New Zeiss ZF package....Thanks RP Lens!

[Lee Dashiell]

I would like to thank Peter at www.RPlens.com for all of his help. The quality and value of the glass was much more important to me than the mount so I decided to save about 30K on my lens purchase and go with converted Zeiss ZF lenses. I am amazed at just how smooth they are. This is the Ziess ZF package that we put together with the Nikon Mount.

18mm, 25mm, 35mm, 50mm, 85mm, and a pristine 135mm Nikkor.

Very pleased. Looking forward to shooting with them. Thanks again Peter.

[Cal Brunker]

awesome! I'd love to see some footage from these bad boys. How do they hold up in a production environment: Staying sharp on moving talent wide open etc.

This looks like such a smart, well priced setup for the RED, I'd love to see if its a real, viable alternative to a prime PL set!

Thanks for the pix!

Cal

[Joe Carney]

Thanks for the link. Looks good.

[Benjamin Rowland]

Any focus pullers out there that would care to comment on using a setup like this?

Great looking package by the way. Let us know how it works for you.

Thanks for posting.

[Manfred Lopez]

Any focus pullers out there that would care to comment on using a setup like this?

Great looking package by the way. Let us know how it works for you.

Thanks for posting.

Just remember to use something like a Bartech wireless focus device that has the built-in 'reverse' function... That's what I ended up buying.

[Manfred Lopez]

Oh, and also... Does anyone know if somebody makes a custom foam insert for the Zeiss ZF range?

[Benjamin Rowland]

Can the Bartech somehow compensate for the short focus rotation of a still lens (most PL mount lenses have more distance between focus marks)?

[Manfred Lopez]

Can the Bartech somehow compensate for the short focus rotation of a still lens (most PL mount lenses have more distance between focus marks)?

Definitely yes! What you do is that you calibrate the range of motion on a per lens basis, so that the knob on the focus device becomes standardized. This way you get the same great range of motion no matter what the lens. Take a look at page 6 of the manual (actually page 7 if you go by the PDF viewer's page count):

http://strattoncamera.com/pdf/BFDManual2.pdf

[Benjamin Rowland]

Very nice!

TheThe - have you used this or a similar setup? How do you like it?

[Benjamin Rowland]

Thanks for the link to the manual, by the way.