Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/09/13

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Subject: [Leica] Zeiss 35mm f/1.4 ZM Distagon rumor
From: richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)
Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 12:28:47 -0700
References: <CAJ3Pgh5AVvEGvWNeZt2GZfaqHiF5ukifmnfpEZqcZVmAapOtTg@mail.gmail.com> <6209D16F-2EC1-415D-A364-C2A8201D5044@gmail.com>

Sounds like they actually use a Distagon design!

On Sat, Sep 13, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Henning Wulff <hjwulff at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom Abrahamsson just got back from Japan and a visit to the Cosina
> factory, where he saw, among other things, the Zeiss 35/1.4 ZM. It was
> still in pre production, so the performance might not have been what will
> be, but he said the lens is very large; half way between a Noctilux and a
> Summilux FLE. That makes it decidedly uninteresting for me, no matter what
> the performance. Hopefully this can also be addressed before production
> begins, since otherwise that makes it decidedly uninteresting for me, no
> matter what the performance.
>
> Henning
>
>
>
> On 2014-09-05, at 1:48 PM, Paul Roark <roark.paul at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> http://leicarumors.com/2014/09/04/a-new-zeiss-distagon-351-4-zm-lens-leica-m-mount-to-be-announced-for-photokina.aspx/
> >
> >
> > If true, this is interesting.  I hope they have designed this one to be
> > compatible with both the Leica M and Sony a7r.  I'll be more interested
> in
> > putting money into an optic that can serve both bodies than just one.
> >
> > Paul
> > www.PaulRoark.com
> >
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