Carl Zeiss optikk for Nikon

Carl Zeiss lanserer en ny objektivserie med Nikon-fatning. Skjønt "ny", dette er de samme objektivene som lenge har vært levert for Contax kameraer.

I første omgang kommer to objektiver: Planar T* 1,4/50 ZF, og Planar T* 1,4/85 ZF. Begge objektivene vil være egnet for både film og digital fotografering.

I løpet av året vil det komme flere Zeiss-objektiver med Nikon-fatning.

I et intervju med Zeiss-magasinet "Camera Lens News" fremgår det at objektivene er designet av Carl Zeiss i Tyskland, men produsert av Cosina i Japan.

Pressemelding fra Carl Zeiss:

Carl Zeiss AG of Oberkochen, Germany is about to introduce ZF, a new range of interchangeable lenses for Nikon SLR cameras, both analog and digital. ZF lenses bring the highly acclaimed Carl Zeiss image quality to the Nikon SLR camera system, which has been the preferred equipment of millions of professional and ambitious amateur photographers for decades. ZF lenses can also be used on the Sinar m professional digital camera and a multitude of industrial video cameras.

ZF lenses provide Nikon F-mount cameras with the creative potential and phototechnical performance available so far only in the Contax system. In addition, ZF lenses incorporate new technical advances from the ZEISS Ultra Prime®, Master Prime® and DigiPrime® lenses for motion picture cameras. Results have been seen in feature films like "Lord of the Rings", "Alexander", "King Arthur", "Air Force One", "Collateral", "King Kong" and many commercials and music clips.

Like the ZEISS lenses for motion picture, ZF lenses feature unusually high mechanical quality, fixed focal length, very precise manual focussing, reliability, and exceptional durability. Special attention is paid to guarantee absolute color matching throughout the whole range of lenses resulting in state-of-the-art image quality.

The first ZF lens will be the Planar T* 1,4/50 ZF, which, in its Contax RTS version, was rated the world's best fast standard lens by "Popular Photography" in 1999. It will be followed by the Planar T* 1,4/85 ZF, which in its Contax RTS version became known as a great portrait lens and story-teller.

Both lenses will become available in spring 2006. The Pricing will be suitable competitive with similar items in the Nikon F-system. Several more ZF lenses will be introduced during 2006.

Technical Data

	Planar T* 1,4/50 ZF	Planar T* 1,4/85 ZF
Focal length	50 mm	85 mm
Aperture range	f/1.4 ? f/16, clickstopped in ½ stop intervals	f/1.4 ? f/16 clickstopped in ½ stop intervals
Focusing range	0.45 m (18") ? ?, from image plane	1 m (3' 4") ? ?, from image plane
Angle of view, diag./horiz.	46°/39°	28,5°/24°
Coverage at close range	16 cm x 24 cm (6 ½" x 9 ¾")	24 cm x 36 cm (9 3/8" x 1' 2")
Optical construction	7 elements/ 6 groups	6 elements/ 5 groups
Filter thread	M 58 x 0.75	M 72 x 0.75
Weight	330 g (11.6 oz)	570 g (1 lb 4.1 oz)
Overall dimensions (with caps)	66 mm diameter x 69 mm long 2 5/8" diameter x 2 11/16" long	77 mm diameter x 86 mm long 3 1/16" diameter x 3 3/8" long
Code	102250	102251

Carl Zeiss Camera/Cine Lenses.