planet5D and Deodand Entertainment present “Incident on Marmont Avenue” a Canon EOS 5D Mark III short film
Tweet Pin It Tweet On November 12, 2011 the police were called to an incident at 1701 Marmont Avenue. This film is the story of what happened that night. This project is one of the first narrative films to showcase the Canon EOS 5D Mark III. Still photographers and filmmakers can see the new features of...
PrimeCircle in depth at NAB 2012 – interview with Dante Cecchin
Tweet The folks at LockCircle announced the PrimeCircle A custom Zeiss ZF.2 ring kit on planet5D several weeks ago and our friends over at Cinema5D did an interview with Dante Cecchin at NAB and this morning released the video and background information. Interview with Dante Cecchin Can't see the video in your RSS reader or...
NAB 2012: Zeiss – New CP2 and Compact Zoom lenses
Richard from Zeiss speaks to us about new lenses. They are bringing to market more lenses, to increase their CP2 line. They are also introducing Super Speed versions of 35, 50 and 85 lenses. In addition, they are releasing a Compact Zoom 70-200
NAB 2012: New Zeiss lenses including the 70-200 T2.9, 15mm and 135mm compact primes and CP.2 superspeeds
By technical editor Matt Allard: Richard Schleuning of Zeiss took the time to talk me through the company’s new line of lenses. In Cine style these include the new 70-200 T2.9, 15mm and 135mm Compact primes and 35, 50 and 85mm super speed CP.2s. He also showed the new 15mm f2.8 ZF stills lens. All...
A couple of chances to see the PrimeCircle from LockCircle
Tweet A quick note to let you know that if you’re interested in seeing the new PrimeCircle from LockCircle, then you’ll have that chance at NAB or in LA on April 19-20. (cover photo credit: snap from the video) You just finished reading A couple of chances to see the PrimeCircle from LockCircle! Consider leaving...
Carl Zeiss to introduce 2 new CP.2 lenses at NAB 2012
Another pre-NAB tease, this one from Carl Zeiss about 2 new CP.2 lenses to be announced at NAB. This time, they’re presenting the new 15mm and 135mm lenses. Zeiss NAB 2012 preview videos Can't see the video in your RSS reader or email? Click Here! Can't see the video in your RSS reader or email?...
zeiss announces: The new Distagon T* 2,8/15 super wide angle lens
Our friends (and sponsors) at Zeiss have announced today a new 15mm super wide angle lens that looks like it should appeal to many landscape and architectural photogs and filmmakers. We’ve got input from Zeiss as well as friend Chris Gampat from thePhoBlographer.com has had his hands on one of these large babies and has...
LockCircle announces Prime Circle – A custom Zeiss ZF.2 ring kit
Our friends over at LockCircle have just announced another product – the Prime-Circle! A series of custom lens kits for Zeiss ZF.2 lenses. If you happen to have a Zeiss ZF.2 lens, this should be a great addition. PRIME-CIRCLE RingKits for ZF.2 Series Lenses and PRIME-CIRCLE XT Custom Lens Kits The PRIME-CIRCLE project offers to...
Adding a Zeiss NETTAR 1949 to a Canon EOS 5D Mark II 60 years later
Every now and then, we stumble upon someone ‘hacking’ a lens (see 102 year old lens stills and a video) and this one looks pretty cool on top of the Canon EOS 5D Mark II – not often you see a bellows on a modern HDSLR! Hack by Alex12Ga on flickr Zeiss NETTAR 1949 –...
Oups moment about the Baby Primes…
Just got this email from a Zeiss rep. I guess that I have to repost the whole email if I dont want some bad guys knocking on my door tonight. Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, We would like to address a report that has been released by the company Kelvinkamera+ on June 5th regarding Carl Zeiss...
Zeiss quality on the cheap: Baby Primes!
Just receive this press release from kelvinkamera.com about their new product. My career of digital cinematographer started long time ago (1983) and my first ambition was to have serious and creative optics on my analog video cameras. I convert so many lens to work with Betacam’s SP in tha way I was working before with...



