The Super 16 Renaissance
Based on the latest in design methods, optical glass, and findings on suppression of reflexes and stray light Carl Zeiss and its partner ARRI have introduced a new generation of fast prime lenses for 35 mm film, the Ultra Primes.
Ultra Prime lenses come with large, easy to read calibrated scales, uniform diameters and position of focus and aperture drive rings, and uniform position of exit pupil. Ultra Prime lenses are particularly robust and easy to service. The optical performance is superb, even wide open. Floating elements keep the optical performanc up all the way to the close-focusing limit. Distortion is well controlled and so is breathing, especially with the wider angle lenses, where it counts most.
The Zeiss/ARRI Ultra Primes currently are the largest set of cine prime lenses. And Carl Zeiss and ARRI are already working to add to it further.
The Art of Ultra 16
The art of cinematography is closely tied to the art of creating the cinematographer's tools. The art of successful lens design has now been advanced with the introduction of a new set of high speed, wide angle lenses for the Super 16 format: the Ultra 16 lenses. Like the Master Primes, the Ultra 16 lenses combine high speed with outstanding optical performance. With a widest stop of T1.3 they allow shooting in low or available light, so are easy on the lighting budget, create more natural looking images and provide the cinematic look including, where necessary, a shallow depth of field. Equaled by no other Super 16 lens in optical performance, they join the other ARRI/Zeiss lenses in elevating the Super 16 image to its highest possible quality.
All five Ultra 16 lenses (6, 8, 9.5, 12 & 14 mm) cover the full Super 16 format and are fully compatible with the optical quality, color balance and ergonomics of the other ARRI/Zeiss lenses. The Ultra 16 lenses are the perfect companions to the new Super 16 camera, the ARRIFLEX 416. |  back
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