DZOfilm has introduced the Pictor 12-25mm T2.8, a wide-angle, parfocal cinema lens designed to be used with Super35 cameras that prices lower than $3,000.
The lens is the most recent member of the company’s Pictor line, becoming a member of the 14-30mm, 20-55mm, and 50-125mm T2.8 optics. DZOFilm positions the lenses as not solely versatile due to fairly vast zoom ranges but in addition as a result of they’ve a really shut minimal focusing distance.
The Pictor 12-25mm T2.8 has a minimal focusing distance of 0.4 meters (15.75 inches) on the vast finish which permits comparatively shut focusing particularly contemplating the crop issue of Super35 cameras.
The 12-25mm lens is constructed of 21 parts organized into 15 teams and options an aperture vary of T2.8 by means of T22 by way of a 16-bladed aperture diaphragm. The lens physique is fabricated from aluminum alloy and the optic weighs 1,600 grams.
The lens additionally incorporates a parfocal design, which implies that a topic stays in focus even when the focal size modifications, permitting filmmakers to zoom in or out on a topic with out refocusing. Parfocal lenses are extremely desired amongst filmmakers due to this functionality they usually often price considerably greater than non-parfocal lenses.
DZOFilm claims the lens has wonderful management of subject curvature and optical distortion which permits it to offer edge-to-edge sharpness throughout the zoom vary. The corporate additionally claims “negligible” focus respiration for clean transitions by means of all method of scenes shot both zooming-in or zooming-out. The lens is handbook focus solely however does come pre-installed with focus pulling gears.
The lens could be bought for both PL or Canon EF mounts however is interchangeable between them. Moreover, the 12-25mm T2.8 — like all of DZOFilm’s Pictor lenses — could be tailored to E, RF, L, X, or Z mounts by way of the corporate’s line of Octopus adapters. Past that, the DZOFilm Marlin 1.6x extenders can develop the protection of the lens to cowl full-frame sensors.
Beneath are some pattern footage and stills captured with the DZOFilm Pictor 12-25mm T2.8:
The DZOFilm Pictor 12-25mm T2.8 is obtainable in both black or white finishes, although the white is dearer.
The black end is obtainable instantly for $2,889 whereas the white end is anticipated to be out there by the top of February for $3,089.
Picture credit: All pictures supplied by DZOFilm
