Category: PL

Canon, Canon RF, News, PL, Product Announcement

Canon CINE SERVO 11-55mm T2.95 – Built for Broadcast, Ready for Cinema

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Canon CINE SERVO 11-55mm T2.95 – Built for Broadcast, Ready for Cinema

At Duclos Lenses, we have always had an eye for glass that goes beyond the look. There’s always more than meets the eyes when it comes to optics and we have an eye for spotting potential. Some might say we are optics experts. Canon’s newly announced CINE SERVO 11-55mm T2.95-3.95 PL and RF is reminiscent of a broadcast lens, but this servo is ready to rock cinema. With wide coverage, great resolving power, and suite of professional luxuries, this lens opens the door for creatives who need versatility with little compromise.

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Canon RF, Fuji X, Laowa, Lenses, News, PL, Product Announcement, Sony E

Mind-Bending Perspective: Laowa’s New 8-15mm T2.9 Zoom Fisheye

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Mind-Bending Perspective: Laowa’s New 8-15mm T2.9 Zoom Fisheye

When you hear the name Laowa, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Normally, and I’ll say this with the utmost respect, weird lenses. Laowa always goes against the norms, choosing innovation over following trends. They consistently deliver tools that at first seem niche or strange, but quickly prove themselves as must-haves once you see the results. I’ve always appreciated that approach. It’s a bit like that middle-school idea that not trying to be popular ends up making you stand out anyway.

Now comes the Laowa 8-15mm T2.9 Fisheye Zoom, their latest ultra-wide cine lens, and a potential game-changer for AR and VR creators. This lens fills a noticeable gap left by a certain lens with a red ring, which was widely used in immersive production workflows. The question is whether this new Laowa offering is simply trying to replicate what came before, or if it’s pushing things forward on its own terms.

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Canon EF, Canon RF, Laowa, Lenses, News, PL, Sony E

Snag A Close Up of the Laowa 60mm 1.5x Macro Anamorphic Prime

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Snag A Close Up of the Laowa 60mm 1.5x Macro Anamorphic Prime

2024 is coming to a close, the holidays are around the corner and Laowa is the lens manufacturer that just keeps giving. Just in time for gift giving season the Laowa Nanomorph 60mm Macro Anamorphic is a perfect stocking-stuffer for the special Lens Geek in your life.

The Nanormorph 60mm fits in so well with the rest of the line up and truly makes me wonder why it took so long for a macro addition like this to be added. Let’s dive in and get a close up look.

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Lenses, News, PL, Product Announcement, Zeiss

The Light Shines On New Zeiss Supreme Zoom Radiance

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The Light Shines On New Zeiss Supreme Zoom Radiance

ZEISS is ending 2024 with a last minute surprise announcement. Introducing the Supreme Zoom Radiance trio. This new set includes: 15-30mm, 28-80mm, and 70-200mm all at T2.9. The new ZEISS Supreme Zoom Radiance lenses feature the same T* blue coating as the popular Supreme Prime Radiance, delivering consistent flares and a warm color rendition. They are interesting additions to the cinema family complimenting the already unique Supreme Radiance Primes. Let’s take a look at the new Supreme Zoom Radiance lenses and see if they have enough shine to get your attention.

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Leica, Lenses, News, PL, Product Announcement, TLS

TLS Brings Premium Leica R Rehousing Home

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TLS Brings Premium Leica R Rehousing Home

The ever-popular Leica R primes have been modified and rehoused by many companies for several years but none so elegantly as Leicester, UK-based outfit, TLS. While a Leica R re-housing by TLS has been available for quite some time, this is the first time that TLS is offering a solution direct to customers without a middle-man. But what makes the Leica R lenses and the TLS housing such a great pairing? Let’s explore!

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Canon EF, Laowa, Lenses, News, PL, Product Announcement

Laowa Proteus Flex Series: Next-Level Anamorphic Flexibility

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Laowa Proteus Flex Series: Next-Level Anamorphic Flexibility

Laowa has unveiled their latest anamorphic offering, the Proteus Flex Series, which introduces a new level of flexibility with interchangeable flare modules. As I sat down to write about this new series, I took a trip through The Cine Lens Archive to see what I had written about the original Proteus lenses. To my surprise, I never published anything on that launch—so I’m making sure not to miss the opportunity this time. The Proteus Flex series offers a unique combination of modular design and high-end performance, and it’s certainly a step forward for cinematographers seeking versatile anamorphic tools.

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Canon EF, Irix, Lenses, Micro 4/3, PL, Product Announcement, Sony E

Irix Introduces Cine 15mm T2.6 Ultra-Wide

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Irix Introduces Cine 15mm T2.6 Ultra-Wide

The newest wide-angle lens from Irix joins the ultra-wide 11mm, standard 45mm, and macro 150mm.  Inspired by their popular Firefly and Blackstone 15mm f/2.4 models, the new cinema lens is lightweight, affordable, and exhibits very little distortion.  Available in EF, E, PL and Micro 4/3 mounts.

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Arri, LPL, News, PL, XPL

Arri’s New Signature Prime Series “Large Format”

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Arri’s New Signature Prime Series “Large Format”

Today, Arri officially announced their new, keeping up with the Jones’s, Alexa LF (Large Format). More importantly, the announcement wasn’t just a new camera, but a new system. This means new camera, new mount, and new LENSES! I suppose the new camera is large format compared to other cameras, but what about the new lenses? How do they fare in comparison, on paper at least, to other cinema lenses currently on the market? Let’s take a look at the new Signature Primes from Arri. Continue reading “Arri’s New Signature Prime Series “Large Format”” →

Lens Guts, Lenses, News, PL, vintage

ZERØ OPTIK Brings Vintage Baltars Back to Life

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ZERØ OPTIK Brings Vintage Baltars Back to Life

ZERØ OPTIK began as the passion project of cinematographer/engineer Alex Nelson who wanted to build the world’s most well engineered 35mm Pinhole lens. He succeeded. But that wasn’t enough for Alex. The next project he’d tackle was going to be far more complex and far more rewarding. And that’s where we begin this post… The original Bausch & Lomb Baltars. We sat down with Alex to get an inside look at where ZERØ OPTIK comes from and where it’s going.

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Canon EF, Lenses, Micro 4/3, News, Nikon F, PL, Sony E, Zeiss

Goodbye CP.2 – Hello CP.3!

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Goodbye CP.2 – Hello CP.3!

Zeiss pulled the veil of their long anticipated update to the Compact Prime line which will officially be called the CP.3 and CP.3 xD. The new line will consist of FF35 primes ranging from 15mm to 135mm in a lightweight, compact cinema housing. The new lenses will feature high performance optics at affordable prices with a couple of features not yet seen in the Sub-$5K market. Let’s take a look at the details of Zeiss’ new cinema primes.

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Canon EF, Lenses, News, PL, Sigma, Sony E

Sigma Fills Out Nicely with 14mm and 135mm Cine Primes

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Sigma Fills Out Nicely with 14mm and 135mm Cine Primes

Sigma has just announced the development of a 14mm T2 and 135mm T2 prime lens. Based on the Sigma ART line of optics, these two new primes will join the already impressive 20mm, 24mm, 35mm, 50mm and 85mm . This news comes as no surprise to anyone who follows Sigma. The photo version of these lenses which were released earlier this year, seem like they were designed specifically to join the Sigma Cine family. They’re a welcome addition and render the Sigma Cine Primes a powerful option for cinematographers.  Continue reading “Sigma Fills Out Nicely with 14mm and 135mm Cine Primes” →

Angenieux, Canon EF, Lenses, News, PL

Angenieux Adds 48-130mm to Optimo Style Line

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Angenieux Adds 48-130mm to Optimo Style Line

Ahead of NAB 2017, Angenieux has announced another addition to the Optimo Style line of zooms – a 48-130mm T3. The 48-130mm features a 2.7x zoom range along with the other lightweight Optimo Style zooms, the 16-40mm and 30-76mm. It weighs 4.3 lbs and Angenieux states it is idea for hand held, steadicam and drones productions. Continue reading “Angenieux Adds 48-130mm to Optimo Style Line” →