Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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