TOBY HESLOP | FREELANCE CINEMATOGRAPHER DOP FILM PRODUCTION SYDNEY AUSTRALIA

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APOGEE VINTAGE LENS SET HAS ARRIVED - 28mm, 38mm, 58mm, 88mm, F/2.0

NEW APOGEE VINTAGE LENS SERIES HAS ARRIVED.

28MM, 38MM, 58MM, 88MM, F/2.0

- HISTORIC 1960'S OPTICAL ELEMENTS OPTICALLY MATCHED

- CLASSICAL LOWER CONTRAST RENDERING

- ULTRA RESPONSIVE TO FLARING

- F/2.0 APERTURE THROUGHOUT THE RANGE

- FULL FRAME / VV COVERAGE (DESIGNED FOR A 43.5MM IMAGE DIAGONAL)

- PLEASING BALANCE OF RESOLUTION AND CHARACTER

- DROP IN APERTURE DISKS (OVALS, SOFT FOCUS, DEFOCUS DISTORTION, APODISED, TRANSLUCENT ETC) FOR BOKEH CONTROL / DEFOCUS EFX 

- UNORTHODOX OPTICAL DESIGNS

- STAINLESS PL MOUNT (WORKS WITH OUR PL-EOS ADAPTOR)

- 0.8MOD GEARED FOCUS RING - WITH 270 DEGREES OF ROTATION

- 95MM FRONTS, 86MM X 0.75 - FRONT FILTER THREAD

EXTERNAL HOUSINGS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED IN DURABLE HARD-ANODISED ALUMINIUM.  THE RESULT IS AN OVERALL REDUCTION IN WEIGHT AND A MODERN AND HARD WEARING SATIN BLACK EXTERNAL FINISH.

IMPERIAL FOCUS SCALES AND APERTURE MARKINGS ARE UV REACTIVE MEANING THEY CAN BE CHARGED WITH A UV TORCH AND MORE EASILY SEEN BY THE AC IN DIMLY LIT ENVIRONMENTS.

PL MOUNTS ARE MACHINED IN STAINLESS STEEL AND WORK WITH EOS-PL ADAPTORS MEANING CANON EF MOUNT SYSTEMS CAN MAKE USE OF OUR LENSES WITHOUT MECHANICAL OR MIRROR ISSUES. 

THE VARIABLE APERTURE ALLOWS FLUID ADJUSTMENT FROM F2 DOWN TO F16 WITH CIRCULAR BOKEH THROUGHOUT THE RANGE.  ALONGSIDE THE VARIABLE APERTURE, EACH LENS SET COMES WITH A SELECTION OF 'WATERSTOP' APERTURE DISKS WHICH ALLOW THE USER TO SHAPE THE DEFOCUS RENDERING - FOR INSTANCE, USING ONE OF THE MANY OVAL APERTURE INSERTS THESE LENSES DELIVER A VERY CONVINCING ANAMORPHIC DEFOCUS RENDERING.  MULTIPLES OF THE MOST POPULAR APERTURE DISKS ARE INCLUDED MEANING THE FULL SET OF LENSES CAN ALL BE PRE-INSTALLED WITH MATCHING APERTURE DISKS FOR EASIER INTEGRATION INTO PRODUCTION SCHEDULES.