Zeiss lenses selling at Zacuto.com

They seem priced kinda high at zacuto. Although I haven't seen too many places with them. I purchased my set from Japan. You can find them at various japanese ebay stores.

Work great with my hvx adapter combo.
 
Gopher_Greene said:
Are those PL mount?
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No. They're F Mount, intended for Nikon DSLRs, FujiFilm DSLRs, RED1, or any camera with a Nikon F mount.

abalex said:
anyone? I'm pretty sure this is the right section to post this.
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I can't say I recall seeing a significant amount of reviews or opinions on these lenses for the adaptors, but I know they've been lightly discussed on the RED user boards. You might want to check their lens discussion section and you may find some posts detailing the quality of optics compared to other Nikkors of the same focal length. I also believe there are some user posts here on dvx in the photography section.

Since I shoot with a Nikon DSLR, I'd probably just go with the Nikkors, but if I had no investment, I'd consider the ZF for your applications.
Zeiss appears to be making a mild effort at marketing these ZF lenses to the up and coming digital cinematography crowd. Some of the press literature Zeiss released makes subtle points to attract buyers outside of photography with references to how smooth and accurately the rings rotate, and how there are similar attributes between these lenses and their professional cinema series lenses.

If you're interested in reading up on some Nikon or Fuji DSLR user's opinions, I'd recommend you browse through DPreview's forums.
If their search engine is working you will find some pretty intense pixel peeping user reviews on the quality of the optics from a photographer's point of view, but nothing specifically referencing cinematography applications.
From what I've seen over the past year, the Nikkors are generally preferred over the ZF glass because overall IQ is very high on both but you pay quite a bit less for the Nikkors, which if you shoot on a Nikon DSLR also gives you the added comfort of AF.

Edit to add:
Here's one thread that was started just a couple of days ago in the Nikon SLR lens section on DPreview: here
 
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