Viltrox has just introduced a new kit of four diopter filters designed for use with cinema lenses. These optical accessories are part of Viltrox’s Zmove line of cinema products, offer different levels of magnification, and promise to improve your lens’ minimum focus distance without degrading image quality. Let’s take a look! Viltrox’s name has long been associated with affordable photographic lenses and lens adapters. However, over the last few years, the company has been hard at work to strengthen their presence in the cinema world. After releasing a set of compact cine lenses for E-mount and Micro Four Thirds cameras at the beginning of 2023, the Chinese brand launched their first series of truly professional-oriented glass, the EPIC T2.0 1.33x full-frame anamorphic set (our review here). More recently, Viltrox teased the development of LUNA, a massive 30-300mm full-frame cine zoom, and also released a line of PL lens adapters for mirrorless cameras. Now it’s time for their first set of cinema-grade filters! Viltrox Zmove Diopters Set – features The new Viltrox Zmove Series Cine Lens Diopters Set consists of 4 filters offering different levels of magnification (+0.5/+1/+2/+3). These will allow you to reduce the minimum focus distance of your lens so you can get closer to your subject when shooting macro close-ups. However, keep in mind that this infinity focus will also be affected, meaning that your lens will no longer be able to focus on distant subjects. Viltrox Zmove +0.5 diopter filter. Image credit: Viltrox The filters have a...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 24 May