One of the most important aspects of a successful production is the competence and diversity of your team. Whether you’re shooting a commercial where exquisite color rendition and high contrast is important, or a tense, dramatic sequence in low light situations for a feature film, Compact Prime lenses offer you the performance you need to get the scene right. With a wide range of focal lengths, full-frame coverage, fantastic image quality, great flare suppression and precise focusing through the large rotation angle, Compact Prime lenses give you a flexible set of tools to make your film shine. With its long history in both photo and cine lenses, ZEISS is dedicated to supporting filmmakers and allowing you to benefit from the highest possible image quality in any situation.

• Interchangeable Mount
• Full frame coverage (CP.2 18mm only APS-H)
• Robust cine style housing with the ability to utilize follow-focus
• Standard focus and iris gear positions
• Five different mounts available (PL, EF, F, E and MFT mount)
• Consistent front diameter (except of 50 Macro)
• Longer focus rotation and a manual focus and iris
• Calibrated focus scalesSwitching between traditional film and digital PL cine cameras and HDSLR cameras is no longer an issue. The Compact Prime CP.2 lenses’ improved functionality means improved ergonomics compared to standard SLR lenses, standard housing dimensions, standard focus and iris gear positions, a consistent front diameter, a robust construction, longer focus rotation and a manual focus, thereby providing the flexibility users demand. With precision and speed - Compact Prime CP.2 lenses are the perfect tool for Independent filmmakers, professional still photographers expanding their services or large studios using HDSLR’s as a second camera for TV and feature film productions.
• The Watchmaker by Matthew Allard

  ZEISS Compact Prime CP.2 Super Speed Lenses

  In this short film, Matthew Allard portraits a Japanese independent watchmaker, visiting his workshop and documenting his work. Lenses used: ZEISS Compact Prime CP.2 (incl. Super Speed).
  CP.2 and CZ.2 Showreel

  ZEISS Compact Prime CP.2 Lenses

  Shot with ZEISS Compact Primes CP.2 and ZEISS Compact Zoom CZ.2 lenses. Thanks to all cinematographers who caputured these images with CP.2 and CZ.2 lenses: Matthew Allard, August Bradley, Drew Gardner, Den Lennie, Andreas Schultze, Sebastian Wiegärtner.
  
  Angle of Views (Theatinerkirche)

  ZEISS Compact Prime CP.2 Lenses

  Shot with Compact Prime CP.2 lenses ranging from 15mm to 135mm and the Compact Zoom CZ.2 70-200/T2.9 to demonstrate the different angle of view of each focal length. The video was shot with a full frame HDSLR camera in Theatinerkirche in Munich

  Compact Prime CP.2	Aperture	Close Focus1	Length2	Front diameter	Weight	AOV3
  CP.2 15 mm/T2.9	T 2.9 to T 22	0.3 m / 12"	86 mm / 3.39"	114 mm / 4.5"	0.9 kg / 2.0 lbs	79°
  CP.2 18 mm/T3.6	T 3.6 to T 22	0.3 m / 12"	80 mm / 3.15"	114 mm / 4.5"	0.9 kg / 2.0 lbs	69°
  CP.2 21 mm/T2.9	T 2.9 to T 22	0.24 m / 10"	80 mm / 3.15"	114 mm / 4.5"	1.0 kg / 2.2 lbs	61°
  CP.2 25 mm/T2.1	T 2.1 to T 22	0.26 m / 10"	80 mm / 3.15"	114 mm / 4.5"	0.9 kg / 2.0 lbs	53°
  CP.2 28 mm/T2.1	T 2.1 to T 22	0.24 m / 10"	80 mm / 3.15"	114 mm / 4.5"	1.0 kg / 2.2 lbs	48°
  CP.2 35 mm/T2.1	T 2.1 to T 22	0.3 m / 12"	80 mm / 3.15"	114 mm / 4.5"	1.0 kg / 2.2 lbs	39°
  CP.2 50 mm/T2.1	T 2.1 to T 22	0.45 m / 18"	80 mm / 3.15"	114 mm / 4.5"	0.9 kg / 2.0 lbs	28°
  CP.2 85 mm/T2.1	T 2.1 to T 22	1 m / 3'3"	80 mm / 3.15"	114 mm / 4.5"	0.9 kg / 2.0 lbs	17°
  CP.2 100 mm/T2.1 CF	T 2.1 to T 22	0.7 m / 2'6"	132 mm / 5.19"	114 mm / 4.5"	1.5 kg / 3.3 lbs	14°
  CP.2 135 mm/T2.1	T 2.1 to T 22	1 m / 3'3"	149 mm / 5.86"	114 mm / 4.5"	1.6 kg / 3.5 lbs	11°
  CP.2 50 mm/T2.1 Macro	T 2.1 to T 22	0.24 m / 10"	132 mm / 5.19"	134 mm / 5.3"	1.4 kg /3.0 lbs	28°