In this first-look review, we took a peek at the newly announced SIRUI Jupiter 75mm and 100mm full-frame Macro Cine lenses. What quality can we expect from these budget cine lenses? Let’s find out in this SIRUI Jupiter review of the new lenses. SIRUI is probably best known for their affordable tripods and equally affordable anamorphic lenses. In 2022, they added the Jupiter series to their line-up – a series of spherical lenses. They started with 24mm, 35mm, and 50mm versions and a 28-85mm cine zoom lens, and are now completing the line-up with a 75mm and a 100mm lens. SIRUI Jupiter 75mm T2.8 and 100mm T2.8. Image credit: CineD SIRUI Jupiter Cine Lens series: macro by design All of the Jupiter series lenses have one thing in common: They are macro lenses by design, which of course means that they have a very short minimum focusing distance, around 0.29 meters or around 11 inches. There aren’t too many series of cine lenses on the market that are entirely focused on macro filmmaking, so this is quite unique. The 75mm lens has a T2.8 aperture and maximum 1:1 magnification, and the 100mm lens has the same aperture and offers a maximum 1.5:1 magnification. A cohesive set: same gear positions, same front diameter SIRUI did a good job of unifying a lot of the characteristics of the lenses, which truly makes them a nice cohesive set. For example, both the focus and aperture gears are in the same position on all...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 23 October, 2023