Why would Zeiss do this?

[EOS]

Why has Zeiss blacked out the Canon 5D MKII logo's on this picture about their new 35 f1.4?
At least this camera does look like a normal 5D2 to me....

[NormanBates]

maybe because the lens was presented today in both canon and nikon version

[Grendel]

No free advertising for Canon.. 

[dilbert]

Why has Zeiss blacked out the Canon 5D MKII logo's on this picture about their new 35 f1.4?
At least this camera does look like a normal 5D2 to me....

Because they want people to notice the lens, not the camera.

[Edwin Herdman]

They succeeded.  I didn't even realize the name was blocked off the hump until this post - instead my eye immediately went to the beautiful metal ring of that lens.  What I wouldn't give to have this to play with.

[Daviii]

Just in the same way they erased any color from the photographer clothes.

The attention is brutally brought to the metal ring on the lens 

[Janco]

I just found this old post. Honestly I like that "unbranded" black camera look. It's like the cars that have no brand nor model written on it. It looks somehow more like a beast to me. Lovely.... I'd buy it, matte black  so please Canon? I'm starting to think about tweaking it myself. btw don't get me wrong, I really love Canon....

[Jettatore]

I just found this old post. Honestly I like that "unbranded" black camera look. It's like the cars that have no brand nor model written on it. It looks somehow more like a beast to me. Lovely.... I'd buy it, matte black  so please Canon? I'm starting to think about tweaking it myself. btw don't get me wrong, I really love Canon....

Same here, looks great with no labels on it.  For now I'll settle for matte black electrical tape.

[te4o]

They succeeded.  I didn't even realize the name was blocked off the hump until this post - instead my eye immediately went to the beautiful metal ring of that lens.  What I wouldn't give to have this to play with.

Edwin, be cautious with this one and the Mark III: quite difficult to achieve focus wide open. Not so the slower Zeiss.

[P_R]

I just found this old post. Honestly I like that "unbranded" black camera look. It's like the cars that have no brand nor model written on it. It looks somehow more like a beast to me. Lovely.... I'd buy it, matte black  so please Canon? I'm starting to think about tweaking it myself. btw don't get me wrong, I really love Canon....

Same here, looks great with no labels on it.  For now I'll settle for matte black electrical tape.

Or how about a silver / metal version as per AE-1 days.  I'd even settle for metal looking silver plastic :-)  And it would work well with the Ziess 'colour scheme'.  And since red cars go faster, it might even take better pictures!

[Stephen Melvin]

I see that metal ring and think, "lens flare!" That's a very poor choice on their part, putting a highly reflective surface right in front of the first element of the lens.

[Christian_Stella]

This is the perfect camera... A Canon that won't have the Nikon fanboys trying to gloat about the d800 to you as you use it.

Seriously though, I avoided this guy at a bar all night cause he's always going on about Nikon. Eventually he came up to me and told me how great he thought the 5d3 was, spec wise. I said the same about the d800 and we both agreed that they had their places but neither would make a person switch. For once he wasn't a total whore, and over the 5d3/d800 debate of all things.

[jm345]

"Why has Zeiss blacked out the Canon 5D MKII logo's on this picture about their new 35 f1.4?"


What new Zeiss 35 f/1.4?

[Janco]

What new Zeiss 35 f/1.4?

This thread started in September 2010...