Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Zeiss lenses that Kyocera made for their cameras were made under license, but it has been widely reported that the conditions were staggering. They had to pay Zeiss for a full QC staff from Germany to be on site! That couldn't be cheap, but damn the lenses were good. Don't know if that has changed. And anyway, who makes Sony lenses, or Panasonic for that matter? -----Original Message----- From: John McMaster Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 11:54 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Zeiss for Fuji Not sure, there is also the 24mm for NEX On 9/05/2013, at 4:50 PM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > I thought those lenses were manufactured by Sony under license from Zeiss. > They make only MF offerings for Nikon/Canon, that I know. > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:16 AM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > wrote: > >> They have made AF lenses for the Sony DSLR range for a few years >> >> John >> >> On 9/05/2013, at 4:44 PM, "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> 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 >>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ >>>> >>>> YNWA >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 9, 2013, at 5:48 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>>> >>>>> 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/ >>>>>> >>>>>> YNWA >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This e-mail was checked for spam by the freeware edition of CleanMail. >>> The freeware edition is restricted to personal and non-commercial use. >>> You can remove this notice by purchasing a commercial license: >>> http://antispam.byteplant.com/products/cleanmail/index.html >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This e-mail was checked for spam by the freeware edition of CleanMail. > The freeware edition is restricted to personal and non-commercial use. > You can remove this notice by purchasing a commercial license: > http://antispam.byteplant.com/products/cleanmail/index.html _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information