Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/10/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Zeiss' 'Compact Prime' lenses are compact in the sense that a Hummer is a 'compact truck' and a storage container that a large truck delivers to your house and removes it after you fill it is 'portable'. They are the cine versions of their regular lenses. They might?? produce truly compact lenses, but their focus lately has been much more on higher quality than size restraint; eg, the 55 Distagon. On 2013-10-25, at 6:13 AM, Akhil Lal <alal at poly.edu> wrote: > I had posted this link earlier. > > Early reports on using RF wideangles - based on pre-production bodies, I > assume - are not promising, let's see how production samples of the A7/r > fare with these lenses. > > CZ will be releasing lenses for the FE mount, they will not say which > ones. My sense is that they may be leaning towards a new line of compact > prime lenses. In the meantime, the current range of ZE lenses will fit on > FE bodies with the metabones adapter. > > If anyone on the list has the metabones EOS -> NEX smart adapter, please > let us know how well AF confirmation works. > > > > On Thu, 24 Oct 2013, Frank Filippone wrote: > >> I do not know who the guy is or if his reputation and results should be >> trusted, but here are some first images of the Leica lenses on the A7 >> body.. >> >> >> >> http://www.ronscheffler.com/techtalk/?p=224 >> >> >> >> Frank Filippone >> >> Red735i at verizon.net >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > Henning Wulff henningw at archiphoto.com