Los Angeles, California, January 11, 2021 – The new Tokina Cinema Vista 65mm T1.5 lens, announced today, provides cinematographers with a new short telephoto in a highly sought after focal length. The lens presents a natural perspective which flatters subjects’ faces while rendering a beautifully smooth background when required. It is equally suitable for Super35 and larger-sized frame coverage up to Vista Vision and even beyond.
The complete Tokina Cinema Vista lens lineup of 18mm T1.5, 25mm T1.5, 35mm T1.5, 45mm T1.5, 50mm T1.5, 65mm T1.5, 85mm T1.5, 105mm T1.5 and 135mm T1.5.
It joins the existing eight-strong set of 18mm T1.5, 25mm T1.5, 35mm T1.5, 40mm T1.5, 50mm T1.5, 85mm T1.5, 105mm T1.5 and 135mm T1.5 high resolution (8K+) Vista prime lenses. The Tokina Cinema Vista 65mm T1.5 has 13 groups with 14 elements and there are nine iris blades to ensure the roundness of the aperture. Lens distortion and chromatic aberration are well-controlled, with minimal focus breathing, soft pleasing flare and gentle roll-off from subject to background.
The Tokina Cinema Vista 65mm T1.5 shares the same exacting build quality and highly tuned optical performance that users have come to expect from the Tokina Cinema Vista prime range. It maintains the form factor of the other Vista primes, sharing a common 114mm front diameter and a similar weight at approximately 2.29kg (5.05lbs).
Tokina Cinema Vista lenses have earned a strong reputation for creating elegant and highly detailed images and 2020 saw them become an increasingly popular choice for productions, including several high profile series on the main streaming services.
With an area of definition of 46.7mm, the Vista 65mm T1.5 is an ideal choice for larger sensor cameras like the RED Monstro 8K VV and ARRI Alexa LF Mini. The lens even has an area of illumination that will cover larger formats up to Alexa65 2:1 Open Gate. It is available in interchangeable ARRI PL, EF, MFT, Sony E, and ARRI LPL mounts.
The Tokina Cinema Vista 65mm T1.5 will be available from Tokina Cinema USA at an MSRP of $7499 USD.
Yeah, no real benefit/gain from having an RF mount version(they’re fully manual). It would actually hamstring you, because then you could only use them on RF mount cameras. EF, like PL, allows you to use them on so many more cameras, because of the deep flange depth.