To me the interesting stuff: Yes, the lenses will come from Cosina.
Three other interesting points. They said Zeiss will set up its own distribution companies rather than going through existing ones. They said that the lenses will be priced comparably with similar Nikon lenses. And they said that some new lenses will be coming that were never available in Contax mount. Two that are shown are a 60mm f/2 Makro-Planar and a 28mm f/2 Distagon. I think this will be the first true macro lens with an f/2 aperture.
Bob On Jan 17, 2006, at 7:11 PM, danilo wrote:
from here: http://www.zeiss.com/de/photo/home_e.nsf "So along with the ZF line, we are also introducing "ZS" lenses. Carl Zeiss ZS lenses come with the same optics as the ZF line; only the mount is different. ZS has the M-42 screw mount, the one that used to be called the "Universal SLR mount." We don't think the M-42 screw mount is going to take the market by storm, but it has a unique advantage: there are M-42 adapters available for any SLR bayonet mounts, including Canon EOS and FD. So you can adapt a ZS lens onto any 35 mm SLRs (and many other applications as well) if you crave the optical characteristics of this lens line and are willing to get along without the convenience functions of recent lenses. " bye danilo
