Even if your interest in photography is fringe at best, you've probably heard the name
Carl Zeiss. The optics company has planted its lenses all over the places, from DSLRs to numerous point-and-shoots, and now it's catering directly to our love of
DSLR filmmaking. Ol' C. Z. took time at least week's NAB to unveil what it's dubbing "the world's first set of cine lenses designed especially for HDSLR cameras." The Compact Prime CP.2 lenses, pictured, and the more handheld-friendly Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2, should be compatible Canon EF, Nikon F and Arri PL mounts, which should cover your video-enabled photo-snapper lineup. We won't get too into the nitty-gritty details here, except to say the former is claiming no vignetting and the latter less than two kilograms in weight. Both sets should be available in June, and as for price... well, mum's the word, but we wouldn't be surprised if these guys didn't end up about midway into the four-figure range.
posted April 18th 2010 9:38AM
I'm most excited about the zoom lens they now have. Too bad that it is the only one without a price... As they say, if you have to ask you can't afford it.
The price for these are about 30k for a set and about 3-5k for a single prime.
Zoom was quoted at mid $20Ks.
@mosley Yeh i think maybe 26k. I was just rounding up haha.
I wouldn't mind picking up the 80 or 100mm version of these primes.
i am excited to see this now one camera can do it all... kinda