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- Page 1 Carl Zeiss Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 Mount Change Instructions...
- Page 2 Super 35 frame and perfectly matches the other ZEISS cine lenses. In this manual we take a Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 15.5-45mm/T2.6 with EF mount, scaled in meter as an example to explain how to change the lens mount and the subsequent matching of your lens to a DSLR camera.
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Page 3: General Instructions
Smudges and fingerprints on the lens surface can be gently removed with a soft brush and then with a dry and clean cotton cloth. The ZEISS lens cleaning kit will give superior results and is highly recommended for this purpose. - Page 4 C | Changing from an EF to a PL mount 1. Remove the lens rear cap. 2. Remove the torx screws of the silver EF mount with a T6 torque wrench and place the mount and the screws on one side. The size of the black inner ring is securely fastened to the EF mount at the factory.
- Page 5 4. Now you see the colored shims in the groove of the black lens barrel. 5. Important note: Please do not remove the screws which are beneath the colored shims. This would end in a readjusted lens. 6. Now place the PL mount on the lens in such a way that the groove on the underside of the PL mount fi ts over the silver screw on the lens barrel.
- Page 6 In the following chapter we explain how to adjust your Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 lens to a DSLR camera. 1. Fasten the Carl Zeiss test chart on a wall at 1.5m (=1500mm, 5 ft) distance and ensure that the lighting is bright and uniform.
- Page 7 3. Activate the live view of your camera. 4. Set the distance of 1.5m on the lens focus ring and use the zoom level at 45mm. This setting must not be changed during the adjustment process. 5. Set the largest aperture of T 2.6 on the aperture ring. 6.
- Page 8 12. Change the shims as indicatedin the tables in the appendix (page 9) by using a flat-bladed screw-driver or a pair of tweezers. 13. Please lign up the EF mount with the EF adapter that the four screw holes are lying upon each other.
- Page 9 Example • Using a Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 15.5-45mm/T2.6 with EF mount, scaled in meter and a test chart at a distance of 1500 mm, an actual distance (object distance to best focus) of 1530mm is measured. A light-blue shim 0.032mm thick must therefore be added to the lens groove.
- Page 10 T ables for adjusting the flange focal distance of a Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 lens • Minus sign: Shims must be removed • Plus sign: Shims must be added Lightweight Zoom LWZ.2 15.5-45mm / T2.6 Please note: This table is only valid for the zoom level of f=45mm. Meter distance scale Feet distance scale Focal length setting [mm]: 45 Feet distance scale [mm]: 45 Distance to test chart [mm]: 1500 Distance to test chart [ft]: 5 Object distance Change of total Object distance Change of total at best focus [mm]:...
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Page 11: Technical Information
Carl Zeiss Ident-No. Interchangeable Mount Set PL 1867-925 Interchangeable Mount Set EF 1867-926 Interchangeable Mount Set MFT 1893-185 Carl Zeiss LWZ.2 Transport Case 1890-874 Front Lens Cap EF/PL/MFT 0097-227 Rear Lens Cap EF 1793-167 Rear Lens Cap PL 102160-0052-000 Rear Lens Cap MFT... - Page 12 For further information, please contact us: Carl Zeiss AG Camera Lens Division 73446 Oberkochen Germany cine@zeiss.de www.zeiss.com/cine...