Meike 135mm T2.4 Full-Body Cine Prime Launched

The Meike 135mm T2.4 Full Body Cine Prime Lens is lastly out there to order. This seventh full-frame lens completes Meike’s long-awaited set and concludes its whirlwind Fall 2020 roadmap announcement. Let’s take a better look.

Meike introduced its first prime cine lens, the Meike 50mm T2.1 FF, in the summertime of 2020. On the time, the promised picture high quality and low worth made for some thrilling information.

Nevertheless, once they adopted it up just some months later with the Meike 35mm T2.1 FF cine lens, issues acquired actually attention-grabbing. That is as a result of Meike additionally shared his roadmap for finishing a whole set of full-frame cine lenses.

Their authentic schedule modified a bit, however the firm saved its promise. The truth is, they quickly launched the 85mm T2.1, 24mm T2.1, 105mm T2.1, and 16mm T2.5. And now, seven months later than initially deliberate, we (lastly) have the Meike 135mm T2.4 full-frame prime cine lens.

Meike 135mm T2.4 Full Body Cine Lens: Options

The brand new Meike 135mm T2.4 is available in 5 completely different mount choices: ARRI PL, Canon EF, Canon RF, Sony E and Leica L. With a 45mm picture circle, the lens is suitable with most frames full and Tremendous 35mm/APS-C cameras in the marketplace. The record contains the Canon C700/C500II, Sony VENICE 1 and a couple of, ARRI ALEXA LF, Z Cam E2-F6, and Sony FX3/FX6/FX9, simply to call just a few.

Its optical design options 12 parts in 8 teams, whereas the 17 aperture blades ought to end in easy background bokeh. The lens comes with a cinematic housing out of the field and has an 82mm filter thread on the entrance. It weighs roughly 1202g/2.65lbs, making it a reasonably chunky glass.

Lens mount:	PL/EF/RF/E/L
Minimal focal size:	100cm
Filter thread:	ø82
Exterior diameter:	85mm
Picture circle:	45mm
Construction:	12 parts in 8 teams
Focal size:	135mm
Opening vary:	T2.4-T22
iris leaves:	17
Gear mode:	M0.8
Focus Rotation:	330 levels
Weight:	1202g / 2.65lbs

Meike’s Full Full Body Cine Lens Package

In case you are a Meike photographer, the discharge of this lens is implausible information. The entire level of getting a cine lens package is to maintain your photographs constant between lens modifications. All of Meike’s full-frame cine lenses are mentioned to stay pretty constant in coloration, sharpness, and the way they deal with flare. This could mean you can easily edit between photographs with out hours of extra coloration correction within the remaining submit.

Like all cine lenses, this complete set from Meike additionally has industry-standard 0.8mm pitch gears for the main target and aperture rings. They’re additionally positioned the identical distance on the barrel to permit for faster lens modifications.

Competitors

Plenty of competitors has arisen because the firm introduced its first full-frame cine lens two years in the past. Its major competitor at this worth level is DZOFILM’s very properly obtained Vespid Primes.

We now have not been capable of independently evaluate these two units of lenses. Nevertheless, the DZOFILM are a bit dearer. The truth is, a 7-piece set of DZOFILM Vespid Primes prices roughly $3,000 greater than the same set from Meike.

Worth and availability

The brand new Meike 135mm T2.4 full-frame cine lens is now out there for pre-order on the producer’s web site and must be out there by the tip of August. Its official sale worth is $1,099.

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