Leang Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 Can anybody testify that the Zeiss Distagon's are some of the best for HD vs. Canon or Nikkor? Been really thinking of getting a cine kit of the PrimeCircle's. The Zeiss cine CP.2's cover Full Frame and the extra blades offer a smoother oval bokeh...however, significantly more expensive than the modded Distagon's. Eventually Full Frame (HD+) video will get better with DSLR's. So the glass investment is worth it imo. Hard to decide on the Distagon's vs. the CP2s. Any links? BydrodoFieddy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markm Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 The CP2's are just modded versions of the zeiss I think. My opinion is there may be cheaper film lenses The prices are ridiculous A set of Zeiss CP2's with T stops sometimes of 2.8 or higher are riiculous and not much use on a BMC if you want shallow focus. Can a single set cover all formats? Shouldn't the glass be modified to fit the frame size it is intended for. I wouldn't want to get stuck with £17000 worth of CP2 lenses The price of a nice family car (Ridiculous) only to have better ones come along. The demand is there now as most of us are using larger sensor cameras and need lenses. Although the CP2's are very pretty and would like nice in front of customers I don't believe they are high enough above the Zeiss distagons to warrant the massive price hike. Personally I'd give them all a miss in the hope Nab might produce something much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leang Posted February 10, 2013 Author Share Posted February 10, 2013 This is why I mentioned LockCircle. They are modded Distagons into Cine lenses and are significantly cheaper with supposedly the same glass. Not interested in the CP.2's. Of course Zeiss doesn't cover LockCircle. I read somewhere that a couple of Distagon's don't breath. I'm only interested in full frame atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 The CP2 lenses are mechanically different than the ZF/ZE lenses, as you said they have at least one extra aperture blade, creating smoother bokeh, and the construction is obviously better and meant for cinema use, but it's up to you to decide if that's worth the price difference for you. You can get a really nice ZF/ZE lens kit for $5k, just a little more than one single CP2 lens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/p/ Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 What's the price on those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leang Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 atleast $6k for a set of 3 modded primes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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