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Tokina 135mm T1.5 Vista Prime Lens Announced

The Tokina 135mm T1.5 Vista prime cinema lens was announced as the seventh lens in Tokina’s Vista prime cinema lens lineup. It features the same physical specifications as the rest of the Vista series and it comes in PL mount, EF mount, Sony E-mount, Micro four thirds mount, and LPL mount. Priced at around $9,000 it should start shipping in January 2020. Tokina cinema lenses portfolio includes the original Vista prime series, the Vista One prime lenses (announced earlier this year), 100mm macro lens, and few zoom lenses. At IBC 2019, Tokina showed its new 50-135mm T2.9 MKII cinema zoom lens and the Tokina 135mm T1.5 Vista prime. If you are interested in the new zoom lens, check our other article. In this article, we only focus on the new fast 135mm Vista prime. Tokina 135mm T1.5 Vista prime. Image credit: cinema5D Tokina 135mm T1.5 Vista Prime Cinema Lens Tokina Cinema positions its Vista Prime series of lenses on top of their lineup as high resolution, large image circle, modern optics. All lenses from this series have a very fast maximum aperture of T1.5 and their 46.7mm image circle covers sensors well beyond full frame, like the RED Monstro 8K or ARRI Alexa LF cameras. Optical design of these lenses shows virtually zero focus breathing. Till now the Vista cinema lenses included six lenses with focal lengths from 18mm to 105mm. The newest addition Tokina 135mm T1.5 Vista is complementing the lineup and extending its reach from the previously longest...

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Published By: CineD - Thursday, 19 September, 2019

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