Hot on the heels of the announcement of their latest FX series cine camera, the FX6, Sony has also unveiled their new cine zoom lens which was initially announced with the FX9 last year, the Sony FE C 16-35mm T3.1 G, which is now available for pre-order. This lens has been announced by the Japanese company quite a while ago. It was originally previewed when the FX9 was introduced in September 2019, but only now, in the dwindling year 2020, it turned ready for pre-order. As the below picture shows, this new cine zoom is the first of three (or more) upcoming lenses in that C labeled cine zoom line of lenses. First of its kind. The Sony FE C 16-35mm T3.1 G Cine Zoom. Image credit: Sony Sony FE C 16-35mm Z3.2 Cine Zoom This lens comes, no surprises there, equipped with an E-mount. It covers the wide end of the so-called holy trinity of zoom lenses: 16-35mm, 24-70mm and 70-200mm. The aperture is measured at T3.1, which is not exactly great but totally reasonable when you factor in cost and especially the size of the lens. Since T-Stops are measured in contrast to mathematically calculated f-stops, T-stops tend to be a tad slower than their f/ siblings. This T3.1 could roughly be translated to a f/2.8, in this case. The above video dates back to the original introduction of the lens (Sep 2019). Credit: Sony The Sony FE C 16-35mm T3.1 Cine Zoom covers full-frame sensors, which is...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 18 November, 2020