XEEN 35mm T1.5 PL Full Frame lens
Professional Cinema Lense . The Samyang XEEN 35mm T1.5 PL is a versatile full-frame cinema prime lens optimized for high-resolution cinematic storytelling
This fast T1.5 PL-mount lens offers excellent low-light capability and beautiful bokeh with its 11-bladed iris. Its internal focus design and unified cinema gears ensure a seamless workflow and minimal focus breathing for precise control.
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Description
The Samyang XEEN 35mm T1.5 PL Full Frame lens is a robust and optically advanced prime lens, meticulously engineered for the rigorous demands of professional filmmaking. Ideal for your next project, you can get this and other essential video equipment rental near me. Boasting an exceptionally fast T1.5 aperture, it is perfectly suited for challenging low-light conditions and excels at creating strikingly shallow depth of field. The lens incorporates an 11-bladed iris, which forms a beautifully rounded aperture for natural-looking highlights and creamy, smooth bokeh. A core design principle is its internal focus mechanism, ensuring the lens’s physical length remains constant during focusing, virtually eliminating focus breathing—a crucial advantage for precise rack focusing without image shift.
Designed for ultimate efficiency on any set, this lens integrates seamlessly into established professional workflows. It features cinema-standard unified focus and iris gears, meaning their positions are consistent across the entire XEEN series, allowing follow focus units and motors to remain in place when swapping lenses, thus saving valuable production time. With a generous 200° focus throw, it facilitates incredibly precise and repeatable focus pulls. You can access top-tier gear like this from a trusted video equipment rental company. Furthermore, the lens’s advanced multi-coated optics guarantee consistent color rendition, high contrast, and exceptional clarity, delivering stunning resolution capable of meeting the demands of 8K capture. Its durable, high-quality construction ensures unwavering reliability in the most challenging production environments.
FAQ:
- Is the XEEN 35mm T1.5 PL lens suitable for low-light filming?
Ans: Yes, its fast T1.5 aperture is designed to perform exceptionally well in low-light scenarios, providing clear and vibrant images with minimal noise. - What is focus breathing and how does this lens prevent it?
Ans: Focus breathing is the slight change in focal length that can occur while adjusting focus. The XEEN 35mm features an internal focus mechanism that keeps the lens length constant, virtually eliminating focus breathing for smooth, professional-grade rack pulls.
- Is this lens compatible with my camera?
Ans: The PL mount on this lens makes it compatible with a wide range of professional cinema cameras, including popular models from ARRI, RED, and Canon. Contact our video equipment rental in Dubai team for specific compatibility questions.
Optical & Performance
- Focal Length: 35mm
- Maximum Aperture: T1.5 – Exceptionally fast for superior low-light performance and beautiful shallow depth of field.
- Iris Blades: 11 – Creates a rounded aperture for natural highlights and smooth, creamy bokeh.
- Minimum Focus Distance: Approximately 0.33m (13 inches) – Allows for versatile close-up shots.
- Focus Ring Rotation: 200° – Provides a long, precise throw for accurate and repeatable focus pulls.
- Focus Breathing: Minimized due to internal focus design, ensuring consistent perspective during focus changes.
- Optical Coatings: Advanced multi-coatings (e.g., X-Coating) for excellent contrast, glare prevention, and controlled flares.
- Color Consistency: Factory-standard color matching across the XEEN series for seamless integration into lens sets.
- Resolution Support: Capable of delivering stunning clarity for up to 8K video capture.
Design & Compatibility
- Lens Mount: PL Mount – A professional positive-lock cinema standard, ensuring secure attachment.
- Sensor Coverage: Designed to cover Full Frame sensors (24x36mm), including compatibility with Vista Vision and 8K sensor formats.
- Front Diameter: 114mm – A common cinema standard, allowing for quick attachment of matte boxes and other accessories without additional adapters.
- Filter Thread Size: N/A (designed for use with a matte box).
- Focus & Iris Gears: Cinema-standard, unified gear positions across all XEEN lenses, streamlining accessory setup (e.g., follow focus, motors).
- Focus Scales: Dual-sided, clearly marked in feet (and often meters) for easy reading from either side of the camera.
- Iris Ring: De-clicked and smooth for seamless, stepless aperture adjustments during recording.
- Construction: Robust, durable build (often metal or carbon fiber for the CF series) designed to withstand professional production environments.
- Weight (approx.): ~1.28 kg (2.8 lbs) for the original XEEN series (weight may vary slightly by specific mount or XEEN sub-series).
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