Carl Zeiss joins m4/3

[Barry_Green]

Post 'em!

 

[Dino]

I spoke to the Zeiss national sales manager last week and he is very aware of the need for a wider CP2 with the AF100 in mind, and says there are four new focal lengths due to be announced by NAB or IBC, delivering around IBC time frame.

 

[mkfotos.com]

Barry I just shot a sequence tonight using 18dBs and two lenses...the 25mm Voigtlander NOKTON f0.95 mFT and the 50mm Canon f1.2 L lens with Kipon adapter the pictures are unreal.

Oh wow, I shot a cosmetics ad yesterday / last night using the very same two lenses (with a dumb adapter for the 50), and yeah, the footage looks incredible.

Added a very short clip:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ax-CoQ0stA

 

[rjmsilva]

Press release:
“The Sigma Corporation is pleased to announce the development of new lenses for Micro Four Thirds and E-mount camera system.
As demand for compact system cameras increase, we intend to meet the requirements of users and develop new lenses for these systems, utilizing our advanced interchangeable lens development technology.
Detailed information including specifications, product names, pricing and launch schedules will be announced in due course.
A mockup will be displayed at Sigma’s booth during CP+, a camera and photo imaging show, held in Pacifico Yokohama Japan from February 9th, 2011.”

 

[Steve Castle]

Some stuff from CP+ (some of this has been shown before):

Zeiss CP.2 + mFT adapter:

Schneider-Kreuznach made PL adapter+ Cine-Xenar 25mm / F2.2:

Komamura Horseman TS Pro with what looks to be like a F-mount Zeiss ZF 100mm f/2 Makro-Planar

 

[Danielvilliers]

Hah! Excellent... I'll tell you what, a new set of affordable 1.33x squeeze anamorphics would certainly be interesting...

And Century Optics (a division of Schneider) has made 1.33x anamorphic add-on adapters for video cameras before.

It would have been really interesting to ask Panasonic an updated version of the La7200 anamorphic adapter for the Af-100 and GH2 size sensor. They already have a lot of the know how to do it and it would be the perfect complement 1.33x for 16:9 sensor to get the anamorphic look. This is the last step to put some affordable cinema look to there camera. They did it before for a certain demand from the DVX 4:3 look to the 16:9 aspect ratio. Now if they look at the amount of thread and the price rocket of the iscorama from $400 to $3000, that there is a real demand for it.