06-25-2011, 12:25 AM
Let's hope someone from Zeiss has been following this story, because it seems someone there has really screwed up.
They've been promising their own 35/1.4 since 2010, and so far nothing has appeared (at least as far as I know). Now it seems that Samyang has stolen a march on Zeiss and they will lose sales as a result. I have been waiting patiently for the Zeiss for months now, and this review has certainly given me some thought.
It might sound a bit absurd to some, but unless the new Zeiss performs drastically better than its recent 35/2.0 cousin, they can't really offer much more than the Samyang except an excellent metal casing, aperture coupling, and the prestige of the brand.
I am a devoted user of 'classic' lenses from Zeiss etc., but in this case I will not spend 1600 euros on a lens that might well perform worse than Samyang's 500 euro offering.
They've been promising their own 35/1.4 since 2010, and so far nothing has appeared (at least as far as I know). Now it seems that Samyang has stolen a march on Zeiss and they will lose sales as a result. I have been waiting patiently for the Zeiss for months now, and this review has certainly given me some thought.
It might sound a bit absurd to some, but unless the new Zeiss performs drastically better than its recent 35/2.0 cousin, they can't really offer much more than the Samyang except an excellent metal casing, aperture coupling, and the prestige of the brand.
I am a devoted user of 'classic' lenses from Zeiss etc., but in this case I will not spend 1600 euros on a lens that might well perform worse than Samyang's 500 euro offering.