Posts Tagged ‘distagon’

@boxfx tweets: “Given the A7s is a full frame Sony camera, someone really needs to do a lens recommendation list. So many options, but no perfect choices” True dat.[adrotate group="6"] One of my main go-to sites for quantitative lens and sensor evaluations, DxOMark, often has…

Ever try to use a follow focus – even a good one, like the Edelkrone Focus One Pro – with a still camera autofocus lens from one of the major manufacturers? No? Good luck with that. It’s not that the gears won’t engage or that…

What do you get when a master cinematographer gets his hands on the "the best DSLR lens on the market today" the Zeiss 55mm f/1.4 Otus Distagon T*? August Bradley's "Zoetrope Optika," that's what! We'd heard about August shooting a short film with the Zeiss…

What makes a DSLR lens the best in the world? I called August Bradley, professional photographer and filmmaker, to get his expert opinion. It quickly got technical, "As DSLR cameras get larger sensors with higher resolution, starting with the 36-megapixel Nikon D800, their resolving power…

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…

Carl Zeiss (a planet5D sponsor) has announced a new "moderate wide angle" lens - the Distagon T* 1,4/35. I've got a lot to learn about lenses, but the sample image from this looks darn awesome. Here's the Zeiss PR: OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 01.09.2010. A woman is sitting…