John Reeve Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 How do the old arri standard mount 35mm format Zeiss lenses before the T* compare with Schneiders of the same period? Is there a significant difference and if so what? Would these lenses intercut? How do the pre T* compare with the T*? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Hunter Hampton Posted April 22, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted April 22, 2009 I cant answer your question about the Schneiders, but I have used the old Standard Zeiss lenses your talking about with the T* coatings and without. The Lenses with the T* coating are mildly faster (T2.1 instead of T2.2), the difference in contrast is very slight, and the only other thing that is noticeable is a slight blue-ish color shift on the T* coating- but this is very slight. I'm guessing that before the "T" , Zeiss lenses had good coatings but they had not branded them yet. For me, If I was using the older standards anyways, I wouldn't care id they were T* coated or not. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SERGIO DOW Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 I cant answer your question about the Schneiders, but I have used the old Standard Zeiss lenses your talking about with the T* coatings and without. The Lenses with the T* coating are mildly faster (T2.1 instead of T2.2), the difference in contrast is very slight, and the only other thing that is noticeable is a slight blue-ish color shift on the T* coating- but this is very slight. I'm guessing that before the "T" , Zeiss lenses had good coatings but they had not branded them yet. For me, If I was using the older standards anyways, I wouldn't care id they were T* coated or not. Hope that helps. ...and how do they compare optically to the current Zeiss...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Stephen Williams Posted May 30, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted May 30, 2009 ...and how do they compare optically to the current Zeiss...? Softer, Slower, cramped focus marks & the wider ones porthole wide open. Expect the prices to fall a very long way, 5 years ago you could not give a set away, $7,500 seemed like a lot of money, nobody wanted to rent them. Then along came RED and they were the best of the SubPrime lenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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