News from Zeiss on Wednesday

[dirk]

News from Zeiss on Wednesday?

FYI

http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A8003B58B9?Open

looks like on December 21st, they want to announce something new...

If you look at the image in the background, you will see the text "handwritten":

"Millions of SLR photographers will soon discover a new dimension of photography"

So it has to do something with SLR

 

[leeming]

I'm holding my breath...

 

[roberto1]

> [Maybe something film-related and with C/Y mount? Should it be the case, I add it to my wish list Regards, Robert] >

 

[ulisse2000]

Let me try to make a forecast
Cosina was the manufacturer of Yashica FX-3 Super and Contax S2 and at the present is the manufacturer of the Zeiss Ikon rangefinder camera.
Contax brand is still unavailable ...
As most simple issue, they will present a "Cosina S2" marked Zeiss Ikon. C/Y mount of course.
Or, to be more close to the new Zeiss Ikon way, an S2 with Leica R mount ( named "ZR"? ;-) )
Or, again, will they continue to the Kyocera suicidal line with a new body, a new lens mount, a new system totally incompatible to the past?

Yes, I am holding breath too!

Regards,
Ulisse

 

[salim]

YAWWWWWWWWWWN!
What's the point when all the film companies are going out of business. What made zeiss special was that they were ahead of the game at the time with their innovative coating and lens designs. The game is changed now and it's about innovative digital design and circuitry which has given canon the edge. Unless they start making lenses for canon, anything they do is only for a select film diehards and collectors.

 

[jsmisc]

Thanks Dirk,
I do hope we are going to be saying "Yippee!"
Please Father Christmas could we have a digital Cosina and C/Y, (as suggested by Ulisse) S2?...
P.S. full frame

 

[leeming]

I don't know how well Leica DMR sells (anyone has idea?). If it is good then I'd agree C/Y mount is within possiblity. Although at this fast pacing in photo industry it is hard to imagine anything that is not digital or AF to be claimed "new dimension"... OK granted I'm a fervent N supporter/prisoner and I'm dreaming a N mount DSLR. Not that ND is not good, it's just I want to see the blood line being continued.

This ambiguous news shipped me back to 20 years ago, when I was eagerly guessing my Christmas gift a week before the day. Just for this I should thank Zeiss...

 

[antiochus66]

cosina digital slr with N mount zeiss lens and
10 million pixel dalsa 35mm full frame sensor...

or digital rangefinder version of zeiss ikon film camera with more lens and 8 million pixel aps size sensor...

 

[ngowlland]

Who said "all the film companies are going out of business"? Some, yes, like Agfa but Ilford is back and there are a number of East European companies doing well. How many companies making digital equipment have fallen by the wayside? I'm no specialist but Kyocera is an obvious ex&le. Does that mean digital is on its way out? I think it quite possible that film will still be around when the current digital technology is replaced. How long was it before CD technology was replaced? After all, you have to keep the shareholders happy. Pity about the consumer.

With luck, Zeiss will anounce the SLR equivalent of the Zeiss Ikon (same branding?) M-mount rangefinder, hopefully with a body the size of the 167MT, using the C/Y mount. No autofocus. Aperture priority and manual with centre-weighted and spot metering. I hope I am not just dreaming!

 

[ngowlland]

> [Am I the only one on this forum who would find the introduction of yet > another digital camera very boring?

Who said "all the film companies are going out of business"? Agfa yes, but Ilford is back and a number of East European companies are doing well. Film will remain a niche product, of course, but I feel it will still be around for quite a few years yet and certainly when current digital technology is replaced. How long did the original CD technology last? And anyway, how many companies producing digital equipment have fallen by the wayside? I'm no specialist but an obvious ex&le is Kyocera. Does that mean the end of digital?

Personally, I hope that Wednesday's news will be the SLR equivalent of the Zeiss Ikon (Cosina) M-mount. I hope the body will be the size of the 167MT with C/Y mount (no autofocus of course) and aperture priority and manual, centre-weighted and spot metering.

It's probably a dream but if it isn't, I would be very tempted - which I wouldn't be by yet another digital offering.]