Lenses

Cooke Optics, the multi-award winning England based manufacturer of precision high-end lenses for the motion picture and TV productions, just announced the launch of a 65mm Macro Anamorphic/i 2x Prime lens - the latest addition to their growing family of Anamorphic lenses in response to the growing demand for precision optics for the modern digital cinema cameras.

Recently, Zeiss announced a new addition, or rather expansion to their line-up of lenses called BATIS. The new family currently comprises of 2 focal lengths - 25mm f2.0 and 85mm f/1.8. The Batis line, features a very slick design and immaculate construction reminiscent of the Touit line-up with fine metal finish and slick focus barrel.

The ARRI Ultra Wide Zoom UWZ 9.5-18/T2.9 is the first super wide angle zoom lens for the professional cine market. Designed for existing and future digital sensor generations, the UWZ incorporates patented, cutting-edge lens technologies that overcome known performance problems with wide angle zooms.

Renowned for their optical quality, design and functionality, Fujifilm have been a leading force in the world of photographic solutions and broadcast lenses for quite some time. As technology evolves and more and more manufacturers look towards 4K capture, something that camera manufacturers have been doing for the past few years, it's only a natural and logical next step for glass makers to start thinking about designing lenses optimised for 4K acquisition.

ARRI has done it again - bringing out a lens that not that long ago many though wasn't possible to achieve. A wide angle anamorpic zoom! Cinematographers working in the documentary and film world would love the new possibility brought by this incredible new lens from ARRI. The new ARRI Anamorphic Ultra Wide Zoom AUWZ 19-36/T4.2 is a unique lens that perfectly complements the ARRI/ZEISS Master Anamorphic lenses by extending the range to cover extreme wide-angle focal lengths between 19 mm and 36 mm, without any sacrifice in image quality.