On 9/25/2015 6:42 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Everybody knows that there will be no more Pentax lenses from Zeiss..
.. and there couldn't be any fewer either...
... but the latter depends how you count the famous K 28/2: Pentax
lens from Zeiss, or Zeiss lens from Pnetax...
On a more serious note, - Mark, you might be right on the money, -
that's quite possible that Zeiss will stop developing (and maybe even
producing) lenses in K-mount. I wouldn't be surprised if those didn't
sell much.
I had thought they had ceased production of ZK lenses sometime in 2010,
and Lo consulting the lesser god Google, was given the word...
http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2010/09/zeiss-to-discontinue-lenses-for-pentax.html
So this is pretty much old news. It was a bit saddening at the time,
but didn't unduly disturb me. Zeiss makes a Veblen good, in a lot of
ways. No one would deny that they make a very good product, no one
would pay that much for it from a different manufacture, well. except
maybe if it had Leica emblazoned on it somewhere.
Mark C Fri, 25 Sep 2015 10:23:50 -0700 wrote:
Just to be clear - did the Zeiss rep mean no more Zeiss lenses in K
mount ?
On 9/25/2015 10:59 AM, Collin B wrote:
Looks like the DA* 55/1.4 is out of the US lens lineup.
Perhaps they'll bring a digital 85/1.4 back for the full-frame?
Also Zeiss rep told me this summer, and most may know this, that
there will be no more Pentax lenses.
What's out there is all there will be. So if you like 'em you'll have
to get
a used one or some NOS from a dealer.
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