zeiss need to hire new designers

>>3054296
minimalism gone wrong

>>3054296
you're ugly

>>3054296
And where the fuck is the 35 1.8?

>>3054296
The lenses look good. It is the body that stands out with the lack of design.

>>3054296
Lenses look okay, they just don't match the design of the body.

>>3054338
>>3054357
>lenses look good

No, they're really not. Their finger slipped and went full minimalist and now it just looks real fucking weird. I can't imagine that focus ring being comfortable.

>>3054374
Medical studies say that smooth surfaces upset kids with severe autism, apparently the lack of details is the problem. This is why gamer mouses and other gaming manufacturers come out with a design containing sharp edges and many unnecessary details, no matter how unpleasant aesthetically the end product is. They just cater to their main demographic.
Zeiss is a renowned optical manufacturer with good quality optics and they have a design that reflects the cutting edge technology with aesthetics.
The lenses look good, it is the body where the unpleasant aesthetics are. Definitely doesn't look the part.

>>3054296
>zeiss
you mean sony
I think their cinema lenses are the only non-industrial optics still actually made by carl zeiss in germany

>>3054415
>sony

You mean Samyang

>>3054296
they look like smooth chode dildos

>>3054425
what? how is there a connection between sony and samyang?

>>3054437
Samyang makes lenses for Sony.

I don't think Sony even makes any lenses themselves.

>>3054442
yeah, it's all samyang and previously cosina

>>3054442
holy shit, I didn't know. so that's why my 85mm 1.4 is so boss

>>3054380
gaymer design aside, bumps on focus rings and camera bodies assist grip for autistic klutzes like myself

>>3054435
they make zoom lenses look like large penises so that you buy them

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>>3054296
Looks better than Canon shit t b h.

Also

>2017
>using AF lenses when the Sony A7 exist

>>3054296

Lenses are made to take pictures, why does it matter if they are ugly? I care about how good they are?

>>3054415
>>3054425
>>3054442
>>3054491

The Zeiss cinema lenses are the only ones in Germany, but all the other Zeiss lenses are made by Zeiss in their manufacturing plant in Japan and all the Sony/ZEISS lenses are manufactured by Sony in their plant in China. Sony develops, test and manufacture their lenses.

>>3054374
>I can't imagine
then you should try it first?

>>3054651
>using MF when Techart Pro makes any lens AF-able

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>>3054686
>relying on AF
>ever

>>3054693
I too like all my photos out of focus.

>>3054697
Maybe you should get good AF babby.

>>3054374
It's actually super comfortable to handle. I especially love the smooth aluminium surface.

The only problem is it looks like shit.
But as far as handling goes, it's top notch.

What are the best looking lenses in contrast?

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>>3054762
Personally I like the look of their older ZM lenses.

The white chrome lenses always look nice.

>>3054686
>muh techart
>muh Sony battery
Literally running out of power after 50 shots
Literally the slowest AF system known to man

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>>3054762
L e i c a.

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>>3054809
L e i c a.

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>>3054810
L e i c a.

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>>3054811
L e i c a.

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>>3054812
L e i c a.

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>>3054813
L e i c a.

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>>3054815
L e i c a.

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>>3054817
L e i c a.

>>3054809
That's a really disgusting and unuserfriendly placement of the focus ring.

Why put it all the way in the back? Fuck off with that shit.

>>3054338

delete this. it looks like a set of coffee mugs

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you tard do realize the rubber ring started with the compact zooms and touit lenses right? other than missing a programmable FN button the modern zeiss lens design is very ergonomic. nothing wrong with the looks either, it's just that most people are used to clunky mechanical designs.

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>>3054845
way to show that you never used one of these
the ergonomics are superb

>>3054651
why would anyone wanna own all that old russian garbage?

>>3054905
This>>3054775 is ergonomically superb.

Notice how no modern lens is retarded enough to put to a small focus ring right up next to the body.

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>>3054845
>>3054909
It has a focus tab. You focus by moving your finger. It's actually very convenient.

>>3054651
>all this L I T E R A L garbage
wew lad

>>3054983
Your jealousy is visible.

>>3054651
but why?

>>3054812

Fuck that is sexy.

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>>3054812
>>3055214

>$1000 markup
>100 made
>looks like ass on a camera body

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>>3054296
what do people think about samyang's rip of this design? apparently they're using this style for their first premium lenses. from the reviews i've seen the rubber ring picks up dirt like crazy

>>3054380
the rokinon version adds a groove for the autistic kids to fondle

>>3055216
look at my red dong

>>3054442
wrong.
fake news.

>>3054442
>implying the company that makes all the important parts for every camera except canon can't fab their own lenses.
>implying anyone other than sony, zeiss and cosina make sony lenses
>fwiw cosina have been making lenses for voigtlander for years, only zeiss, leica and voigtlander have experience with short flange lens design.
>yfw you realise no one else can afford to go short flange or they will end up in the same position as fuji, with all the shortcomings of their ridiculously dated optical designs.
>yfw it's over, canikon is dead, long live sony.

>>3055256
>>implying the company that makes all the important parts for every camera except canon can't fab their own lenses.

Lens making is specialists work.

Sony is an electronics company.
Not an optics company.

Maybe Sony makes cheap lenses for low end consumer P&S's.
But for the high end stuff they contract specialists.

Don't know why you are so butthurt.
Samyang is an excellent lens maker.

>>3055313
>Don't know why you are so butthurt.
>Samyang is an excellent lens maker.

They might be OK at grinding glass, but that doesn't change the fact they don't make lenses for Sony.

Here's an article about Sony poaching Nikon's head lens designer and building their own molds for aspherics.

http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2016/02/04/sony-raises-the-bar-we-talk-with-sonys-top-lens-designer-about-what-makes-t

Why are you so butthurt at the idea of Sony making their own lenses? How many other normal primes can you see on the market with concave front elements? If Samyang made them, why are they giving all their best glass to Sony, nothing from them touches what Sony have been producing recently?

>>3055313
The other guy is correct. Sony is making this stuff in-house.

They are able to control the design of the sensor, and they are able to control the design of lenses, and they are able to control the design of camera electronics, they even invent new storage media as well.

That's an advantage they have as a giant corporation.

>>3055317
LOL, LOOK AT THIS SONYGGER.

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>>3055320
There is so much Sony hate inside of you, you will probably never run out of it during your life time.

>>3055242
I don't like them much either. I don't like the look of Otus and Milvus either for that matter.

But the feeling of the "soft" metal surface is superb, I love the way they feel on the hand, which is the most important.

>>3054623
The focus ring is some sort of silicone or rubber, so it's not exactly slippery.
I can totally see why some bring up coffee mugs though.

>>3054845
thats the scale not the focus ring at the back you blind retard

>>3054296
they look overly smooth, jesus christ. add some grooves to the focus ring to make it look much better

>>3055726
That's how the FE 55mm looks like.

The smooth metal is super comfortable to hold, I actually prefer that over the grainy textured metal surfaces.

>>3055734
I prefer the soft neoprene cover on my Sigma 50mm.

>>3055761
>neoprene lens covers

You fucking memetard.

>I know what looks better than the committed work of an industrial designer, safety material for working at sea.

>>3055763
Yep, I even got that net to cover the barrel when I expand it to 500mm