Cameras: News and Updates

At IBC2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Carl Zeiss is exhibiting at Stand 11.G64, in Hall 11. Featured products at their booth include the Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed and Compact Zoom CZ.2 lenses.

Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed:

Available with a fast T1.5 aperture and in focal lengths of 35mm, 50mm and 85mm, the new Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed lenses offer filmmakers new opportunities for shooting in low-light conditions. Like the other Compact Prime CP.2 lenses, the new Super Speed lenses cover a full-frame sensor format and are equipped with the interchangeable lens mount system for use with a variety of cameras ranging from HDSLR to professional cinema cameras. The faster T1.5 aperture is one of the key advantages to the Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed lenses, especially for night-time shots or under low-light conditions. This helps to limit the need for artificial light, delivering more natural looking scenes with less effort and expense. As with the rest of the CP.2 family, the Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed lenses feature a 14-blade aperture, which creates a round iris opening and a natural, out of focus rendition. The standard cine-style housing with gearing allows the attachment of any standard follow-focus system. A long, 300 degree focus rotation and smooth action provides fine control, which is especially important given the shallow depth-of-field when using these lenses at wide open aperture. By using the interchangeable mounts for PL, EF, F, MFT and E, the Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed lenses can be easily adapted to numerous camera systems and ensures compatibility with future cameras as technology changes.

Compact Zoom CZ.2

According to customer requests it is the first compact zoom lens of its kind with interchangeable mount and full frame capturing capability. The Compact Zoom CZ.2 70-200/T2.9 gives the filmmaker the choice of a single lens in the short-long telephoto range, perfect for separating the fore- and background areas or for situations when the subject is a distance from the camera. The Compact Zoom CZ.2 lenses feature an 18-blade aperture, which creates a round iris opening and a natural, out of focus rendition. As with the rest of the Compact Prime CP.2 family, the cine-style housing with gearing allows the attachment of any standard follow-focus system. By using the interchangeable mounts for PL, EF, F, MFT and E, the Compact Zoom CZ.2 lens can be easily adapted to numerous camera systems and ensures compatibility with future cameras as technology changes. The Carl Zeiss T* anti- reflection coating ensures the maximum contrast and color rendition by minimizing stray light and ghosting within the lens. The Compact Zoom CZ.2 delivers flare-free results and it has no focus shift over the whole zoom range.

The Carl Zeiss Group is a leading group of companies operating worldwide in the optical and opto-electronic industries. Impressive creations of photography and cinematography have been developed with lenses from Carl Zeiss since 1890. They helped to create distinctive images in many famous movies as the Trilogy of the Lord of the Rings and Men in Black 3. In cooperation with ARRI, Carl Zeiss developed the Ultra Prime lenses which have the widest focal range of prime lenses together with world famous Master Prime lenses which have an optical performance surpassing that of all standard speed primes. For the Master Prime lenses Carl Zeiss engineers have lately received the third Scientific and Engineering Award. Innovative products as the Compact Prime CP.2 lenses and lately introduced Compact Zoom CZ.2 deliver high image quality in a winning combination for HD video and offer great flexibility by an interchangeable mount system. This allows the lenses to fit a wide range of cameras (PL, EF, F, MFT and E mount) from traditional cine to HDSLR systems. Because of the full-frame coverage on 36x24 sensors the lenses will remain compatible with future cameras employing this sensor size.

Resources:

http://www.zeiss.de/cine