Inter BEE 2013 live show replay: Zeiss talks Cinema zoom lenses and we shoot footage shot with the new Otus 55mm f1.4

By site editor Dan Chung:

Newsshooter at Inter BEE 2013: Zeiss 55mm f1.4 Otus test shots from Dan Chung on Vimeo.

Zeiss Otus 55mm f/1.4

Newsshooter’s Jonas Schönstein had a chance to shoot some test shots with the new Zeiss 55mm f1.4 Otus lens at the Inter BEE trade show in Japan this week. The lens was attached to a Nikon D800 outputting to an Atomos Samurai Blade recorder with Connect HDMI to SDI convertor. The results are extremely impressive as was the smooth handling of the focus ring on the lens. Bokeh and breathing looked great to my eye. The price may be around $4000 but if you are a multimedia shooter and you pockets are deep enough I would certainly consider one for stills and video.

The Zeiss 70-200 Cinema zoom was showing a lovely 8K image at the Astro Design booth

We also had a chance to talk to Arato Ogura of Zeiss on our live show. He showed the new cinema zoom lenses and also showed us the Otus.

Inter BEE 2013: News Shooter with Zeiss from Teradek on Vimeo.

By Dan Chung

Co-founder of Newsshooter, Dan Chung has over 20 years of experience working behind a camera. His career started in photography but evolved into documentary, multimedia and broadcast TV. He shot the first news video on a DSLR and has been on staff at Reuters, The Guardian and CNBC. Dan heads up the editorial team at www.photogearnews.com.