this is still awesome news! i'm hoping the more m4/3 manufacturers that are out there, the more competitive it will get? (or is that never really the case for lenses?)
I think it will mean that manufacturers will be on notice to produce quality, value for money lenses or they will be bypassed by consumers.
before we all get too excited - check out the prices on the lenses that Zeiss have said they are making micro 4/3 compatible
I figure if you can sell a lens at $4k, that opens the door for a lot of people to make a ton of money selling similar focal length/aperture lenses for $1000 or so and helps the availability dramatically.
I figure if you can sell a lens at $4k, that opens the door for a lot of people to make a ton of money selling similar focal length/aperture lenses for $1000 or so and helps the availability dramatically.
Actually, iirc, the Contax and Yashica brands are owned by Kyocera, and Kyocera decided a while back not to pursue the digital camera game with them. (sigh).What I'd really like Zeiss to do, is to take their Contax brand name, hook up with Kodak or Dalsa or Jenoptik or whatever company that can deliver the electronics, and produce a Contax DG-1 pro hybrid :43: rangefinder.![]()