Zeiss Batis Cost and Weight Compared to Canon and Nikon

[MichaelComeau]

Hi all, I just did a quick analysis of the new Zeiss Batis lenses you might find interesting. I compared their cost and weight to their Canon and Nikon counterparts:

 

Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0: costs $1,299 and weighs 11.8 ounces.

 

The rivals:

 

Canon 24mm f/1.4L II: $1,549, 22.9 ounces.

 

Nikon 24mm f/1.4: $1,929, 21.0 ounces.

 

The Canon costs 19% more and is 94% heavier.

 

The Nikon costs 48% more and weight 86% more.

 

Zeiss Batis 85mm f/1.8 costs $1,199 and weighs 16.8 ounces.

 

And the rivals:

 

Canon 85mm f/1.2: $1,999, 36.8 ounces. (plus slow autofocus)

 

Nikon 85mm f/1.4: $1,599, 23.3 ounces.

 

The Canon 85mm f/1.2 costs 67% more than the Zeiss Batis and weighs 119% more.

 

The Nikon 85mm f/1.4 costs 33% more and is 39% heavier.

 

Yes, you could go for Sigma Art lenses, which are priced lower than the Zeiss Batis lenses, but the Sigmas are incredibly large and heavy.

 

Plus, Batis lenses will be used on smaller and lighter cameras. The Sony A7II is 21.1 ounces. The A7R is 16.7 ounces. All Canon and Nikon full-framer cameras are 26.5 ounces or heavier.

 

So yes, the Canon and Nikon lenses are faster, but that comes at a huge price in terms of cash and weight.

 

You can read more here.

[Austerror]

The Zeiss also have a OLED screen built in.....

 

That *could* be very useful.

[balga]

I don't find the oled that important, but that's probably just me.

Finally there are two high quality lenses.

Personally I would have been more interested in a 135mm, but said that, an 85mm could even be more useful if someone plans to use it in a system composed by aps-c AND full frame cameras.

Not too sure if the 25 suits me but the 85 may come home.

 

Canon and nikon lenses may be faster, but I definitely prefer a compactness over speed. a f2 lens is not slow either.

Nikon 85mm is not bad at all, but you can only use it on reflex cameras, and that's a constraint to me because mirrorless are just better.

[Jan Anne]

Why are we comparing apples with oranges and talking in imperial measurements on an international forum?

 

If we compare apples with apples things look a lot different, for instance Nikon has an excellent 85mm f/1.8 which weighs less (350 gram vs 475 gram) and costs less than half of what the Batis 85/1.8 goes for ($500 vs $1200).

[Dukatum]

Why are we comparing apples with oranges and talking in imperial measurements on an international forum?

 

If we compare apples with apples things look a lot different, for instance Nikon has an excellent 85mm f/1.8 which weighs less (350 gram vs 475 gram) and costs less than half of what the Batis 85/1.8 goes for ($500 vs $1200).

 

It's very common in the camera world for people to do bias, unprofessional and totally irrational comparisons like this and lack informative conclusions at the end as well. That's why only armchair-photographers trust and relies on web reviews these days. The rest of us rent and test for ourselves.

[Golem]

Hi all, I just did a quick analysis of the new Zeiss Batis lenses

you might find interesting. I compared their cost and weight to

their Canon and Nikon counterparts:

 

Zeiss Batis 25mm f/2.0: costs $1,299 and weighs 11.8 ounces.

 

The rivals:

 

Canon 24mm f/1.4L II: $1,549, 22.9 ounces.

 

Nikon 24mm f/1.4: $1,929, 21.0 ounces.

 

The Canon costs 19% more and is 94% heavier.

 

The Nikon costs 48% more and weight 86% more.

 

............... [etc etc]. 

  

Facts may prove handy but I have no use for that type

of analysis. My own analysis is that both the Zeiss and

the Nikon cost about $100 per ounce while the Canon

costs only about $75 per ounce. Bravo Canon !

  

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[Golem]

It's very common in the camera world for people to do bias,

unprofessional and totally irrational comparisons like this and

lack informative conclusions at the end as well. That's why

only armchair-photographers trust and relies on web reviews

these days. The rest of us rent and test for ourselves.

  

And some of us just get out the solvent, a syringe 

and a screwdriver to attack the gummed up focus

lube on our 40 year old 85/1.8, and then we jump

for joy when this actually works ! 

  

Just did that today. Some risk to it, but the market

value of the lens was zero. So now it's maybe $35,

but its use value suddenly increased by an infinity. 

  

FWIW thaz about $4 per ounce [sAE, not imperial]. 

  

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[Golem]

Why are we comparing apples with oranges

and talking in imperial measurements on an

international forum?

 

.............

 

Jeez do we hafta esplain you everthings ?

  

Imperial IS international. Thaz WHY we

call it "Imperial" ... which, for all you ESL

types, is derived from the word "Empire". 

   

BWAHHHAAWHAWHAHAHBWAAAW !     

 

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[Jan Anne]

And some of us just get out the solvent, a syringe 

and a screwdriver to attack the gummed up focus

lube on our 40 year old 85/1.8, and then we jump

for joy when this actually works ! 

True that!!!

 

Here I'm servicing my Nikkor 50/1.8 Ai-S Japanese Pancake: