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Rod Standards & Lens Resources from OConnor
OConnor has a new labs section of their website, and they have been posting some great articles. In their article, Rod Standards Explained, they diagram the different standards for rod spacing that...
View ArticleAbelCine’s ALEXA One Man Band Kit
The ARRI ALEXA has become so popular that many clients are asking to use it in ways outside of the traditional Digital Cinema market. Documentary and ENG-style productions, long the playground of 2/3”...
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A Look Back From Behind The Lens
It’s been another exciting year in our industry, with lots of evolutionary and revolutionary changes. Many of the trends we’ve seen coming for the past several years came to fruition in 2011, leaving...
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New Expanded Coverage Zoom Lenses From Angenieux
Angenieux today announced two new 35PL zoom lenses, both of which project an image circle of 31.4mm, covering the large sensors of the RED 5K EPIC & Scarlet, the ALEXA Studio and the Phantom Flex....
View ArticleEvaluating the Canon 30-300 Cinema Zoom
Canon supplied one of the first production CN-E 30-300 Cinema Zooms for AbelCine’s optical technicians to evaluate. We put the lens through our usual battery of tests, and we were very impressed. The...
View ArticleNAB ’12: Zeiss Announces New Compact Zoom
Zeiss today announced their new Compact Zoom, a 70-200 T2.9. The Compact Zoom covers not only Super-35, but in fact the full frame 36mmx24mm format, just like the Compact Primes. Also like the CP.2s,...
View ArticleNAB ’12: Canon EF Cinema Zooms
Canon has added two new zoom lenses to their digital cinema lens lineup. Previously, we reviewed the 14.5-60mm (T2.6) and 30-300 (T2.95-3.7) lenses. Now Canon has added two lightweight versions...
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Canon Announces New Cinema Zoom & Prime Lenses
Today Canon announced details of their expanding line of Cinema optics. At NAB this year, they showed off two new lightweight, compact cinema zooms. The CN-15.5-47mm T2.8 L and the CN-E 30-105mm T2.8...
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Zeiss Introduces Two New Compact Cine Lenses
Today, Carl Zeiss announced a new Compact Zoom and Compact Prime. The Compact Zoom CZ.2 28-80 T2.9 is less than eight inches long and weighs just 5.5lbs. Along with the previously announced companion...
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Fuji Unveils Cabrio 85-300 T2.9-4 PL Zoom
Following the popularity of its sister lens, the Cabrio 19-90 T2.9 zoom, the new Fuji Premier PL Cabrio 85-300 is similarly small and lightweight. It also includes a removable handgrip servo control....
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