Sweepstakes Book Now Open - Zeiss Standard Lens

We have opened the staff sweepstakes book in regard to the new Zeiss Otus 55mm lens. It is an f:1.4 design and is going to be available in a ZF ( Nikon) or ZE (Canon) mount. Currently the only sight of it has been through the internet - a number of websites including DP Review have mentioned it.

From the posting in the DP site, the lens is as perfect as a copywriter can make it. Ken Rockwell does not approve of it, but then he may not have been offered one...so far I have not received one either.

As a standard lens for either of these two cameras, it should be particularly useful for considered work - landscapes or still life subjects. Reasonably good low-light performance too - after all it is f:1.4.

Of course the price may restrict the possession of it to a select class - it looks to be about the $ 6000 mark. A little more than the standard 50mm f:1.4...

But as I say, the sweepstakes book is open - we have already had the enquiry about whether we have it in stock - but I am still accepting bets as to when the first call asking us to price-match it at $ 1238 will come in. I've got $ 5 on tomorrow morning at 8:31. I reckon the guy who got tomorrow at noon is just wasting his money...