Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Carl Zeiss have announced a new range of lenses for the Nikon F mount, after weeks of teaser campaigns on their website, and numerous leaks elsewhere on the web. First up is the Planar T* 1,4/50 ZF lens, followed by the Planar T* 1,4/85 ZF, both to be released in “Spring 2006”. The Planar T* 1.4/50 ZF will cost 499.00 EUR and the Planar T* 1.4/85 ZF 999.00 EUR (excluding VAT). Several more Zeiss ZF lenses will be introduced during 2006.

Carl Zeiss AG Press Release

Carl Zeiss AG of Oberkochen, Germany is about to introduce ZF, a new range of interchangeable lenses for Nikon SLR cameras, both analog and digital. ZF lenses bring the highly acclaimed Carl Zeiss image quality to the Nikon SLR camera system, which has been the preferred equipment of millions of professional and ambitious amateur photographers for decades. ZF lenses can also be used on the Sinar m professional digital camera and a multitude of industrial video cameras.

ZF lenses provide Nikon F-mount cameras with the creative potential and phototechnical performance available so far only in the Contax system. In addition, ZF lenses incorporate new technical advances from the ZEISS Ultra Prime®, Master Prime® and DigiPrime® lenses for motion picture cameras. Results have been seen in feature films like “Lord of the Rings”, “Alexander”, “King Arthur”, “Air Force One”, “Collateral”, “King Kong” and many commercials and music clips.

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