ZEISS Cinematography

We're thrilled to be participating in CVP's Summer Kit Fest 2024 that will take place across four Fitzrovia locations next week on Wednesday and Thursday (July 24 & 25). This will be the ultimate event with more than 50 brands showcasing their latest broadcast and video solutions. We'll be there not only with our cine lenses including the new Nano Primes but also with our CinCraft Scenario camera tracking system. So keep an eye out for the blue badge and join us for a nice demo! Admission is free. You just have to book your ticket here: https://lnkd.in/eMy7_hqT See you next week in London!

For the five-month shoot between Budapest, New York, and New Jersey for Netflix mini series "Eric", Benedict Spence, BSC, got back to the ZEISS Supreme Primes he’s used for several years and shows. He kindly took us behind the scenes of this colorful period piece, redefining what "vintage" pertains for a high-end and high expectation show. "For a little while I was thinking about vintage lenses, but I'd much rather use modern glass, and if you want a bit more grubbiness to it, filter it up. I think we worked with the 11 lens set of Supreme Primes, but we essentially shot half the series on a 29 mm. Love that lens. We shot 29, 35, 40, and that was the vast majority of the show." Read the whole interview on LENSPIRE: https://lnkd.in/eZwE_iAY Photos: ©Netflix

With his deep insight into the script and characters, and the aid of top-notch filming equipment, cinematographer Liu Yizeng brought writer Li Juan's essay collection "To the Wonder" to life as a poetic canvas. For this production, he opted for ZEISS Supreme Prime lenses and experienced a truly exceptional creative journey. "The Supreme Primes neither overly constrain the highlights, resulting in a too sharp appearance, nor allow the highlights to disperse excessively, leading to an overly retro style. This allowed me to fulfill the visual expression requirements of "To the Wonder" within a rich morphological space encompassing silhouette and half-silhouette." Read his full in-depth visual breakdown on LENSPIRE: https://lnkd.in/eRGJy-Hd

In June, our Cine Service Trainer Simon Sommer hosted ZEISS Supreme Prime and Nano Prime Certification classes at AbelCine Los Angeles and New York. Thanks to everyone who joined to learn the tricks and tools that are used in repair and upkeep as well as the process of evaluating and maintaining these lenses.

Today, ZEISS Japan in cooperation with nac Image Technology and Sony Marketing Japan, hosted an exclusive Nano Prime event at the ZEISS Tokyo office with more than 80 guests from key rental houses, production companies as well as DPs and camera assistants. Starting with opening greetings from Nac's Iwashi-san and our very own Christophe Casenave, we continued with a screening of the Nano Prime reel “Scarlet Sparkles”, followed by an in-depth session with DPs Sho Tamura and Haruyuki Takada from UPSIDE productions, and a great Nano Prime hands-on. Thanks to everyone who joined us! And a big "Thank you!" to UPSIDE, Sony and the Roland Professional A/V team for supporting this great event.

For SXSW premiering feature film “We’re All Gonna Die”, director duo Freddie Wong and Matt Arnold took Zimbabwean-South African cinematographer Bongani Mlambo on board. With only a small crew, Bongani and his directors embraced copious prep to create the visual language for the science-fiction-comedy-road-trip. The cinematographer chose ZEISS CP.3 and LWZ.3 lenses paired with Canon C300 Mark III and C70 to beautifully capture both the grief and humor of the film. Read our interview on LENSPIRE: https://lnkd.in/eNQsbnh4

ZEISS Taiwan hosted a Nano Prime launch event at Century Asia Theaters in Taipei City last Friday. In cooperation with our dealers ChengSeng and Joraku, the event gathered key individuals from camera departments, rental companies and production houses including a few passionate to-be-owner-soon camera operators from the southern cities as Kaoshung and Tainan. The event started with a keynote by our very own Christophe Casenave, followed by tech presentations from David Chang of ZEISS Taiwan, and the E-mount camera introduction by Henry Wang of Sony Taiwan. The event highlight was the screenings of films shot on Nano Prime in Taiwan, varying from aesthetically pleasing documentary, up-tempo commercial, and a short wedding movie with a touch of fashion/music video feel, all beautifully representing the potentials of the Nanos. Our thanks to all guests, the Taiwanese film makers Frank Chan, Neo Huang, and Mr.Yes Productions who collaborated with us to create wonderful showreels, also our partnering companies who helped to prepare this great event. We're looking forward to delivering the first sets very soon!

Impressions from day 2 at Euro Cine Expo in Munich. Many great discussions and lots of interest for our Nano Primes and CinCraft Scenario camera tracking.

Tokyo-based Sho Tamura is one of the cinematographers who shot shortfilms with our new ZEISS Nano Primes for their launch: "Unlike TV shows and commercials where I know pretty much what and how to shoot in advance, I was the one to create the story and translate it into visually appealing language for this showreel. The only condition was to include the beauty and benefits of Nano Prime lenses, which were then still confidential products, and only a few people in the world had used them so far. How exciting it is to create a new lens launch showreel – an opportunity like this no one could come across so often!" Read more on LENSPIRE: https://lnkd.in/g2JMf-ty

We cannot wait for Thursday next week when the third edition of Euro Cine Expo opens its doors in Munich. Find us in the Zenith (hall 2) at booth 412. Get your hands on the new Nano Primes as well as other lenses from our cine range, like Supreme Primes, Supreme Prime Radiance or CP.3s. We will also have a great demo of our camera tracking system CinCraft Scenario on site. We look forward to meeting you there and many great discussions. Admission is free of charge. You just have to register here: https://lnkd.in/eqZNuCup See you in Munich!