Following the release of several anamorphic prime lenses for Micro Four Thirds (MFT) – 28mm, 40mm and 65mm – Vazen has now released this 85mm lens for full frame. Curious to see how it performs? Read on… A lot of chinese companies have recently started to provide more or less affordable anamorphic lenses to the market, like SLR Magic, SIRUI, Vazen, or more recently Venus Optics (LAOWA) who teased an anamorphic rear 1.33x adapter for their OOOM cinema zoom lens. However, what sets Vazen apart is the fact that they design their primes with an 1.8x horizontal stretch factor, rather than the typical 1.33x factor most of the other companies offer. Vazen 85mm f2.8 1.8x full frame anamorphic lens. Image credit: Vazen While I do understand that 1.33x stretch is ideal to convert your typical 16:9 video image to a 1:2.4 ‘ish widescreen image, for me personally the “anamorphic look” is all about having a certain aestethics and character – namely the out of focus vertical stretch of objects or elliptical rendering of light sources – happening really at 1.8x or 2x horizontal stretch only. Vazen 85mm f2.8 1.8x full frame anamorphic prime sample image. Image credit: CineD Please have a look at our article here where sensor sizes and aspects of anamorphic shooting are explained, if you are not familiar with it. Also, see our article here for the full specification of the Vazen 85mm f/2.8 1.8x anamorphic prime. Optical performance of the Vazen 85mm f/2.8 1.8x lens Disclaimer...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 21 January, 2021