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04-03-2013, 04:45 PM
Quote:Well, it's a bit hard to legitimate this amount of money for a 55mm f/1.4. The upcoming ZA 50/1.4 is a 1/3 of that price and that one is already rather overpriced.
It's all a question of perspective. Take the Leica 50/2 APO as a reference point and the Zeiss suddenly becomes a bargain - one stop faster for half the price Wink

Seriously, though: no idea why they chose the 55mm focal length for this high-end lens. I'd probably want to use it primarily on DX, where it would be completely overspec'd.

Quite a monster lens, btw., at least for such a short focal length. A prototype was on display at photokina.

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Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by davidmanze - 04-01-2013, 10:21 PM
Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by popo - 04-02-2013, 11:51 AM
Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by popo - 04-02-2013, 05:27 PM
Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by soLong - 04-02-2013, 10:48 PM
Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by soLong - 04-03-2013, 09:25 AM
Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by soLong - 04-03-2013, 11:51 AM
Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by mst - 04-03-2013, 04:45 PM
Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by popo - 04-03-2013, 06:43 PM
Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by mst - 04-03-2013, 07:04 PM
Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by felix - 04-04-2013, 11:47 AM
Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 - designer perspective - by felix - 04-04-2013, 12:05 PM

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