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NAB 2012: Zeiss – New CP2 and Compact Zoom lenses

Tony Reale — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:45:24 +0000

Richard from Zeiss speaks to us about new lenses. They are bringing to market more lenses, to increase their CP2 line. They are also introducing Super Speed versions of 35, 50 and 85 lenses.Â In addition, they are releasing a Compact Zoom 70-200 T2.9.

Zeiss to release anamorphic compact primes

Tony Reale — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:01:00 +0000

In a surprise move, Zeiss has announced that they are back in the anamorphic lens business. Many filmmakers like anamorphic lenses for the oval bokeh, cinematic stretched image and unique lens flares, but there aren’t a lot of compact options available. Zeiss is ready to mend that by creating a full prime set of anamorphics.

ZEISS anamorphic lenses will be lightweight and compactâ€”smaller than the working prototype shown [above]. They will have a 2x squeeze.

Expect a more in-depth announcement at NAB 2012 and a possible product release at IBC. Read more about this on Film and Digital Times web magazine.

Photo credit: FDTimes

What are Zeiss Baby Primes?

Tony Reale — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:56:24 +0000

I woke up to a peculiar email blast this past weekend:

My career of digital cinematographer started long time ago (1983) and my first ambition was to have serious and creative optics on my analog video cameras.

I convert so many lens to work with Betacam’s SP in tha way I was working before with my Bolexs and Arriflexs.

My experience in mechanical and optical rehousing has thirty years of experiments and creative shooting.

With the arrival of the Canon 5D for me was a real dream to go Full-Frame and enjoy the magic bokeh of the wideangles in the 24X36mm motion-frames,
and this is why I decided to go ahead with this complicated and enthusiastic project.

I arrange an agreement withÂ Carl Zeiss AG (was envolved with them in the past with the project of the DigiPrimes) and started the production of a great optical tool
for filmmakers looking to purchase and own a set of Carl ZeissÂ babyPrimes in a real interesting price range.

For any question don’t hesitate to contact me-

best regards
Dante Cecchin

kelvinkamera+

The main claim is that these lenses would be 35-40% less expensive than a set of CP.2 lenses.

Of course I was curious and since I happened to be at Cine Gear I walked over to the Zeiss booth and spoke to Richard Schleuning, national sales manager in America for Zeiss. I showed him the email and asked if he knew anything about it. He said he hadn’t heard anything about them and that they may be fakes.

But…over at Cinema5D, they posted pictures of prototype babyPrimes.

So are theseÂ licensedÂ products from Zeiss, third party hacks of existing Zeiss glass or complete fakes?

NAB 2011: Zeiss CP.2 E-mount and micro 4/3 adapters

Tony Reale — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:23:01 +0000

Zeiss shows us the new mounting options for cameras like the Sony FS100 and Panasonic AF100 for using their CP.2 lenses.

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Zeiss Compact Primes CP.2 get Micro 4/3 and E-mount adapters

Tony Reale — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:30:31 +0000

There was talk of Zeiss building lenses for the new micro 4/3 and E-mount options for the Panasonic AF100 and Sony FS100. Â Now Zeiss has announced new mounts to convert their popular CP.2 lenses to work with both micro 4/3 and E-mount. Â This adds to their existing mounts for Canon, Nikon and PL.