The aluminum bracket used to attach the lenses to the smartphone is available in two versions: one for the iPhone models 6 and 6s, and one for the iPhone 6 Plus and 6s Plus, no word about if these lenses will fit iPhone 7. Protection against dust and spray water makes the lenses perfect for the challenges of outdoor use. In all three lenses the T* antireflective coating prevents undesired lens flares. If photographers want to shoot objects that are three to five centimeters away, they turn the ring to the right as far as it will go, and to the left for objects that are five to eight centimeters away.” This allows to capture objects measuring three to twelve centimeters filling the complete field of view. “Instead, the ring functions much like a manual focus with which different planes can be set. “In combination with the optics of the smartphone camera, turning the ring does not result in an increase or reduction of the field of view,” Product Developer Vladan Blahnik from ZEISS explains. The ZEISS Vario-Proxar 40-80 T* macro-zoom lens has a focal length of 40 to 80 millimeters. The telephoto lens – offering the same angle of view like a 56 millimeter short telephoto lens on a full frame camera – can be used, for example, as a portrait lens. It is therefore virtually distortion-free and offers uniform contrast and definition across the entire image field. You can check price & availability at Amazon US.Īspherical element ensures high image qualityĪs was already the case with the ZEISS Mutar 0.6x Asph T* wide-angle lens, corresponding to the angle of view of an 18 millimeters lens on a full frame camera, the new ZEISS Mutar 2.0x Asph T* telephoto lens is equipped with an aspherical element. These two new lenses will be available in Mid-September, 2016. The recommended price of the telephoto lens is US$ 199.99, and US$ 149.99 for the macro-zoom. The Zeiss Vario-Proxar 40-80 T* is a macro-zoom lens that allows users to capture objects as close as three centimeters away from the lens. No word on price or availability yet, but a set of three lenses and an iPhone could make a good, compact kit for budget or low profile news gathering.įor more info keep an eye on the Exolens website.Zeiss and ExoLens today launched a telephoto lens and a macro-zoom lens for the iPhone 6 family on the market. The Mutar 2.0x Asph T* offers a short telephoto frame of view equivalent to that of a 56mm lens on a full frame camera. Click the image for a high res still image The corners of the image are remarkably sharp compared to any other add-on lens I’ve seen. The results were impressive given the size of the hardware: flare seemed well controlled, there was no ghosting and the wider field of view was especially useful in video mode (which uses a tighter crop of the sensor than stills mode). We attached a Genus Fader ND to the front of the lens to control shutter speeds. The only tripod we had to hand was a Sachtler Video 18P which dwarfed the iPhone. There was no thread on the front of the lens adapter so we had to hold a Genus Fader ND filter on the front of the lens to control exposures (keeping the shutter speed low for a more filmic effect). The Zeiss Exolens is bigger than other third party wide angle add-on lenses I’ve used.įor the test our contributor Simon Glass shot using an iPhone 6S and both the Filmic Pro app in 100Mbps 4K, plus the stock iPhone camera app at 120 and 30 fps. You’re unlikely to be able to achieve a shallow depth of field using such a small sensor and wide angle. The wide lens features Zeiss T* coatings and gives the iPhone roughly the same field of view as an 18mm super wide (in photo mode).
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