Will Sony bring AF to Carl Zeiss?

denizenx · 9th February 2006

Just musing aloud, since Sony now has its own full DSLR department... maybe can licence SSM to CZ... LOL

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 9th February 2006

CZ is not a part of Sony, its just licensed to use CZ... and who knows, maybe contract ended...

And i wonder if Sony is going to produce any lens... and which is the 1st lenses it will make... 18-200 G?

Drudkh · 9th February 2006

1mm-1000mm f/1.0G(D)

denizenx · 9th February 2006

hard to end licence when Sony got such high volumes, loser is on CZ side... but a CZ-grade, SSM, f2.8 Pro zoom set (the old 24-70/70-200) should be a show stealer...
the licences are there, the tech are there, the mktg are there.
lol the 1-1000mm f1.0 would be a huge inflatable bubble lens

denizenx · 9th February 2006

to add a bit more hehe.. Sony made the Playstation, remember?

jhansolo · 9th February 2006

Originally Posted by Del_CtrlnoAlt

CZ is not a part of Sony, its just licensed to use CZ... and who knows, maybe contract ended...

And i wonder if Sony is going to produce any lens... and which is the 1st lenses it will make... 18-200 G?

I thought in the press release minolta will still be making lens for Sony.

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 9th February 2006

Originally Posted by jhansolo

I thought in the press release minolta will still be making lens for Sony.

the problem is branding it lor... will u buy a SONY lens?

Its like when ppl buy a Canon or Nikon lenses, any of them,... ppl will say, wah pro lens... to those who know nuts about camera... den seldom ppl will praise Minolta... esp now... and even worse.. Sony... ppl will say, junk it... wait for others to review 1st.. den die lor...

Unless brand loyal ppl like us buy it, otherwise its hard for them to really make a sound... i'd say, maybe the next camera will come with a kit lens, probably a 17-85 kinda range... might even be a remake version of the 5D kit lens.. which is actually a Tamron... So is there still a need for Sony Lenses?

If they make a 17-85 kinda range, f2.8 or maybe f3.5 constant, with SSM, thrown into next body as kit lens... that would be interesting... i dun mind changing my 7D already...

Agetan · 9th February 2006

uhm... I don't understand why people buy because of brand...

As long as it is cheap, and deliver what it says... I don't really care what the brand is, and certainly don't need any praise for any camera brand I use..

Hart

grado · 9th February 2006

Pride of ownership is quite important to some people. Its like an Identity. Almost patriotic, haha! Quite disappointed they had to change the name to Sony though, since I stuck with Minolta for so long, and never seriously thought of buying Sony cameras or lens.

user111 · 9th February 2006

sony will come up with a lot of funny things

the last item i bought from sony was a 1990s walkman

Del_CtrlnoAlt · 9th February 2006

Originally Posted by user111

sony will come up with a lot of funny things

the last item i bought from sony was a 1990s walkman

ya... the next next DSLR will be a WALKMAN DSLR... same like how come there is a WALKMAN PHONE...

who knows... the next fone might have a optical zoom already... APO lens somemore... G coating... the future version with aperture & shutter priority mode...

user111 · 9th February 2006

future lifestyle product from sony:

DSLR+mobile phone+laptop+game console+mp3 player+binoculas+GPS+++???

jsbn · 10th February 2006

I don't mind the DSLR & GPS combo though.
After all, Nikon & Canon have their own GPS attachments.

denizenx · 10th February 2006

Originally Posted by Del_CtrlnoAlt

ya... the next next DSLR will be a WALKMAN DSLR... same like how come there is a WALKMAN PHONE...

who knows... the next fone might have a optical zoom already... APO lens somemore... G coating... the future version with aperture & shutter priority mode...

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0503/05...ng_schv770.asp

aiya I dun buy brand too, only for features that attract me most. wanted to buy the sony F828 but of course waited for the review..
by now I have no real urge to buy DSLR liao, learnt to live with compacts...

denizenx · 10th February 2006

I must say that the F717 was one of the best cams I had used lens-wise, not because carl zeiss is carl zeiss

TME · 10th February 2006

Originally Posted by Agetan

uhm... I don't understand why people buy because of brand...

As long as it is cheap, and deliver what it says... I don't really care what the brand is, and certainly don't need any praise for any camera brand I use..

Hart

Unfortunately that is life and that is also why the camera companies are churning out digicams every other month... for bragging rights, people will hope on the bandwagon... same situation with handphones, cars, TVs, etc no? Pretty ridiculous... but sadly true....

I guess we are the pragmatic ones... we go for good value rather than flash.

AncientMariner · 10th February 2006

Originally Posted by TME

Unfortunately that is life and that is also why the camera companies are churning out digicams every other month... for bragging rights, people will hope on the bandwagon... same situation with handphones, cars, TVs, etc no? Pretty ridiculous... but sadly true....

I guess we are the pragmatic ones... we go for good value rather than flash.

Alamak, I went for the flash as well and both the 3600 and 5600 at that.

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denizenx Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: L2TPYSG Posts: 4,514	Re: Will Sony bring AF to Carl Zeiss? hard to end licence when Sony got such high volumes, loser is on CZ side... but a CZ-grade, SSM, f2.8 Pro zoom set (the old 24-70/70-200) should be a show stealer... the licences are there, the tech are there, the mktg are there. lol the 1-1000mm f1.0 would be a huge inflatable bubble lens __________________ "I'm... dreaming... of a wide... angle~ Just like the ones I used to know~"

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