January 2014
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and Sony E mounts. The Fish-eye (180° diagonal) 8mm T3.8 and the 16mm T2.2 both cover an APS-C/Super 35mm-size sensor, whereas the 14mm T3.1, and 24mm, 35mm T1.5 and 85mm (all T1.5) are full frame. Prices range from €379 for the 8mm to €650 for the 24mm. Future models will include a 50mm and a 135mm T1.8.
Super wide The new Abakus 35mm Stadium Lens can bring an all-encompassing 202º view to Super35 sensor cameras. The £11,500 9mm T2.8 PL-mount lens is very compact, and weighs just 1.6kg. Although called a stadium lens, it is also useful in confined spaces, such as on a car dashboard, where it can show the view from both side windows, which has the effect of making the car look as if it is going faster. “We’ve put in an internal filter holder, because you can’t put one on the curved lens at the front, however, there is a front protector you can fit, for use on helicopters or exposed locations, that uses a plastic that is really good optically and doesn’t attract dust,” says Abakus founder, Dr Ken Pollitt. Also new for Super35 or full-frame 35mm sensors is the Abakus XL borescope/periscope, which will come with five lenses (10, 14, 20, 28 and 40mm) for about €48,000. The lenses incorporate controllable LED lighting for especially close-up subjects, with rear controls and a filter holder for accessibility.
Zoom with a view ARRI’s new UWZ 9.5-18 Ultra Wide Zoom is claimed to be “the first super wide-angle zoom lens for the professional cine market.” The UWZ 9.5-18/T2.9, has an image circle of 33.7mm and uses
Steady state: Fujinon’s new XA55x9.5BESM HD lens with built-in stabilisation “The single biggest determiner for
lens design in the next few years will be the advances in sensor technology”
patented technologies to overcome problems with previous wide-angle zooms. Its optical performance is claimed to be comparable to, or even exceed, some
Sebastian Kanabar, Prokit
high-end wide-angle prime lenses, and it is optimised for the requirements of VFX applications. Distortion is less than 1% at 9.5mm and less than 0.1% at 18mm, so
that straight lines stay straight, even at close focus. A new multilayer, anti- reflective coating, means that flare and veiling glare are minimised, while exchangeable matte box interfaces ensure adequate sun protection whether filters are in use or not.
The telecentric optical design of the UWZ should give it highly uniform field illumination, while ARRI Lens Data System functionality outputs lens metadata for zoom, focus and aperture settings.
Focus on value: Madura with the new 16mm T2.2 V-DSLR lens
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