Carl Zeiss Release 35mm f/1.4 Lens…and Their Inner Poet
by Miserere
Beautiful woman and amazing Bokeh courtesy of Carl Zeiss.
OBERKOCHEN/Germany, 01.09.2010.
A woman is sitting at the bar of a dimly-lit cafe. Lost in thoughts, she doesn’t notice the glass of wine the bartender places before her. From a distance, a photographer tries to capture her mood. He brings her face, which is leaning toward her phone, into focus. Everything around her becomes a blur, and the lights in the background coalesce into a wild “dance” of diffuse shapes.
This shot will only work with a fast lens with short focal length and harmonious bokeh. Carl Zeiss introduces a new lens for just such images: the Distagon T* 1,4/35.
This lens likes dimly lit bars, curly hair, red wine, and long walks on the beach.
Screw the lens, Carl, I want to know more about the woman! Who is she waiting for? Did she like the wine? Is she a secret agent? How does this story end?
Oh well, if you still care about the lens, specs and other blah blah can be found at Carl’s digs. It will initially be released in Canon and Nikon mounts in the first quarter of 2011, but I would expect other mounts to appear soon after. MSRP in Europe is €1385.71 (exc. tax), which would put the US price (comparing Euro vs US prices for other Zeiss lenses) at around $1,546.52. Wine is not included in the price.
All photos: ©Carl Zeiss.
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Tags: Carl Zeiss, Lenses, Photography
I don’t know. Really fast lenses are cool and all, as objects of equipment lust, and I’m sure this one is amazing. At the same time, they’re really huge, really heavy and really expensive.
F2 lenses seem to have mostly disappeared, which seems odd, given that we have easy access to ISO 6,000, 12,000, whatever. (F2 was pretty much the standard when all we had was ASA 400.) I think it’s all about marketing and not so much about practical picture taking.
On the other hand, I am completely in favor of dimly lit bars, curly reddish hair, wine of all kinds and walks on the beach. But probably this is the wrong web site for that.