Tag: Lens
Touit Lenses Announced By Carl Zeiss:
Touit lenses announced by Carl Zeiss are a line that will fill the mirrorless camera market. “Touit” funny name which sounds like “Do It”, the just must have fallen off. Carl Zeiss Touit lens range will suit the Sony NEX and Fujifilm X cameras and the glass will encompass all the focal lengths in the [...]
Carl Zeiss NAB Highlights:
Carl Zeiss presented their latest products at NAB 2013 and recorded a little video for you to have as a keepsake. Cinematographers who dropped by were enthusiastic about the wide range of focal lengths in the Compact Family, from 15 to 200 mm. A special highlight was the Compact Zoom CZ.2 28-80/T2.9, which we unveiled [...]
FUJIFILM Showed Preliminary Models of Two New Lenses at NAB:
FUJIFILM showed preliminary models of two new lenses in their NAB 2013 booth. On display was the new Premier PL 14-28mm Cabrio wide angle lens (model ZK2x14) – an ideal choice for close-up, ENG or Cine style shooting. The PL 14-28 offers a focal length of 14-28mm at T2.9, with 200-degree focus rotation. “The development [...]
HolyManta Internal ND Lens Adapters:
Quick one for you Thomas Larang, an engineer from Uppsala in Sweden brings you the HolyManta VND (variable neutral density). Thomas is using crowdfunding to get the HolyMantra VND into your hands. If you like what you see then give him a holla. Neutral density (ND) filters are needed on bright sunny days, especially when [...]
ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphic Lenses Price and Delivery Dates From NAB:
ARRI Product manager for Lenses Thorsten Meywald lets you in on the prices and delivery dates for the seven ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphic lenses. At NAB 2013 ARRI showed off the 35mm 50mm and the 75mm ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphic lenses. Still to come in the Master Anamorphic lens series is the 40mm, 60mm, 100mm, and 135mm [...]
Carl Zeiss Lenses BTS Preparing Their Booth at NAB:
Carl Zeiss Lenses took their complete portfolio of glass to NAB. That’s crazy right! That range of lenses consists of more than 70 lenses. Carl Zeiss brought along the ARRI/ZEISS Master Prime series and the Ultra Prime lenses as well as the Compact Prime CP.2, Compact Zoom CZ.2 and SLR lenses. For more information about [...]
Sony Show a Concept Not Prototype 4K DSLR and Bread Box Camera at NAB:
At the Sony NAB 2013 launch event right at the very end of the hour long presentation Alec Shapiro President of Professional Solutions America introduced Toshihiko Ohnishi who is the Deputy President of Sony’s Professional Services Group in Japan. Toshihiko talked for about three minutes on what Sony called “Our vision for the future.” They [...]
Carl Zeiss Will Show Entire DSLR Lens Range at NAB:
At this year’s NAB Show in Las Vegas (April 8-11) Carl Zeiss will not only display cine lenses at its booth C9043, it will also present its entire portfolio of lenses for digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLR), with a total of 13 focal lengths for F mount and 12 focal lengths for EF mount cameras. [...]
P+S Technik Kubrick Lens Collection, Pro35 Smart Upgrade and More at NAB:
P+S Technik have announced their NAB 2013 lineup and it includes the Kubrick Lens Collection, and the Pro35 Smart upgrade which gives your iPhone that cinematic look. P+S Technik have plenty more goodies coming to NAB but let’s start with the Kubrick Lens Collection and their other lens conversions on offer. Lens service and mount [...]
Schneider-Kreuznach Announce Xenon Full Frame Prime Lenses:
Schneider-Kreuznach has launched a completely new series of full-frame lenses, the “Xenon full-frame primes.” They have been especially developed for DSLR cameras with full-frame sensors for video shooting and can also be used with professional cine cameras. The new lenses will be available from the second half of 2013. The series initially comprises three fixed [...]
Thales Angénieux Official and Technical Partner 66th Festival de Cannes:
Thales Angénieux has announced that it will be the Official Partner and Technical Partner of the 66th edition of the Festival de Cannes. Having already been awarded 4 times in Hollywood; in 1964, 1989 and 2009 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and again in 2012 by the Society of Camera Operators, [...]
2X PL 35mm Extender For ARRI Cameras:
The Schneider Optics High resolution 2X PL to PL stainless steel mount extender, has multi-coated optics for professional 35mm film zoom lenses. The Schneider Optics 2X PL 35mm extender mounts between the lens and ARRI camera with a two stop light loss. Please see Schneider Optics for more information about their 2X PL 35mm Extender [...]
Sneak Peek of the Carl Zeiss Distagon 55mm f1.4 Lens:
It has been 50 something years between making the Distagon 55mm lenses and Dr. Hubert Nasse, Staff Scientist at Carl Zeiss chats about his impressions on the new Distagon T* 1.4 55mm. The development of which he has shaped significantly. He shows examples of the image results of this new ZEISS lens that is said [...]
