji)