Find the gear
for your lens.

Zeiss glass is a staple of independent film sets, and many of these lenses are already designed for manual focus. A follow focus gear lets you drive them with a motor or a rig-mounted unit. Our Zeiss range is one of the widest we offer, with over a hundred lenses from the Contax and Carl Zeiss Jena era to the modern Otus, Milvus and Loxia lines.

Typical ring sizes

Vintage Contax Zeiss primes are small. The 50mm f/1.7 Planar needs a gear for a 2.36–2.44 in (60–62 mm) focus ring, and the 85mm f/1.4 Planar fits 2.72–2.80 in (69–71 mm). The Milvus 35mm f/2 uses 2.83–2.91 in (72–74 mm), and the large Otus lenses go up to 3.54–3.62 in (90–92 mm) for the Otus 85mm f/1.4.

Which Zeiss are you using?

• Contax and Carl Zeiss Jena lenses often use different ring widths even at the same focal length, so check the exact name and coating (for example MC).
• ZE, ZF.2 and E-mount versions of the same optical design can differ in the barrel, so choose the listing that matches your mount.
• If your lens is missing, the flexible gear for any lens covers 2.24 to 3.62 in (57 to 92 mm).

All gears have Mod 0.8 teeth and work with standard follow focus units. They ship from our Texas warehouse and usually arrive in 3–5 days. US orders from $60 ship free, and you have 14 days to return.