Tear down of new Zeiss Touit lens for Sony NEX

[haven]

If you have been curious about the construction techniques used to build a lens with electronic autofocus and aperture control, check out this lens tear down by the folks at Lensrentals.com.

https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2013/06/really-getting-in-touit

 

[nwoods]

Pretty cool. It really is remarkable how much engineering goes into something like this. Kudo's for LensRentals for going the extra mile and exploring the lens in detail.

 

[haven]

I guess part of their motivation was to determine if the new Touit lenses could stand up to the abuse of life in a rental pool, and how easily repairable the lenses are. The article's writer was impressed on both counts.