Hi all,
So we have the not very surprising news; the new ZF lenses are Nikon F mount. I can see a small niche market for them, but still I am surprised; it seems a financial risk to say the least, Nikon F users are very keen on their Nikkors, why buy more expensive Zeiss lenses? but the real reason I ask If Carl Zeiss have finally lost the plot...M42 lenses,...are they mad? who on earth is going to pay several hundred pounds for new Zeiss lenses for their £40 Pentax spotmatic et al? surely Zeiss are just going to lose lots of money? their totally miguided and you might say plain incompetent product ideas never cease to amaze, or maybe it was just Mr Kobayashi fancying some Zeiss glass for his equally misguided M42 SLR's?
I love Contax & Zeiss but seriously worry for their sanity and business acumen.
Does anyone see any hope of Zeiss making money with M42 lenses?....
Grumpy Steve.
So we have the not very surprising news; the new ZF lenses are Nikon F mount. I can see a small niche market for them, but still I am surprised; it seems a financial risk to say the least, Nikon F users are very keen on their Nikkors, why buy more expensive Zeiss lenses? but the real reason I ask If Carl Zeiss have finally lost the plot...M42 lenses,...are they mad? who on earth is going to pay several hundred pounds for new Zeiss lenses for their £40 Pentax spotmatic et al? surely Zeiss are just going to lose lots of money? their totally miguided and you might say plain incompetent product ideas never cease to amaze, or maybe it was just Mr Kobayashi fancying some Zeiss glass for his equally misguided M42 SLR's?
I love Contax & Zeiss but seriously worry for their sanity and business acumen.
Does anyone see any hope of Zeiss making money with M42 lenses?....
Grumpy Steve.