Rob Galbraith DPI: Zeiss officially introduces lenses for Nikon F-mount

Zeiss has officially pulled back the curtains on a new series of lenses for Nikon film and digital SLR cameras. As revealed when news of the Zeiss "ZF" line leaked in mid-December 2005, the first two F-mount manual-focus lenses are a Planar 50mm f/1.4 and Planar 85mm f/1.4, with more to come later this year. In fact, notes the January 2006 issue of Zeiss' Camera Lens News newsletter, a "handful" of additional ZF lenses are promised to be unveiled and on display at Photokina 2006 this fall (though which focal lengths, or how many new lenses, isn't specified).

The reason for the creation of Zeiss ZF? The newsletter offer this: "Since our former partner, Kyocera, has discontinued their Contax activities, we wanted to find new ways to offer Carl Zeiss lenses to demanding SLR 35 mm photographers, especially those who use digital equipment."