Zeiss's LWZ.2 Lightweight Zoom Lens

At NAB this year, Zeiss introduced a new zoom lens alongside their CP.2 Compact Primes - the LWZ.2 Lightweight Zoom Lens. A newer version of the the Arri/Zeiss LWZ-1 lightweight zoom lens, the LWZ.2 is a 15.5-45mm zoom that features outstanding image quality along with being available in multiple interchangeable mounts (PL, EF, F). Perfect for use with HDSLR cameras such as the Canon 7D as well as more traditional cine cameras, the lens covers the full Super-35 frame and weighs only about 4.4 pounds (2 kg).

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Science & Technology

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• Mitch Gross
• Abel Cine Tech
• Zeiss
• Zoom
• LW2.2

[AbelCineTech]

$29,000.00

[JThomberlake]

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

[conceptonefilm]

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

[nickwernham]

@MitchGross1 You're absolutely right. I must have been tired or else braindead at the moment that I made that comment. I'm not sure why I interpreted his remark the way that I did, but I heard it as "the last focal mark before infinity is eighteen inches". That, of course, makes absolutely no sense and I really have no idea why I heard it that way as it is nothing close to what he actually says. My mistake.

[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.

[MitchGross1]

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

[poematik]

what kind of rail/mounting system is that?

[MrIsaacE]

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

[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.

[eightiesmaniacs]

In Europe it costs € 21.000

[JediFarce]

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