New ZEISS LWZ.3 21-100 T2.9-3.9

[Marcus Friedlander]

Just saw a piece about this lens on Zeiss' Facebook page.


http://lenspire.zeiss.com/en/zeiss-lwz-3-light-and-versatile-on-set/

 

[Domenic Barbero]

is the wide side the slow side or the telephoto side?

 

[Jacek Zakowicz]

The tele is always slower. It's hard to keep the ratio as the FL increases...

 

[Joel Arvidsson]

They seamed to forget to put in a stabilizer
Nice range thoe.

 

[Jon Dishler]

covers super35 but does not look like will cover 5k Scarlet W, which is why they show it with Raven. There is a video interview and it is stated by the manufacturer's rep that there is a continuous ramp throughout the zoom range -- not sure how great that would be?

 

[Erich Roland]

covers super35 but does not look like will cover 5k Scarlet W, which is why they show it with Raven. There is a video interview and it is stated by the manufacturer's rep that there is a continuous ramp throughout the zoom range -- not sure how great that would be?

Good range, but the sliding stop is a deal breaker. I'll choose the new Fuji 20-120 all day long at a constant 3.5.

 

[Keith B Plummer]

According to Zeiss, it ramps evenly across the entire zoom range so the there's no dramatic plunge in exposure.

 

[Karim D. Ghantous]

Lenses like this are annoying enough in photography. But in cinematography? Dear lord. Variable aperture lenses should not be allowed on any film set.

I can think of an easy way to compensate for this in a still camera in manual mode or shutter priority AE, but I'd never put one on a movie camera. It's just stupid.

 

[Erich Roland]

Lenses like this are annoying enough in photography. But in cinematography? Dear lord. Variable aperture lenses should not be allowed on any film set.

I can think of an easy way to compensate for this in a still camera in manual mode or shutter priority AE, but I'd never put one on a movie camera. It's just stupid.

I agree. If you cant design it to stay consistent, then dont make it. Oddly a few industry standards like 12x Optimo drop off at the end. Should have just made it a 11x, and forget the last 30mm's.

 

[Michael J Brennan]

Good range, but the sliding stop is a deal breaker. I'll choose the new Fuji 20-120 all day long at a constant 3.5.

I agree. If you cant design it to stay consistent, then dont make it. O

You guys are thinking glass half empty.

Simply set the aperture to the slower stop, no ramping, it's constant throughout the range.
The bonus is on the wide end you get an extra 1/2 stop or so if you need it.

Mike Brennan

 

[Karim D. Ghantous]

Simply set the aperture to the slower stop, no ramping, it's constant throughout the range.
The bonus is on the wide end you get an extra 1/2 stop or so if you need it.

Thanks for correcting me on that. Maybe I should not make as many assumptions next time!

 

[Minu Park]

Sadly I saw Ez zoom, and I am sold.

Many people want Zeiss, mean while I had never liked their sharpness nor C.As...

originally l was in love when I used to use manual camera like F4, F3 and so on...

it was very sharp and that blue tone was just make my Asian models' skin brighter, my Asian client loved them.

Back than, I just couldn't afford the Leica lenses, so I often rented them but mostly still use hasselblad and Mamiya 67 proII... It was in house go to cameras for any kind of commercial photography camera and lenses.

the cheapest and most reliable fast camera and lens was Nikon. We believed that nikon's color rendition and sharpness were similar to Zeiss standard speed. In fact, some of the Nikon lenses were better like 85mm 1.4 and both DF 100 and 135mm

in 2016, My preferences are still based on sharpeness and its speed and blue tone of the lenses. I changed my career around 3-4 years ago, I went back to school to learn Theoretical part of cinema as is my last time studying and it's my first time serious study like 12 years behind comparing these 20s students lol.

during this 4 years I tried almost all lenses except some special lenses that less than 3-4 k camera budget shows. I tried with Alexa and cooke, arri master zoom, and even lomo round anamorphic very recently.

But for the color rendition, My favorite lens was lomo 37-140. the best color rendering I have ever seen. I finally understood how Tarkovsky created that dreamy look... Such a great lens with good price. I am thinking of getting one with anamorphic lens together.

Since I was looking for affordable zoom, I tried Angenuex lenses as well. Really great accurate tone that's all I felt. but that was it.

next year I will direct two feature film and a doc, and Somehow I am convincing myself to get a single set of cinema lens set. Honestly, I know myself that renting them will be better no matter what, it's because my experience isn't great. Ideally I should invest more lights than just buying lens now... But actually most of producers don't even give a fuck about how lights I own.

And ironically I rent lens sets every single time I go out shooting, and I found myself that I could just... Buy them. Since I am still doing fashion photography as my side job. I already own sigma art sets. I found them very decent, and accurate color and simple modern look. Also, I just love 20mm 1.4 so much that I will always use the lens whenever it's possible even if I had to match the color with other great lens sets...

Before I saw Phil's review on Otus, I was going to conversion all my art prime sets for preparing vista vision sensor, but now sigma also make their Cine lens sets.

18-35, 50-100 and 20, 24, 35, 50 and 85mm

its just too perfect for my needs. however I am going for angeuex.

While Zeiss hasn't update their standard lenses, samyang and other companies constantly made sharper, and interesting products.
I mean, all the redusers at least tried using sigma 18-35 one time.

now Ez zoom is making 15.5-40 2.0 T stop. It's wider than sigma and longer than sigma and plus, it can be conversion to vista vision.

unlike 90k fujinon's 18-85 2.0t this lens is 10,000 only.

unlike stupid 2.8-3.5 t stop on Zeiss's new lens. This lens is constant 2.0.

ziess did good job on making Otus lenses. But they didn't innovate on 20mm or 100 and 135mm yet.

but just give me the crap on a lens that I won't use it rest of my life.

i am very dissapointed. It's like canon made c300mkII while Sony has announced fs7 two years ago....

Very very sad about the lens now...

i guess I talked too much lol