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SLR Magic Just Released the Perfect Wide Angle Cine Prime for the Panasonic GH4
Despite the nearly universal praise for the Panasonic GH4, many people still can't get over the small micro 4/3 sensor. "The crop factor is too high," they say. "You just can't get extreme wide shots!"...
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A Set of Low Cost/High-Performance Cine Primes Just Hit the Market, but...
High performance cinema lenses never come cheap. However, when you add fixed apertures to the equation, even the lowest budget filmmakers can afford world-class optical quality. I'm talking, of course,...
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Canon Just Announced an Insane 50-1000mm Servo Zoom Lens
[Update]: We now have pricing and availability information below. The new Canon Cine-Servo 50-1000mm T5.0-8.9 lens can cover Super 35mm, has a removable servo drive, and has a built-in 1.5x extender...
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BMPCC & GH4 Users, Meet Veydra's New Micro 4/3 Mount Mini Primes
Image quality doesn't just depend on which camera you shoot on. If you shoot on a Micro 4/3 camera, you know all too well that it also mostly depends on your lenses. Micro 4/3 cameras like the BMPCC...
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Save Some Serious Cash on Tokina's Cinema Lenses this Holiday Season
Cinema lenses are the ultimate stocking stuffers for us filmmaking fanatics. In the spirit of the holidays, Tokina has announced instant savings for their line of cinema zoom lenses, which includes a...
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Zeiss Shows Off Cine Zoom Lenses That Can Cover RED's 8K Full-Frame Sensor
Zeiss made a decision a number of years ago that they were going to make their cine lenses as versatile as possible, and their newest cine zooms are all capable of easily covering RED's new 8K...
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Can You Tell the Difference Between a $150 Stills Lens & a $15K Cine Prime?
If you were tasked with a picking out cheap stills lenses from an array of expensive cinema lenses in a blind test consisting of real world footage (not focus charts), would you be able to do it? The...
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Samyang/Rokinon are Coming Out with a Set of True Cine Prime Lenses
Samyang/Rokinon are well-established for their affordable low-end full-frame 35mm cine primes. [Update]: These are now available to order. But now they're looking to take on the likes of Zeiss, Canon,...
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REVIEW: SLR Magic Anamorphot 1.33x CINE Lenses
Here's our review of the SLR Magic anamorphic 35mm, 50mm, and 70mm glass. After the success of its popular anamorphic lens adapters, SLR Magic has been steadily increasing focus on cine lenses. Due to...
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Sigma Adds Full-Frame Compatibility with New Cine Zoom
Sigma has announced a new 24-35mm T2.2 FF Zoom Cine lens for high-resolution shooting. Sigma is known for being a cheaper alternative for filmmakers looking for beautiful optics in a lens. NFS...
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Sigma Lenses 101: Why the Glass is So Popular with Filmmakers (and What it...
Here's a detailed guide to the Sigma lens lines, including the latest in its Art series—the full-frame 14mm prime and 24-70mm zoom. We've been talking about Sigma glass for some time at No Film School...
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Samyang Lenses 101: Clearing the Clutter of Different Brands
Here's your guide to understanding the basics behind the Samyang lens line and its private label brand names. Continuing our Lenses 101 articles, following Sigma and Tamron, we're stopping at Samyang,...
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Irix Reveals Their New T1.5 Fast Prime Cine Lens
Irix has been pursuing a flanking strategy, and now aims at the middle with a new 45mm lens. Lens maker Irix has been pursuing an interesting strategy when moving into the cine lens market. Rather...
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Irix Adds 45mm Lens That Improves Sharpness and Reduces Color Fringing
The Irix 45mm F1.4 GFX lens joins four other lenses in the company's still lineup. Irix has announced a new version of its 45mm F1.4 still lens, designed specifically for Fujifilm GFX medium-format...
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Large-Format Cinematographers Have New Options as Tokina Expands Vista Prime...
Tokina adds two new focal lengths to its Vista Prime cinema lens range, giving large-format cinematographers more options to get the right shot. Let’s dig deeper to discover how these new lenses will...
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Like a Fine Wine, We Pair Two Cinema Cameras with Cine Lenses
Pairing cine lenses with cinema cameras can be a challenge, so for our Deals of the Week, we did just that. Finding a good deal on equipment to get your project up and running can be a slog. Sure,...
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