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ZEISS Extends Milvus Range

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EISS has added three lenses to its
Milivus lens family. The manual
focus lenses for DSLR cameras
are now also available with
focal lengths of 15, 18 and
135mm.
Two
super-wide
angle
lenses, the ZEISS Milvus
2.8/15 and ZEISS Milvus 2.8/18,
and the telephoto lens ZEISS
Milvus 2/135 have expanded this
family of manual focus lenses
for DSLR cameras, bringing the total
number of ZEISS Milvus focal lengths
to nine.
ZEISS Camera Lenses Product
Manager Christophe Casenave, said:
"The ZEISS Milvus family of lenses is
an invaluable investment for the future
due to its excellent imaging quality
and its large range, which now covers
15 to 135 millimetres.
"The ZEISS Milvus lenses have been
designed in particular to fulfil the
requirements of today's powerful
digital cameras and those of the
future thanks to their high imaging
performance,
even
in
difficult

Zeiss Milivus Range

lighting situations," says Casenave.
The new lenses are characterised
by a harmonious bokeh and very
high degree of flare control due to
the T* anti-reflective coating from
ZEISS. Further optimisation of the
lens coating has also ensured less
likelihood than ever of ghosting, flare
or shading effects, even in critical
lighting situations. And all ZEISS
Milvus lenses come with a floating
elements design, which compensates
imaging errors at different distance
settings.

The new ZEISS Milvus lenses also
allow the user to create high-quality
film shoots with a pleasing cinematic
bokeh. "Due to their extremely high
contrast rendition, the lenses fulfil the
most modern video standards of 6K
and higher, and have uniform colour
characteristics," said Casenave.
All ZEISS Milvus lenses have a
focus ring with a very large rotation
angle to enable precise focusing, and
are made of comfortable rubber to
ensure a good grip while focusing.
The De-Click function on lenses with

a ZF.2 mount lets cinematographers
set the aperture in a soft and
infinitely variable way so
they can work professionally
in
changing
lighting
conditions. The ZEISS Milvus
lenses' robust full-metal barrel
ensures long and reliable
usage. In addition, the lenses
are protected against dust and
spray water. The robust metal
lens shade is an integral part
of the overall product design and
included with all ZEISS Milvus lenses.
The new focal lengths of the ZEISS
Milvus family are also compatible
with the ZEISS Lens Gears, providing
filmmakers with additional valueadd. The ZEISS Lens Gears, which are
made of high-quality aluminium with
a hardened surface coating, slide into
the respective lens and are attached to
the focus ring by turning two counterrotating rings through a simple
mounting procedure.
Delivery of the new ZEISS Milvus
lenses begins at the end of October
2016.
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