DZOFILM — known for its “Linglung” series of MFT zooms and its “Pictor” range of Super35 Zooms — announced its new “Vespid” set of Full Frame prime lenses. I love lenses. Having a background in optical engineering before I went into filmmaking helped me understand and appreciate how much work goes into the design of a lens to make it perform the way it does. But aside from the technical aspects: If you ever have been on a movie set, looking around might have been disappointing. As soon as you look through a lens, the same set transforms into something real. It starts to look “like a movie”. I’m convinced there is a bit of magic in lenses — in some more than in others. Hard to tell how much magic is in DZOFILMs new series of Full Frame prime lenses without using them, but on paper, they don’t look bad at all. A Closer Look The Vespids come in six focal lengths: 25mm, 35mm, 50mm, 75mm, 90mm (macro), 100mm and 125mm. Except for the 90mm macro, which has a maximum aperture of T2.8, all the lenses feature a T2.1 maximum aperture. NOTE: If the lens aperture is given in f-stops it is purely a calculated value based on its geometry. T-stops or “Transmission”-stops also account for light-loss through refraction, diffraction, and absorption inside the lens. So the T-stop of a given lens will always be a bit lower than it’s f-stop. Most cine lenses are marked in T-stops. While...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 30 October, 2020