Cooke Optics Explores the Look of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
To make life on board the starship Enterprise look not only cinematic but more realistic, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds director of photography Glenn Keenan built on the lessons …
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Sirui Launches IndieGoGo Campaign for Jupiter Full Frame Cine Lenses
Lens manufacturer Sirui has launched a new crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo for its Jupiter Line of Cinema Lenses. And judging by how quickly the campaign breezed by its initial …
Panasonic is Having a Sale on Select Cameras, Save Up to $500
There’s a sale going on right now on select Panasonic cameras. The sale provides a temporary markdown of $500 on both the Panasonic S1H full-frame and the Panasonic S5 …
TTartisan Expands High-Speed Nifty Fifty Mount Options
Ttartisan is expanding the mount options for its high-speed 50mm F.95 APS-C ultra-fast prime lenses. In addition to supporting Canon EOS-M, Canon RF, L-mount, Micro Four Thirds, and Nikon …
Best Manual Focus Techniques for Shooting Video
Autofocus continues to get better and is actually a fairly common tool to find on many productions. The benefits of allowing the camera to track your subject are obvious, …
Laowa’s Previews First Nanomorph Anamorphic Lenses in Trailer and Social Media
Laowa has dropped a trailer online that previews their new line of Nanomorph Anamorphic lenses. The video declares that Laowa is redefining anamorphic and breaking with the tradition of …
The Batman Film Uses Vintage Helios 44 Anamorphic Lenses
New has finally come out that the latest Warner Bros./DC superhero film The Batman used vintage Helios 44-2m lenses to film the pivotal car chase scene between the Batman …
Viltrox Offers Limited Edition Line of White X-Mount Lenses for Fuji Cameras
Viltrox has announced a limited edition three lens set of white lenses for FujiFilm X-Mount cameras that will be available to just 500 of Fuji’s faithful looking to spruce …
5 Affordable Vintage Lenses for Filmmakers
Lenses are perhaps the biggest part of any cinematographer’s kit as they have a bigger impact on the look and feel of the image than anything else on set. …
Sony Announces New 24-70mm F2.8 GMII E-Mount Lens
Sony has announced their highly anticipated FE 24-70 F2.8 GM II constant aperture lens. The lens is the 67th design to join the E-mount line up and Sony says …
Vazen Rounds Out Anamorphic Set with 135mm T2.8 1.8X Lens
Vazen has rounded out its full frame anamorphic lens set with a new 135mm T2.8 1.8x cinema prime lens. The lens completes a family of three that also includes …
DZOFilm Expands Cine Lens Lineup with 14-30mm T2.8 Zoom
High-speed cinema zooms seem to be all the rage these days, as lens manufacturers seek to create adjustable cinematic primes that have all the bokeh of a fast lens, …
Tokina Stretches Their Fast Line of Cinema Primes Out to 180mm
Tokina has made some waves over the last few years with its line of fast Vista Prime Cinema lenses. While the other lenses in the Vista Prime family top out …
Canon Announces New Lenses for Cinema and Broadcast Cameras
Although Canon’s new bread and butter is their RF mirrorless line, the company is still supporting EF-mount cinema cameras for the professional space. With that commitment ongoing, the company …
Venus Optics Unveils New 15mm F4.5 Red Ring Zero-D Lens
Venus Optics is on a roll. Last month, they unveiled the 20mm F4.5 lens with zero distortion, and now they’re going even wider with a Laowa 15mm F4.5R version. …
Nikon Announces 800mm Telephoto That You Can Hold While Shooting
The monopod was practically created so that sports and nature photographers could steady their massive telephoto lenses and get a sharp shot of their subject in motion. With focal …
Zeiss Rounds Out Cine Lens Family with new 15mm Supreme Prime
Zeiss has completed its family of Supreme Cinema Lenses by announcing a new 15mm T1.8 prime lens. The newcomer rounds out the collection, which ranges from 15mm-200mm with a …
SIRUI Adds 75mm T2.9 1.6x Lens to Growing Anamorphic Lineup
Last year, lens company Sirui launched into the Anamorphic cinema lens market with a 50mm T2.9 1.6x lens. Now, it has a big brother thanks to their new 75mm …
The Ultimate Guide for Adapting Lenses
Lenses are perhaps the most important item for cinematographers. Today, the camera can be almost anything and give you a great image, but for style or a “look” that …
Can a $500 Cine Lens Stack Up Against a $26,000 Master Prime?
Cinema lenses come in all shapes and sizes. They also have a huge range of prices. Nowadays, you can pick up some cinema lenses for dirt cheap and own …