Zeiss SP 18mm T1.5 PL (Feet)

OVERVIEW
The Zeiss Supreme Prime 18mm T1.5 lens is a top-of-the-line product designed for professional cinematography. It offers consistent coverage, color rendering, aperture, size, weight, and ergonomics, making it a reliable and versatile choice for any production. The lens features a PL mount and imperial feet scale (2348-660), making it compatible with a wide range of cameras and equipment.

One of the standout features of the Zeiss Supreme Prime lenses is their ability to cover full frame and even bigger sensors with an image circle of 46.3mm. This makes them the ideal choice for current and future camera systems. The lenses are also color matched across the full range and most feature a fast T-stop of T1.5, ensuring exceptional image quality even in low-light environments.

The compact and lightweight design of the Zeiss Supreme Prime lenses allows for easy and comfortable handling, while the small front diameter of 95mm and standardized positioning of the focus and iris rings make equipment changeout fast and effortless. The lenses also have an ultra-smooth focus rotation, even in extreme temperatures, making them a joy to work with.

With their cinematic large-format coverage and high speed capabilities, the Zeiss Supreme Prime lenses offer a versatile look and elegant bokeh. The transition between in-focus and out-of-focus areas is smooth and seamless, adding depth and texture to the image. The lenses also possess a gentle sharpness that creates a crisp, organic look, particularly when capturing crucial textures like skin tones.

The Zeiss Supreme Prime lenses are not only efficient and reliable during production, but also in post-production. The unique Zeiss eXtended Data technology provides lens metadata critical for VFX-intensive workflows, allowing for more precise work and eliminating guesswork for the DIT. This technology combines key lens data with ZEISS distortion and shading lens data, simplifying and increasing accuracy in the image capturing and processing workflow.

Designed and manufactured in Germany, the Zeiss Supreme Prime lenses are used and maintained around the globe. They are assembled manually and engraved with individually calibrated scales, ensuring precision and quality. ZEISS has also established a global service network with authorized service stations in the US, Europe, and Asia, offering service according to factory standards.

Overall, the Zeiss Supreme Prime 18mm T1.5 lens is a top choice for professional cinematographers looking for a high-quality, reliable, and versatile lens. With its exceptional features and advanced technology, it is sure to elevate any production to new dimensions.

SUMMARY
Focal Length: 18mm
Max Aperture: T/1.5
Lens Format:
Full Frame
Super 35
Lens Type: Cine
Lens Mount: PL Mount
Front Diameter: 114mm
Scale: Imperial
Weight: 2-5kg
INCLUDED IN BOX
1x Zeiss Supreme Prime 18mm T1.5 – PL Lens

About The Zeiss SP 18mm T1.5 PL (Feet)
ZEISS Supreme Prime Lenses

Opening up new dimensions.

Consistency is one of the key elements offered by the ZEISS Supreme Prime lenses: that means consistent coverage, colour rendering, aperture, size, weight and ergonomics. All the lenses across the family cover full frame and even bigger sensors with an image circle of 46.3 mm. The Supreme Prime lenses are color matched across the full range and most feature a fast T-stop of T1.5.

The small front diameter of 95 mm on almost all lenses and standardised positioning of the focus and iris rings across the whole family facilitate fast and easy equipment changeout. The compact and lightweight design means you enjoy easy and comfortable handling. The ultra-smooth focus rotation of the Supreme Prime lenses even in extreme temperatures allows for small motors to make sure you have an easy setup that’s enjoyable to work with.

Cinematic large-format coverage and high speed

The ZEISS Supreme Prime lenses are designed for cinematic large-format sensor coverage, making them the ideal choice for current and future camera systems. At T1.5 the ZEISS Supreme Primes demonstrate their unsurpassed craftsmanship in tricky low-light environments.

Aesthetic focus fall-off and elegant bokeh

A very smooth transition between in-focus and out of focus areas characterise the unique look of the ZEISS Supreme Prime lenses. This adds richer texture and greater depth to the image.

A versatile look and gentle sharpness

The ZEISS Supreme Primes possess a look, which ensures freedom in creating the look you want to achieve. Especially when capturing crucial textures such as skin tones, the unique quality of the ZEISS Supreme Prime lenses is a gentle sharpness that renders a crisp but organic look.

Efficiency and reliability throughout the entire production

The unique ZEISS eXtended Data technology offers lens metadata critical for VFX-intensive productions and workflows on set. The frame accurate information about focal length, focusing distance, T-stop and depth-of-field enables the camera assistant to work more precisely and eliminates guesswork for the DIT.

Made in Germany, used and maintained around the globe

ZEISS Cinematography lenses are designed and manufactured at ZEISS headquarters in Oberkochen, Germany. The lenses are assembled manually and engraved with individually calibrated scales. Serviceability is a top priority starting in the initial stages of the development process. ZEISS has built up a global service network in the recent years with authorised service stations offering service according to factory standards in the US, Europe and Asia.

ZEISS eXtended Data technology

Simplify and increase the accuracy of the image capturing and processing workflow. ZEISS eXtended Data unifies two data sets: key lens data based on the Cooke /i* Technology and the ZEISS distortion and shading lens data. After recording on set together with the video files, they can be applied in post-production for compositing for example by using the ZEISS developed lens plugin.

Model Supreme Prime 18mm T1.5
Aperture T1.5 to T22
Close focus(1) 0.35 m / 14‘‘
Length(2) 163 mm / 6.4‘‘
Front diameter 114 mm / 4.5‘‘
2.27 kg 5.00 lbs
Horizontal angle of view Full-frame(3): 88.4°
Super 35(4): 67.9°
Remarks (1) Close focus distance is measured from the image plane
(2) Front to PL mount flange
(3) Horizontal angle of view for a full-frame camera (aspect ratio 1:1.5, dimensions 36 mm x 24 mm / 1.42“ x 0.94“)
(4) Horizontal angle of view for an ANSI Super 35 Silent camera (aspect ratio 1:1.33, dimensions 24.9 mm x 18.7 mm / 0.98“ x 0.74“)