Anybody shot with the new Zeiss Compact Prime (CP.2) lenses yet?

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jmarkham

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Hi,
I'm really intrigued by these lenses .. has anyone used them yet?
Your feedback would be most appreciated.
jeff
 
I used them on the Red Tails picks ups 6 weeks ago. Very nice indeed for the price. The optics are the same as the ZE but the housings, markings etc are superb as are the swappable PL/ EF mounts
 
I "fondled" them a bit at NAB. Man, they are some sweet, sweet pieces of glass. And PB is right, those swappable mounts are the bees knees.
 
A good buddy of mine has the whole kit and he recently did a test shoot with them. The stuff looks great! He seems really happy with them too. We might be doing a music video next week where I might be 2nd camera so I might get to play with the lenses then. I'm pretty psyched!

Here's his footy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rr9K9iml6E

And of course, make sure you watch it IN HD. :-)
 
The pier video is a fairly poor representation of the lenses due to the heavy vignetting added in post. I was quite worried about vignetting issues before being able to test my new set this morning on a 5D, 7D, and 1D. The 18mm definitely matted the corners on the 5D, but fortunately no gradual falloff near the center as I feared. The 18mm worked fine on both the 7D and 1D.

I've attached a no-BS screencap of an 18mm CP.2 on a 5D to show you exactly what the issue is.
 
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dcarstens said:
The pier video is a fairly poor representation of the lenses due to the heavy vignetting added in post. I was quite worried about vignetting issues before being able to test my new set this morning on a 5D, 7D, and 1D. The 18mm definitely matted the corners on the 5D, but fortunately no gradual falloff near the center as I feared. The 18mm worked fine on both the 7D and 1D.

I've attached a no-BS screencap of an 18mm CP.2 on a 5D to show you exactly what the issue is.
Click to expand...

But is there even an issue? I mean Zeiss themselves state the 18mm won't cover full 35mm frame. It's not like they lie about it.
I was really contemplating getting a set of compact primes too, but paying that much more over the ZE ones only to get the better housing and lens markings put me off. Got me ZE set instead and saved a lot which goes into more filters and other nice gadgets :)
 
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