Early this year, Carl Zeiss announced the Planar T* 1.4/50 ZF and Planar T* 1.4/85 ZF lens for Nikon DSLR. Starting April 2006, the Carl Zeiss Camera Lens Division will assume full responsibility for the global distribution of its products. The division is implementing this measure in preparation for the launch of the new ZF lenses for Nikon SLR cameras and other future product lines.

In 2005, Carl Zeiss AG brought over 16 million camera lenses onto the market. The main customers are Sony, Nokia, Arnold & Richter in Munich (the world’s biggest manufacturer for the equipment used in cinema and TV movie production), Hasselblad (the most important provider of professional medium format cameras in the world), as well as Band Pro Film & Video in Hollywood and the professional camera manu- facturers Alpa in Zurich, Sinar in Schaffhausen, and Rollei/Franke & Heidecke in Braunschweig.

To guarantee global availability of the Zeiss Ikon system, ZF-lenses and lens accessories, Carl Zeiss will simultaneously offer an online ordering facility on the Internet, which will be available at http://www.zeiss.com/photo from April 3, 2006.

Website : Carl Zeiss Now with Full Responsibility for Distribution