Submitted by Double Negative on February 18, 2013 - 11:52pm
Dr. Hubert Nasse, Staff Scientist at Carl Zeiss talks about the Distagon T* 1,4/55 the development of which he has shaped significantly. He shows examples of image results of this new lens that has been designed without compromise for imaging performance and will come out at the end of the year (in ZE/ZF mounts at least):
A fast ultra-wide angle lens for the M mount that performs surprisingly well and represents exceptional value. We take an in-depth and illustrated look at every aspect of this lens.
Submitted by Double Negative on February 15, 2013 - 10:22am
Unfortunately for everyone that's been waiting patiently for the new Leica M (Type 240) body... Looks like it might be delayed at least two more months. First it was "Early 2013" which was fairly open-ended enough... But then we got some glimmer of hope, saying "end of February, beginning of March." We've gotten info from multiple sources and it looks like the estimated ship date has slipped once again, this time to April 30, 2013 - meaning we won't see the M in anyone's hands short of May. We don't have any more details yet, but it's possibly related to video and/or firmware.
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