Zeiss ZF Lenses review: what’s included
Some readers have asked about inclusion of the 18/3.5 Distagon in my Zeiss ZF Lenses review (it’s already there, about 2/3 complete). And the next question is what about the 21/2.8 Distagon. The 21mm f/2.8 Distagon likely won’t even be available until early 2009 (based on past experience with Zeiss timelines). But I’ve already stubbed out the review with what’s known, and will include Zeiss factory comments, charts, etc when they become available as well, as I’ve done with the 18/3.5 Distagon.
Purchasing the Zeiss ZF Lenses review means you have online access for a full year, with my stated intention that renewals will be at a fraction of the original cost (exact amount TBD). This is great value: it means that future lenses are included for a year beyond the original purchase date. So if you’re interested in Zeiss ZF Lenses, there’s no reason to wait: the 18mm and 21mm are going to be done well before this time next year.
Subscribers may also download the review in its entirety for offline viewing and reference upon request. Contents of the downloaded version are updated quarterly and/or upon completing major additions.
One of the reasons I moved to a subscription model was to be able to offer regular updates, and to provide increasing value over the course of time; a 300MB download (400MB before long) made that a problem. The ZF 18/3.5 review will be finished by the end of September, and other supplementary material will appear from time to time.
All prior Zeiss ZF Lenses customers were emailed account information on September 23rd allowing online access, which means that even those who purchased it in December 2007 will enjoy the 18/3.5 Distagon review in its entirety, since I expect to complete it by October. Those readers also enjoyed the addition of the 28/2 Distagon, at no charge.
