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, color rendering, aperture, size, weight and ergonomics. All the lenses across the family cover sensors from Super 35 and smaller to full frame and beyond (FF+). 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 standardized 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.

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Focal Lengths Angle of View Comparison

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Perspective, Focus & Bokeh Demo

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Hometown Deja Vu

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Passing

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Ties

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Tsunageru

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Weekend Dads

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El Viaje

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Cinematic sensor coverage and high speed

The ZEISS Supreme Prime lenses are designed to cover cinematic sensors from Super 35 and smaller to full frame and beyond (FF+), making them ideal for current and future camera systems. With most lenses at T1.5 the 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 characterize 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 authorized 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.

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Automatic transfer of electronic scales and depth of field

The new Firmware 1.90 enables all ZEISS Supreme, Supreme Radiance, and CP.3 XD lenses to automatically transfer information about lens scales and depth of field to ARRI Hi-5 and WCU-4 hand units when using ARRI cameras and the ARRI LCS. This eliminates the need for camera assistants to manually calibrate their lenses, saving valuable time and effort on set.

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Technical Data

	Aperture	Close focus¹	Length²	Front diameter	Weight	Horizontal angle of view
						_{Full Frame}³	_{Super 35}⁴
Supreme Prime 15 mm T1.8	T1.8 to T22	0.35 m \| 14''	149 mm \| 5.9''	114 mm \| 4.5''	2.24 kg \| 4.94 lbs	98.9°	77.9°
Supreme Prime 18 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	0.35 m \| 14''	163 mm \| 6.4''	114 mm \| 4.5''	2.27 kg \| 5.00 lbs	88.4°	67.9°
Supreme Prime 21 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	0.35 m \| 14''	120 mm \| 4.7''	95 mm \| 3.7''	1.61 kg \| 3.54 lbs	79.5°	59.8°
Supreme Prime 25 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	0.26 m \| 10''	119 mm \| 4.7''	95 mm \| 3.7''	1.42 kg \| 3.13 lbs	70.8°	52.3°
Supreme Prime 29 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	0.33 m \| 13''	121 mm \| 4.8''	95 mm \| 3.7''	1.61 kg \| 3.55 lbs	64°	46.8°
Supreme Prime 35 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	0.32 m \| 13''	119 mm \| 4.7''	95 mm \| 3.7''	1.40 kg \| 3.09 lbs	55°	39.6°
Supreme Prime 40 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	0.42 m \| 17''	121 mm \| 4.8''	95 mm \| 3.7''	1.49 kg \| 3.28 lbs	47.4°	33.8°
Supreme Prime 50 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	0.45 m \| 18''	119 mm \| 4.7''	95 mm \| 3.7''	1.22 kg \| 2.69 lbs	39°	27.5°
Supreme Prime 65 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	0.6 m \| 2'	121 mm \| 4.8''	95 mm \| 3.7''	1.63 kg \| 3.59 lbs	30.5°	21.3°
Supreme Prime 85 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	0.84 m \| 2'9''	119 mm \| 4.7''	95 mm \| 3.7''	1.42 kg \| 3.13 lbs	24°	16.7°
Supreme Prime 100 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	1.1 m \| 3'9''	119 mm \| 4.7''	95 mm \| 3.7''	1.70 kg \| 3.74 lbs	20.4°	14.2°
Supreme Prime 135 mm T1.5	T1.5 to T22	1.4 m \| 4'6''	146 mm \| 5.7''	114 mm \| 4.5''	2.27 kg \| 5.00 lbs	15.6°	10.9°
Supreme Prime 150 mm T1.8	T1.8 to T22	1.5 m \| 5'	146 mm \| 5.7''	114 mm \| 4.5''	2.27 kg \| 5.00 lbs	13.7°	9.5°
Supreme Prime 200 mm T2.2	T2.2 to T22	2 m \| 6'6''	183 mm \| 7.2''	114 mm \| 4.5''	2.87 kg \| 6.33 lbs	10.7°	7.1°

Remarks:
1) Minimum marked distance, 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“)

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