Zeiss's LWZ.2 Lightweight Zoom Lens

[poematik]

what kind of rail/mounting system is that?

[MitchGross1]

@poematik The support system is the ARRI MBP-1 (mini base plate) with the ARRI riser for that particular Canon camera body.

[nickwernham]

This lens would be ideal for the Red Scarlet-X. Because of the way that Red cameras crop the sensor down at lower resolutions having a zoom lens that covers a lot of different focal lengths, but starts out very wide is tremendously valuable. It would be a 22-72mm lens at 4k (1.6x crop factor) and a 31-90mm lens at 3k. It's too bad that you can buy two Scarlet kits (or one kit, a 17-50mm Red Pro Zoom and a bunch of accessories) for the same price as this lens by itself.

There's just no value.

[nickwernham]

He must mean "18 feet" rather than "18 inches". Going from 18 inches to infinity would be stupid for motion purposes.

[MrIsaacE]

@nickwernham only going down to 18 feet would be useless.

[MitchGross1]

@nickwernham Huh? Why would it be stupid? This lens has a close focus (referred to as MOD for Minimum Object Distance) of just 18 inches. I would never buy a lens with an MOD of 18', in fact I've never heard of such a thing even in extreme telephoto zooms. I trust you're not thinking of depth of field, which is an entirely different matter.

[eightiesmaniacs]

In Europe it costs € 21.000

[JediFarce]

Damn, that thing is huge for such a short focal distance. 

[conceptonefilm]

If i win the lottery, I'm going to get this lens for my 60D lol

[LorenzodeJeagher]

Sure it's a super nice lens and has a really nice focus ring and glass/build quality but in my opinion, for $29.000,- you can get yourself a wide variate of EOS prime lenses which do the same (if used by the right people). Just my opinion but this is a rally awesome lens! Good job Zeiss!

-Lorenzo

[JThomberlake]

it's hilarious to me...a $29k lens on a $1500 body!

[AbelCineTech]

$29,000.00

[alanbstard4]

price?