Schneider-Kreuznach Celebrates Turning 100 Years Young:
The history of Schneider-Kreuznach from its beginnings to the present day is the subject of a special exhibition in Schloßparkmuseum in Bad Kreuznach. Under the title “The World in Focus – 100 Years of Schneider Optische Werke Bad Kreuznach”, the museum presents exhibits documenting the lens manufacturer’s impressive and varied development, and is thus a [...]
Meet The Super 16mm Lenses For The Digital Bolex Camera:
The Digital Bolex team have announced a series of three lenses and a Universal Follow Focus they have in store for their d16 camera. The three super 16mm lenses are 10mm: focus range: 3.3′ (1 meter) to infinity, 18mm: focus range: 3.7′ (1.12 meters) to 6.5′ (1.98 meters,) and the 38mm lens: 5.6′ (1.7 meters) [...]
Resolve Optics Ultra Compact HD Mini Zoom Lens, the Z10-HDcf:
Polecam Systems will be BVE2013 and so too the new Resolve Optics Ultra Compact HD Mini Zoom Lens Z10-HDcf, designed to complement small profile HD cameras such as the renowned Toshiba range. This 10X, C-mount lens design utilises cutting edge technology to enable the lens to be kept very compact. Floating cell technology allows the [...]
ShotOnWhat? The Source for Motion Picture & Television Technical Information:
Hey anyone know what The Terminator movie was shot on? Or that TV show, now web series Arrested Development was shot on? From time to time you may ask yourself “Self, do you think they used a Technovision SuperTechno 30′ or 50′ camera crane with that shot in the Get Smart movie?” Or perhaps asking [...]
100 Changes But The Finished Digital Bolex D16 Body Is In:
Playing catch up on a few stories and well, why not start with a camera that is already late. Anyway Joe and crew have banged out a little vid showing off the finished body of the D16 Digital Bolex camera. Interestingly this video was panned widely on CML yet praised immensely on Vimeo. Perhaps that [...]
Digital Bolex Lens Mount in Either Old School C-Mount Turret or Passive EF:
Digital Bolex update: Joe has cracked the 3D printer code and steadily beavered away on a C-Mount Turret and Passive EF lens mount for the upcoming D16 camera. The EF Digital Bolex camera lens mount is a completed version while the C-Mount Turret is at stage one, with work still to be done on it. [...]
Lens Maker Thales Angenieux Recognized as a Living Heritage Company:
Cinema and broadcast zoom lens maker Thales Angenieux has received one of France’s biggest accolades by being recognized as a living heritage company. Founded by Pierre Angenieux back in 1935 the zoom lens maker now has a workforce of about 400 people. Thales Angénieux designs, manufactures and assembles its lenses, on one single site, for [...]
Fujinon PL 19-90 Cabrio Lens Shipping In Bulk:
FUJIFILM announced the first deliveries of its PL 19-90 Cabrio ZK4.7×19 lens to video rental companies SIM Digital, AbelCine and TCS. The Cabrio lens was first introduced at NAB 2012 and is part of the company’s PREMIER PL Mount Zoom family. The lightweight and compact ZK4.7×19 features a first for cine-style lenses – an exclusive [...]
FUJINON ND-P01 Optical Variable ND Filter:
I saw a photo of a camera rig set up on a stand at InterBEE and could not work out what I was seeing. I could roughly work out it was an ND filter of sorts placed between the camera and the lens; but what was it doing on a camera that already had ND [...]
Two New Canon Prime Lenses CN-E14mm T3.1 L F and CN-E135mm T2.2 L F:
Canon have announced two new prime lenses, the CN-E14mm T3.1 L F and the CN-E135mm T2.2 L F single-focal-length lenses for large-format single-sensor cameras employing Super 35mm or full frame 35mm imagers. These two new lenses join with Canon’s CN-E24mm T1.5 L F, CN-E50mm T1.3 L F, and CN-E85mm T1.3 L F primes to provide [...]
Schneider Compact ND Filter Kit for 114mm Diameter Lenses:
Schneider Optics introduces the Schneider Compact ND Filter Kit for 114mm diameter lenses. The neutral density filter kit provides a low profile clamp-on locking ring adapter that is designed to mount 4-1/2 inch filters included in the kit on camera lenses such as the Zeiss CP.2 and Canon Cinema EOS Primes. The Compact ND Kit [...]
Uncoated Samyang Lens Test:
Remember that custom modified set of 3 x Samyang DSLR lenses that have the optical coatings removed from the front & rear elements available at Shoot Blue? Well check out the test vision from that modified Samyang glass set. The uncoated Samyang lenses are a great solution for achieving lens flare and a more vintage [...]
