Zeiss add 15 and 135 to CP.2 lineup

[Trevor Emmerson]

http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A100537AB9/allBySubject/D356CE190E0CB6BEC125786F00541CAF

70-200 Zoom and Anamorphs still to come

 

[Nils J. Nesse]

The CP lineup is starting to look tempting. But where's the 25mm T2.1? (based on the ZE/ZF 25/2)

 

[Trevor Emmerson]

I'm surprised they haven't added that yet too. Also curious where this 135 has come from considering there is no ZE/ZF equivalent for that out there

 

[Kyle Broom]

probably from the 135 that Zeiss used to make for Contax.

 

[Nick Morrison]

probably from the 135 that Zeiss used to make for Contax.

Correct. Contax made two 135's. The 135 2.8 Sonnar, and the 135 F2 planar. I have to imagine the CP2 is an update of the Planar. The design was not only one stop faster, but optimized for portraits and soft focusing wide open at F2 (great for women).

 

[Demetri Zuev]

They will also announce three high speed lenses, all T1.5

Here's a quote from Zeiss newsletter

Filmmakers can also look forward to a complete new 3-lens-set of Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed lenses with T-Stop of 1.5

My guess is that they will be based on 35 f1.4, 50 f1.4 and 85 f1.4 ZE/ZF primes.

 

[Erik Naso]

http://www.zeiss.com/C12567A100537AB9/allBySubject/D356CE190E0CB6BEC125786F00541CAF

70-200 Zoom and Anamorphs still to come

Nice! I wonder how much that 70-200 will be?

 

[Jiri Vrozina]

Very very impressive. Nice light set. I am getting 15mm and 70-200mm zoom when available.

 

[Stephen Williams]

Correct. Contax made two 135's. The 135 2.8 Sonnar, and the 135 F2 planar. I have to imagine the CP2 is an update of the Planar. The design was not only one stop faster, but optimized for portraits and soft focusing wide open at F2 (great for women).

The lens has Sonar T2.1 writtrn on it!

 

[Nick Morrison]

The lens has Sonar T2.1 writtrn on it!

WOW. Weird. So they are updating the SONAR 2.8 to CP2? Not the more expensive PLANAR 135 f2? Weird. But good catch. Thanks.

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

Optimized for soft focusing

Optimized for soft focusing

:lol:

The design was not only one stop faster, but optimized for portraits and soft focusing wide open at F2 (great for women).

Haha I got a good laugh out of this one:lol:
how about "the designer screwed up so they had sales/marketing cover up for it":wink5:
I worked for a lens manufacturer for years - been there- done that.....