Fujifilm MK 50-135mm t2.9 Fujinon E-Mount Cine Lens

Fujinon MK50-135mm T2.9 Cinema Camera lens

FUJIFILM has unveiled the MK series of new cinema lenses, which boast advanced optical performance, ultra-compact and lightweight design and excellent cost performance.  FUJINON MK50-135mm T2.9 (MK50-135mm)

The MK series offers fast lenses with T2.9*² speed across the entire zoom range, enabling a shallow depth-of-field as well as a beautiful bokeh effect. The lenses are compatible with E-mount cameras with the Super 35mm / APS-C sensor They achieve advanced optical performance despite their compact and lightweight body by incorporating the benefits of short flange focal distance*⁵ into optical design to the maximum extent. The use of optical and mechanical design

optimized for dedicated movie lenses minimizes focal shift and optical axis shift while zooming, and lens breathing (change of angle of view during focusing) that are typically observed in

interchangeable lenses for digital cameras. The lenses feature three rings to enable manual and independent adjustment of focus, zoom and iris (aperture), all with the gear pitch*⁶ of 0.8M

(module). The focus ring can rotate fully up to 200 degrees to facilitate precise focusing. This design makes the lenses comfortable to operate.

Main features

·         The MK lenses offer advanced edge-to-edge optical performance and low distortion.  They are designed with integrated color temperature with other FUJINON CINE lenses in the HK / ZK / XK series to simplify color grading*⁷ that is required when using a combination of multiple lenses.

·         They have T2.9 speed across the entire zoom range which facilitates the increasingly popular style of bokeh effect with shallow depth-of-field. This also eliminates the need to re-adjust lighting, thereby contributing to shortening shooting time.

·         The MK series will be specifically designed for E-mount cameras with Super 35mm / APS-C sensor, and X Mount (for APS-C sensor) used in Fujifilm's X Series of mirrorless digital cameras. They achieve advanced optical performance despite their compact and lightweight body by incorporating the benefits of short flange focal distance into optical design to the maximum extent. This accommodates shooting with a limited number of people.

·         The front focusing group of lens elements and the zooming group of lens elements are driven independently from one another to suppress focus shift while zooming which eliminates the need to re-focus after zooming in or out. The optical and mechanical approach means there is no time lags as seen in an electrical control system.

·         The use of the front inner-focusing system controls lens breathing (change of angle of view during focusing), so as to achieve smooth focusing in a impressive scene.

·         The focus ring features a rotation of a full 200 degrees to facilitate precise focusing even when shooting with a  shallow depth-of-field where a high degree of precision is required.

·         The lenses feature three fully manual rings to enable independent adjustment of focus, zoom and iris.  .  This enables intuitive operations which cannot be attained with an electrical mechanism that typically causes time lags.

·         All the operation rings have a gear pitch of 0.8M, the same as all other FUJINON cine lenses, which allows the use of all standard third party accessories for movie production, e.g. Follow Focus that enable accurate and smooth focusing.