Zeiss has unveiled the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new line-up of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses. <\/p>\n
Spanning 35mm to 200mm across seven focal lengths, the Horizon lenses are designed to combine an anamorphic look \u2014 incorporating a pronounced oval bokeh and stretched sense of spatial depth \u2014 with a lightweight, fully integrated motorised system. <\/p>\n
\u201cWith Horizon Anamorphics we bring the next chapter of Zeiss cinema optics to life by combining cutting\u2011edge technology with a refined image that preserves the human, cinematic feel,\u201d said Zeiss head of business unit cinematography Christophe Casenave. <\/p>\n
\u201cHorizon marks a new reference platform that integrates lens motors, data and ecosystem compatibility and by that enables faster, end\u2011to\u2011end production workflows.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Horizon series is engineered with a neutral baseline look designed to encourage versatility, accepting filtration, LUTs, and diverse lighting. With the series, Zeiss introduces a proprietary look-tuning back element that is mounted via the Zeiss Interchangeable Mount System (IMS), altering sharpness, contrast and character with a eight-screw swap.<\/p>\n
Focus and iris motors are built directly into the lens body, offering compatibility with ARRI and Preston lens control systems via serial or LBUS connections. Factory-calibrated absolute encoders store all lens scales within the lens. This creates a single consistent source for metadata. There are also dual displays and touch panels directly on the lens barrel for focus and iris checks.<\/p>\n
Low distortion, stable color, and minimised aberrations make the Horizon lenses well-suited to VFX-intensive productions. All seven lenses share a consistent 114mm front diameter to support balanced handheld, gimbal, drone, crane, and car-rig operation. A fast T2.3 stop across the full-frame coverage set (T2.9 at 200mm) provides shallow-depth-of-field anamorphic. Built-in processing and on-board memory are designed to support future expansions including broader ecosystem compatibility, extended metadata capabilities, and potential autofocus integration.<\/p>\n
The 40mm, 50mm, and 75mm Horizon Anamorphic lenses are scheduled to ship in September through authorized ZEISS cinema dealers, with 35mm, 100mm, 150mm and 200mm focal lengths following later in the year and 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Zeiss has unveiled the Horizon Anamorphic series, a new line-up of full-frame 2x anamorphic cinema lenses. Spanning 35mm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":739383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,63,75721,105,67853,356894],"class_list":["post-739382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-lenses","tag-technology","tag-zeiss","tag-zeiss-horizon-anamorphic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/739383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}