Ivar B Posted February 18 Share #1 Posted February 18 Advertisement (gone after registration) Zeiss will on February 25 launch a new series of lenses and I see it is speculated that this will be a relaunch of the superb Otus lenses. If so, will they be avaiable in L-mount? I would be surprised if this should turn out to be the case. I see several Chinese lens makers offer L-mount lenses and will have obtained a license from Leica, but Zeiss Otus will be head on with the Leica APO-lenses. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LD_50 Posted February 18 Share #2 Posted February 18 If they’re large, manual focus lenses for a Sony they’re not much competition for the SL APO lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivar B Posted February 18 Author Share #3 Posted February 18 2 hours ago, LD_50 said: If they’re large, manual focus lenses for a Sony they’re not much competition for the SL APO lenses. Agreed, but if they should turn out to be autofocus and L-mount, they will be. Maybe mounts will be limited to Sony, Nikon and Canon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlaing Posted February 18 Share #4 Posted February 18 I doubt it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf_ZG Posted February 18 Share #5 Posted February 18 I would buy them, depending of the price ofcourse. Loved the rendering of the Zeiss lenses. AF isn’t important to me, but then, this should be reflected in the price. Especially curious about the 85 and 28. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD_50 Posted February 18 Share #6 Posted February 18 4 hours ago, Ivar B said: Agreed, but if they should turn out to be autofocus and L-mount, they will be. Maybe mounts will be limited to Sony, Nikon and Canon. I don’t think they have any history of producing high quality autofocus lenses. The Otus line was all manual focus, as was Milvus. So I don’t imagine they would be strong competitors to SL native lenses. If they’re all MF they’d be good alternatives to M lenses on L mount. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivar B Posted February 19 Author Share #7 Posted February 19 Advertisement (gone after registration) 14 hours ago, LD_50 said: I don’t think they have any history of producing high quality autofocus lenses. The Otus line was all manual focus, as was Milvus. So I don’t imagine they would be strong competitors to SL native lenses. If they’re all MF they’d be good alternatives to M lenses on L mount. The Batis lenses are autofocus and I have not seen anything but praise for the quality of these lenses, but as far as I know they are only available for Sony. We will see soon what happens next, but since Zeiss has already startet a large advertising campaign, there must be something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardC Posted February 19 Share #8 Posted February 19 16 hours ago, LD_50 said: I don’t think they have any history of producing high quality autofocus lenses. They do, but it's always with a partner. Sony is the most recent, but Zeiss also sold high-quality AF lenses with Kyocera (Contax). 1 hour ago, Ivar B said: The Batis lenses are autofocus and I have not seen anything but praise for the quality of these lenses, but as far as I know they are only available for Sony. That's the thing. They got lots of praise, but that was when Sony had a weak lens lineup. There were few high-quality native options for Sony. That's not the case anymore, with Sony improving their offer and Sigma selling outstanding mirrorless lenses. Plus, Sony isn't the only mirrorless brand anymore. Let's hope that these new lenses are available for more than one lens mount. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smogg Posted February 19 Share #9 Posted February 19 https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/leaked-zeiss-otus-ml-85mmf1-4-and-otus-ml-50mmf1-4/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardC Posted February 19 Share #10 Posted February 19 It is disappointing if that's all there is: manual focus 50/1.4 and 85/1.4. It's not 2012 anymore, the high resolution market has moved-on. Landscape photographers have traded their D800s and A7Rs for medium format bodies. I'm sure these are great lenses, the kind that a fool like me would enjoy if they were available in L mount, but who else wants these? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotar Posted February 19 Share #11 Posted February 19 vor 19 Stunden schrieb LD_50: If they’re all MF they’d be good alternatives to M lenses on L mount. ... they are even the better alternative, because of the automatic aperture and the open aperture metering 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotar Posted February 19 Share #12 Posted February 19 I've been using Zeiss on the SL for a long time - Milvus as a baby-Otus, because I want to have it in the best quality and also manageable and in classic-line with character, I wonder why Leica doesn't offer manual lenses for the SL itself ... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/419345-zeiss-otus/?do=findComment&comment=5759934'>More sharing options...
Biotar Posted February 19 Share #13 Posted February 19 So there is no need to wait ... The ZE version of Otus has been working on the L-mount for some time now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LD_50 Posted February 19 Share #14 Posted February 19 34 minutes ago, Biotar said: I've been using Zeiss on the SL for a long time - Milvus as a baby-Otus, because I want to have it in the best quality and also manageable and in classic-line with character, I wonder why Leica doesn't offer manual lenses for the SL itself ... They probably wouldn’t sell well enough to justify the effort. If they’re after maximum IQ, they already have large native AF lenses available. The size and weight savings from removing the AF probably doesn’t change enough to justify new lenses, given the already available M lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotar Posted February 19 Share #15 Posted February 19 No - there might be a Leica Apo in 1.4 or even 1.2 in the current size of the Lux - not possible with AF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MediaFotografie Posted February 19 Share #16 Posted February 19 vor 40 Minuten schrieb Biotar: So there is no need to wait ... The ZE version of Otus has been working on the L-mount for some time now. so you use an adaptor? Which one? Does it transfer data like aparture? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotar Posted February 19 Share #17 Posted February 19 Yes, it is the Sigma MC-21 for Canon-EF - it all works like a native L-mount. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biotar Posted February 19 Share #18 Posted February 19 vor 16 Minuten schrieb LD_50: They probably wouldn’t sell well enough to justify the effort. If they’re after maximum IQ, they already have large native AF lenses available. The size and weight savings from removing the AF probably doesn’t change enough to justify new lenses, given the already available M lenses. M lenses are not an alternative because you don't have automatic aperture control. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBJ2 Posted February 19 Share #19 Posted February 19 On 2/18/2025 at 6:07 AM, Ivar B said: Zeiss will on February 25 launch a new series of lenses and I see it is speculated that this will be a relaunch of the superb Otus lenses. If so, will they be avaiable in L-mount? I would be surprised if this should turn out to be the case. I see several Chinese lens makers offer L-mount lenses and will have obtained a license from Leica, but Zeiss Otus will be head on with the Leica APO-lenses. Thanks to the most recent Zeiss Otus ML leak, we know a lot more about these new Zeiss MF lenses currently leaked as available in E/RF/Z mounts. I think these MF lenses would make for a desirable pairing with both Leica SL system and Panasonic S1x system cameras aka L-mount. https://www.sonyalpharumors.com/leaked-zeiss-otus-ml-85mmf1-4-and-otus-ml-50mmf1-4/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf_ZG Posted February 19 Share #20 Posted February 19 There are many, many good lenses available at the moment. To me, there are two main criteria, not necessarily in the same lens: - weather proof: here Leica shines, but Panasonic is good as well - rendering: the Lux is sublime, original zooms very good. The sigma 85mm disappointing (to me). So a zeiss 85 would have a chance. Portraits only. Price is fair to me, but I am not interested in using adapters, so they have to make it L-mount. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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