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CARL ZEISS fuck yeah? Anonymous
Carl Zeiss has confirmed that the mysterious 'ZE' mount it will start making lenses for is the Canon EF mount. Initially the company will make its Planar T* 50mm and 85mm F1.4 manual focus lenses available. Both will be available by the end of 2008. The range of lenses in the Canon mount will be expanded in future.

>> Recommended retail price of both lenses:
>> Planar T* 1.4/50 ZE
>> € 579 (incl. 19% German VAT)
>> $ 660

>> Planar T* 1.4/85 ZE
>> € 999 (incl. 19% German VAT)
>> $ 1,170

50/1.4 planar at $600? FUCK YEAH WANT
>> Anonymous
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>> Project !dashI8UpO.
How will it be better than Canon's 50mm f/1.4? Still sharp wide open I presume?
>> Anonymous
>>254748

epic CZ bokeh, color, contrast, build quality, CARL ZEISS FUCK YEAH, cromab control
>> Anonymous
>>254748

the Sigma 50/1.4 has completely changed the standards of 50s

so you really have to want the Zeiss because it costs more and doesn't autofocus at all
>> Anonymous
>>254752
The target audience of this lens is people who want a lens with a Zeiss logo, not anyone who actually takes pictures. It will sell.
>> Anonymous
>>254748
There's no 50/1.4 in production that's sharp at f/1.4. Sigma's new xbox huge 50mm comes closest, but it's still noticeably softer wide open than at f/2.
>> Anonymous
>>254761

i can't find the website, it was posted on DPR, but the sigma 50 is sharper than the zeiss
>> Anonymous
>>254763
That's what I was talking about. Of all fifties, the Sigma is the sharpest at f/1.4, but it's still very, very far from being perfect.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
*mutters something about sony*
>> Herbie !!s1ksehRmCZk
>>254761
There are plenty of lenses that are sharp enough wide open at f/1.4. Don't look at MTF charts, don't read fucking reviews. Use the lens and tell me that wide open the image quality is unacceptable. Any 50/1.4 from Nikon, Canon, Pentax, Minolta, etc is going to be as sharp as you need it to be wide open.
>> Anonymous
>>254785
What are YOU doing in this thread, Butterfly? Sony's own 50/1.4 is one of the worse 50/1.4s out there, and Zeiss doesn't make a 50/1.4 for the Alpha mount.
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WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW?

A LEICA NOCTILUX 50mm f0.95!!

Of course it costs over £6000...
>> Anonymous
>>254745

fapping at the speed of light