British lens manufacturer and rehousing specialist True Lens Services has just announced a new set of rehoused lenses: the TLS FUJI EBC. This set of lenses consists of eight focal lengths: 19 / 24 / 28 / 35 / 50 / 100 / 135mm, as well as a newly developed and unique 70mm T2 lens. With a pricetag of $77,000, this set of lenses is primarily aimed at rental houses, but let’s take a closer look at it! True Lens Services – also called TLS – is a UK-based company that specializes in the design, manufacture, and servicing/maintenance of professional cine lenses. Furthermore, the company is well-known for their rehousing services. If you’re new to lens rehousing, it involves taking still photography or cinema lenses, typically vintage models, and modifying them for use in modern cinema production with a new housing, focus and iris gear rings, improved mechanics, and the implementation of a PL lens mount. TLS already offers lens rehousing for various lenses, including Canon K35, Leica R, Zeiss Contax, and much more. The company is now back with their first rehousing project for FUJI lenses, starting with the legendary EBC lenses. TLS FUJI EBC 32mm T1.9. Image credit: TLS FUJINON EBC lenses FUJIFILM introduced the FUJINON EBC (Electron Beam Coated) lenses in the early 1970s. In 1971, the EBC coating technology made its debut, initially applied to FUJINON lenses for Fujica cameras. The most popular lenses were the EBC FUJINON 50mm f/1.4, the EBC FUJINON 55mm f/1.8, and...
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