SCHNEIDER-KREUZNACH REVEALED THEIR NEW 18MM WIDE-ANGLE LENS

Schneider-Kreuznach has extended its range of FF-Prime lenses with a brand new full-format wide-angle lens with a wide aperture.

A specially developed internal focusing me

Xenon FF-Prime 18 mm
Photo by Schneider Optische Werke GmbH

chanism makes it surprisingly easy to change lenses, while it´s giving the same dimensions as all other FF-Primes. Normally, 18mm lenses are much shorter.
The extremely wide T2.4 aperture ensures a bokeh and appearance that match the rest of the FF-Prime lens range. The gradation between in-focus and out-of-focus and the look of the out-of-focus region is giving the finishing touch according to the design.
New perspectives for indoor photography are offered by the 18mm wide angle and it also enables spatial depth to be shown with strong graduations. The minimum object distance is 0.4m to the sensor. The lens is ideal for portrait or landscape photography as well as architectural images due to the good distortion correction.

The FF-Prime lenses with 4K resolution (4096 x 2304 pixels) have been especially developed for use in DSLR cameras with full-format sensors as well as professional cine cameras. The homogeneous line now encompasses T2.4/18mm T2.1/25mm, T2.1/35mm, T2.1/50mm, T2.1/75mm and T2.1/100mm focal lengths. The outstanding features of these lenses include their easy handling and the overall organic impression of the images they produce. This sets them apart from other lenses of this kind, making them ideal for use in commercials, feature movies, documentary films, TV series and image films.
The T2.4/18mm FF-Prime will be available in the 4th quarter of 2016 and cost 5,498 euros net.

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