Zeiss IR SLR Lenses | Manual Focus Lenses | Zeiss Lenses

Lenses are usually equipped with a coating intended to filter out a large proportion of the infrared light. With the majority of ZEISS lenses, the T* antireflex coating prevents light reflexes and scattered light and lets only very little longwave radiation through.

Carl Zeiss offers the lenses Distagon T* 2,8/25 ZF IR, Planar T* 1,4/50 ZF IR and 1,4/85 ZF IR for infrared photography. Originally developed for industrial and scientific applications, these lenses feature a lens coating that allows considerably more infrared radiation to pass through.

With an F-bayonet mount, they fit common Nikon cameras that are widely used by professionals and enthusiasts alike. The high luminosity of ZEISS fixed focal length lenses is also advantageous with infrared photography. This enables the longer exposure times needed when working with IR filters to be reduced. The IR index printed in red on every ZEISS lens helps to find the slightly offset focus range.