A collection of eleven professional ZEISS camera lenses arranged in rows on a white background.

ZEISS Interlock Lenses

Professional lenses with optimized locking screws.

  • A collection of eleven professional ZEISS camera lenses arranged in rows on a white background.
    A collection of eleven professional ZEISS camera lenses arranged in rows on a white background.
  • Black ZEISS camera lens with manual focus and aperture markings, featuring silver adjustment knobs, displayed on a reflective white surface.
    Black ZEISS camera lens with manual focus and aperture markings, featuring silver adjustment knobs, displayed on a reflective white surface.
  • Front view of a ZEISS camera lens with metallic mounting brackets and reflective surface underneath.
    Front view of a ZEISS camera lens with metallic mounting brackets and reflective surface underneath.
  • Black ZEISS camera lens with focus and aperture markings, shown upright on a white reflective surface.
    Black ZEISS camera lens with focus and aperture markings, shown upright on a white reflective surface.
  • Front view of a ZEISS Distagon 1.4/35 camera lens with reflection on a white background.
    Front view of a ZEISS Distagon 1.4/35 camera lens with reflection on a white background.
  • Black ZEISS camera lens with distance and aperture markings, displayed vertically on a white reflective surface.
    Black ZEISS camera lens with distance and aperture markings, displayed vertically on a white reflective surface.
  • Black ZEISS camera lens with silver adjustment knobs and detailed focus markings, displayed upright on a reflective white surface.
    Black ZEISS camera lens with silver adjustment knobs and detailed focus markings, displayed upright on a reflective white surface.

All Interlock® lenses from ZEISS offer extraordinary image quality with high contrast for technical and industrial applications. They feature an improved fixture for focus and aperture as well as a full metal housing for robustness. The lenses impress with their high image quality and precise manual focus. They are available with standard F-Mount and standard M42x1 Mount (45,5 mm Flange Focal Distance) for even more stability.

In the F-Mount version the aperture can be adjusted continuously by taking advantage of the de-click function, allowing precise exposure setting. The Interlock® familiy cover linescan sensors up to 43 mm (4k to 8k) or full frame area sensor with 24 x 36 mm (up to 42 Mpixel).

The ZEISS Interlock family consits of eleven focal lengths range from 15 mm to 135 mm. With additional focal lengths and improved fixations they complete the lenses of the ZEISS Classic family.

Technical Data

ZEISS Dimension Lenses

Focal Length
Max. Aperture
Min. Free Working Distance
Min. Working Distance (Sensor to Object)
Filter Thread
Camera Mount

Interlock 2.8/15

15 mm

2.8

90 mm

250 mm

M95 x 1.00

F-Mount, M42

Interlock 2.8/18

18 mm

2.8

200 mm

300 mm

M82 x 0.75

F-Mount, M42

Interlock 2.8/21

21 mm

2.8

90 mm

220 mm

M82 x 0.75

F-Mount, M42

Interlock 1.4/25

25 mm

1.4

93 mm

252 mm

M82 x 0.75

F-Mount, M42

Interlock 1.4/35

35 mm

1.4

140 mm

300 mm

M72 x 0.75

F-Mount, M42

Interlock 2/35

35 mm

2.0

180 mm

300 mm

M58 x 0.75

F-Mount, M42

Interlock 1.4/50

50 mm

1.4

340 mm

450 mm

M67 x 0.75

F-Mount, M42

Interlock 2/50

50 mm

2.0

100 mm

240 mm

M67 x 0.75

F-Mount, M42

Interlock 1.4/85

85 mm

1.4

650 mm

800 mm

M77 x 0.75

F-Mount, M42

Interlock 2/100

100 mm

2.0

260 mm

440 mm

M67 x 0.75

F-Mount, M42

Interlock 2/135

135 mm

2.0

620 mm

800 mm

M77 x 0,75

F-Mount, M42

Remark:
* Available with fixing srews for focus and aperture.

ZEISS Interlock Lenses

Stress Test

ZEISS lenses need to operate perfectly in extreme conditions, withstanding everything from scorching heat and bitter cold to sandstorms and severe vibrations. The video shows how ZEISS researchers systematically submit lenses to extreme stresses in order to arrive at findings that can help in future lens design and development. The video explains how a lens with fixing screws was tested regarding following norms:

  • DIN ISO 9022
  • DIN EN 60068-1: 1988-06
  • DIN EN 60068-2 Part 64: 2009-04
  • MIL-Std 810G
Three professional ZEISS camera lenses with focus and aperture markings displayed on a white background.
ZEISS Interlock Lenses

High-quality metal housing

Noticeable quality and high value stability qualify ZEISS lenses for decades of intense use. The high-quality craftsmanship of the all-metal mount, the metal housing and the aperture ring as well as the robust front bayonet ensure reliable results.

ZEISS wide-angle camera lens with manual control knobs and focus scale markings.
ZEISS Interlock Lenses

Heavy-duty fixtures for focus and aperture

ZEISS Interlock lenses are equipped with special screws to fix focus and aperture to get stable and reliable measuring results even in rough industrial conditions. Both the locking screws and the stable design make the lens inured to vibrations, improve measuring repeatability and avoid machine downtime.

Close-up of a ZEISS Distagon 2.8/21 camera lens showing detailed front elements and control knobs.
ZEISS Interlock Lenses

ZEISS T* anti-reflective coating

The optical elements of ZEISS lenses feature T* anti-reflective coating on all surfaces and an optical design that guarantees images of superior brilliance at all times, even in unfavourable lighting conditions. The first coating techniques were employed by ZEISS as long ago as in the 1930s.

Two gloved hands holding a precision optical lens against a dark background.
ZEISS Interlock Lenses

High image quality

The excellent image performance of the ZEISS Interlock lenses is sharply focused on the requirements of current and future high-performance digital cameras. Thanks to the low level of stray light allowed by the lens design, high-contrast images are also possible with increasing high dynamic ranges of the sensors (HDR). The minimization of coma, astigmatism and spherical aberrations enables constantly high resolution over the entire image field. The optics are designed to ensure full utilization of the performance provided by high-resolution camera systems.





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