Tokina’s Cinema 21mm and 29mm T1.5 Vista lenses will complement the existing focal lengths in the Vista primes line in early 2022, matching both the look and the physical specs. The Japanese lens manufacturer has just announced the development of these two lenses, which are already in late-stage development with prototypes being tested in real-life productions. Perhaps the most popular cinema lens line from the Japanese optics company Tokina (Tokina Cinema) is the Vista T1.5 Prime series. As the name implies, the prime lens series offers a large image circle to cover large-format “Vistavision” sensors while maintaining a very fast aperture of T1.5, across the whole line. While initially launched with seven lenses with fairly standard focal lengths, Tokina continued adding the in-between focal lengths to offer more choices for DPs. The company first added the 40mm T1.5 lens in November 2020, followed by the 65mm T1.5 lens in January 2021. Today, Tokina Cinema announces the development of another two lenses for the Vista line – the 21mm T1.5 and 29mm T1.5. Let’s take a look at the details. Tokina Cinema 21mm and 29mm Vista T1.5 The current Tokina Cinema Vista line of lenses includes the following focal lengths: 18mm T1.525mm T1.535mm T1.540mm T1.550mm T1.565mm T1.585mm T1.5105mm T1.5135mm T1.5 With the addition of the two new focal lengths – 21mm T1.5 and 29mm T1.5 – the whole line will comprise 11 lenses in total. As Tokina Cinema states, the new lenses will match the existing Vista prime line in both...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 27 December, 2021