Zeiss Compact Zoom Reviews

[Chad Lancaster]

Has anyone here got to play with the Zeiss compact zooms? Whats your opinion?

thanks

Chad

 

[Rick Augustus]

Chad, you may want to contact Josh Cohen at NVCamera.com, I don't think he's a member of RedUser but he's got the 1st Zeiss Compact Zoom in Las Vegas.

 

[Chad Lancaster]

Thanks Rick, I'll give them a call

 

[Rick Augustus]

No problem Chad, let me know how it goes and what you think of the lens...

 

[Tommaso Alvisi]

yes, especially the 28-80 when they have it!

 

[Erich Roland]

ziess CZ

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We love our Ziess 70-200, its just the ticket for many needs.

Anytime you need something a little longer then most primes (or short to medium zooms) you are left with very large 10-1 style lenses. Its much harder to call the exact focal length when you get into tele's, like the 135, 150, 180mm. Much easier to put on a variable/zoom and dial it in rather then march all over the place with your camera and long prime. The 70-200 is small-ish, doesnt require massive support like many 10-1's, cost is very reasonable. Its a winner. Haven't used the shorter compact, but I imagine the quality is first class, so as a companion to 70-200 its a great choice but then there are so many other lenses in this short to mid zoom arena that are amazing ie Optimo's and the new Canon's are very good lenses.

 

[Chad Lancaster]

I've got the best of the best Leica R zooms 35-70/2.8, 70-180/2.8. Alongside the 15/2.8, 21-35/3.5, 400/2.8 but would rather have basically 3 lenses to cover that whole distance from 15 to 400. Also the ability to zoom in shot and have it stay in focus would be nice. The R 70-180 is even better than the canon 70-200. Maybe I can ask Duclos to compare the R 70-180 to the zeiss 70-200.