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How many Zeiss/Arri ULTRA PRIME cine lens sets are available for rent?
In a recent survey Zeiss wanted to get an overview of how many sets of Zeiss/Arri Ultra Prime lenses for 35mm cinematography are available for rent, now that they have been on the market for 3 years.
The result: Almost 500 sets of Ultra Prime lenses are now available for rent all over the world, about half of this quantity is stationed in North America in premier locations like Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Vancouver, Chicago, Toronto, Florida, and others.
Impressive inventory is also ready for rent in Europe and Asia, locations being Munich, London, Rome, Paris, Tokyo, Berlin, Prague, as well as other main regions of motion picture production, like India, Egypt, Russia, and Poland.
With two newly introduced lenses, among them the highly appreciated 12 mm, the Ultra Primes are the largest set of Super 35 mm prime lenses ever available to cinematographers, offering 15 different focal lengths ranging from 10 mm to 180 mm.
As cinematographers are becoming increasingly familiar with the particular strengths of the Zeiss/Arri Ultra Prime lenses – their compact size, very high close-up performance, constant center of gravity due to genuine internal focusing designs, durable service friendly construction – and as more focal lengths appear in the range, the demand for Ultra Prime lenses is growing and production numbers continue to be high.
Camera Lens News No. 17, September 2002 | |
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