New Zeiss mount

[montecarlo]

http://www.zeiss.com/photo

Could be EF , could be that new micro 4/3, we'll see .

[Orio]

Interesting!
Thanks for the heads-up.

[montecarlo]

The logical move would be the EF mount. If it won't be an AF lens would be interesting to see a EF mount lens with only electronical contacts and an aperture ring anthough it won't be a new thing. Leica makes AF lens with aperture ring in the 4/3 format but is usable only on Panasonic cameras. On Olympus the aperure is controled only through the body.
Or maybe the lens will be just like EF lens just with out AF, without aperture ring but with a well damped focusing ring. There are more solutions but I think won't be a stop-down lens.

[Orio]

If you are right, and the mount is EF with focus confirmation built in, this could mean:

- great new lenses to choose from, for people with large lens budget

- a drop in price of the used Contax lenses, for people with smaller lens budget (and also possibly many good Contax exemplars put for sale to finance purchase of the new mount lenses)

This would therefore benefit everybody.

[lahnet]

I think they will be made to fit the new Sony FF (A900?).

A-mount rules

[bawang]

[montecarlo]

[Orio]

Also, it seems that Zeiss collaborates to a line of AF lenses for the Sony cameras, so the choice of implementing manual lenses would feel somehow contradictory.

[lahnet]