Milan_S Posted October 22, 2012 Share #81 Â Posted October 22, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) "pseudo-official" facebook answer, if someone had missed it, in regarding of someone asking for the new m lens:Â "Carl Zeiss Lenses Regarding your questions about the new ZM lens: In 2013, at least one fast lens with M bayonet will go on sale. But you'll have to be patient, we are not yet revealing anything more. Sorry :-) !" Â That was me it was a pity that they did not launched the new ZM lens at Photokina. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted October 22, 2012 Posted October 22, 2012 Hi Milan_S, Take a look here Zeiss promises a ZM "surprise" for Photokina. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
sector99 Posted October 22, 2012 Share #82 Â Posted October 22, 2012 2013 will bring "At least one fast M-Mount ZM lens". Â Let's put thinking caps on. What lens will this one replace? Â The answer may be the weakest ZM product line player in a key focal length domain. Â That seems to be the 50 f/1.5 Sonnar. Support for this view is the fact that its price has been raised well above other better performing players like the Planar & C-Biogons. Â Another possibility is a replacement for the laggard 28 f/2.8. Â But the best fit is the 50mm f/1.5 Sonnar. We can see the future price as placed well below the Leica 50AA with perhaps a close APO performance (Though this would be a departure for Zeiss). Â However Zeiss has acknowledged the CSC market in a big way and the new ZM (If it is the 50) would fit well as a portrait lens on those cameras. Â In any event we can all engage in fun speculation over Oktoberfest beers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 22, 2012 Share #83 Â Posted October 22, 2012 Great surprise. The surprise was there was nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 22, 2012 Share #84  Posted October 22, 2012 2013 will bring "At least one fast M-Mount ZM lens". Let's put thinking caps on. What lens will this one replace?  The answer may be the weakest ZM product line player in a key focal length domain.  That seems to be the 50 f/1.5 Sonnar. Support for this view is the fact that its price has been raised well above other better performing players like the Planar & C-Biogons.  Another possibility is a replacement for the laggard 28 f/2.8.  But the best fit is the 50mm f/1.5 Sonnar. We can see the future price as placed well below the Leica 50AA with perhaps a close APO performance (Though this would be a departure for Zeiss).  However Zeiss has acknowledged the CSC market in a big way and the new ZM (If it is the 50) would fit well as a portrait lens on those cameras.  In any event we can all engage in fun speculation over Oktoberfest beers.  The 50/1.5 ZM Sonnar was designed to draw in a specific way, in which it succeeded. I think it was a weird decision but I don't see Zeiss going back on that decision. The 28/2.8 Biogon is a superb lens and equal in every way to the Elmarit 28 other than size (it is a bit bigger). The Summicron ASPH 28 is superior but at a very different price point and maybe one of the finest Leica lenses in current production. Zeiss need to target a price/lens point that Leica currently don't. The ultra fast 35mm seems the obvious target - say a 35 f1 or f1.1 or maybe a 28 f1.2. If they had been really clever, they would reissue the 35-70 Vario Sonnar G in an RF coupled version for the M-240.  Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorianM Posted October 23, 2012 Share #85 Â Posted October 23, 2012 Â Let's put thinking caps on. What lens will this one replace? Â The answer may be the weakest ZM product line player in a key focal length domain. Â That seems to be the 50 f/1.5 Sonnar. Â If they do come up with yet another fast 50, I hope they keep the C Sonnar in place, it truly is a unique and exceedingly lovely lens. I'm not planning on selling mine despite getting the 50 Summilux asph, if that tells you anything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wlaidlaw Posted October 23, 2012 Share #86 Â Posted October 23, 2012 Economics and marketing common sense have not been a Zeiss strong point in recent years e.g. bringing out the new Ikon RF camera just as everyone else was going digital. I would not be at all surprised that when we see what they bring out, we all go: "WHAT??????" Â Wilson Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photomek Posted November 9, 2012 Share #87 Â Posted November 9, 2012 Advertisement (gone after registration) I've got a ZM 2,8/28 and a ZM 2/50 with my M8. Both are superb lenses, but often the 2,8 is not enough. The Summicron 2/28 is too expensive for me, so I would go crazy about a ZM 2/28, because I really like the focal length of 28mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angora Posted November 9, 2012 Share #88 Â Posted November 9, 2012 The ultra fast 35mm seems the obvious target - say a 35 f1 or f1.1 or maybe a 28 f1.2. I'd love to see that happen. Them working on a "difficult" lens design may explain why they planned announcement was delayed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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