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Zeiss Compact Zoom
Zoom - Spherical - Full Frame
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Cine Visuals rents the Zeiss Compact Full Frame zoom lens package from Los Angeles. This PL-mount zoom package includes 15-30mm, 28-80mm, and 70-200mm. Available for rental or sub-rental worldwide, with daily and weekly rental quotes available on request. Each lens is inspected and calibrated in-house before rental.
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PL Mount Cinema Lenses
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About the Zeiss Compact Zoom Cinema Lenses
Zeiss Compact Zooms are built to deliver consistent, professional image quality in a lightweight, highly portable form factor. They produce a clean, neutral image with strong sharpness, balanced contrast, and natural color reproduction, making them easy to match across shots and with other ZEISS optics. Focus behavior is well controlled, with minimal breathing and smooth falloff that maintains a cinematic look without drawing attention to the lens.
Designed for full-frame coverage, these zooms offer flexibility across a wide range of focal lengths while remaining compact enough for handheld, gimbal, and documentary-style shooting. Interchangeable mounts and long focus rotation support precise operation across different camera systems and workflows. They are a practical solution for productions that require reliable, high-quality zoom performance without the size and weight of traditional cinema zooms.
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Image Fidelity & Focus
Zeiss Compact Zooms are designed to match Zeiss Compact Primes and ensure consistency across sets, though they are frequently also used to complement Zeiss Supreme Primes. They offer strong sharpness and resolution, medium contrast, and neutral color rendition, with minimal breathing, smooth focus mechanics and no focus shift during zooms. Focus falloff is smooth and chromatic aberrations are well managed.
Handling & Adaptability
As the name suggests, Compact Zooms are lighter and smaller than traditional cine zooms, making them ideal for handheld, gimbal, and documentary use. They feature interchangeable mounts (PL, EF, E, and others), expanding their adaptability. Nearly 300 degrees of focus rotation makes for accurate pulls. Moderate size and weight make them popular for travel productions.
Flare & Bokeh
Flares are subtle but present, producing cinematic veiling when provoked. Bokeh is pleasingly neutral and less pronounced than that of Compact Primes. A circular iris produces natural-looking out-of-focus highlights.
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Zeiss Compact Zooms cover Full Frame sensors (36x24mm), making them adaptable to multiple camera platforms.
Cinematic Heritage
Zeiss introduced the Compact Zooms around 2013 as part of a push to provide affordable, flexible optics for independent and commercial filmmakers. The Compact Zoom benefits from Zeissโs long history with variable focus lenses, going back to the Zeiss Vario-Sonnar.
Technical Specs Table
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Front Diameter
Lens Mount
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Close Focus (ft)
Close Focus (m)
Weight (lbs)
Weight (kg)
Length (in)
Length (mm)
Iris Blades
Image Circle
Front Filter
Rear Filter
Horizontal Angle of View (Full Frame)
Horizontal Angle of View (S35)
Focus Rotation
T2.9
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
114 mm
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1'10"
0.56 m
5.70 lbs
2.59 kg
9.90"
251.46 mm
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T2.9
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
PL
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2'8"
0.81 m
5.50 lbs
2.49 kg
7.70"
195.58 mm
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T2.9
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
PL
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5'
1.52 m
6.20 lbs
2.81 kg
9.80"
248.92 mm
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