Tokina Cinema has announced the Vista-C lens series, designed to provide a classic cinematic look with modern optical performance. These lenses feature red and blue flares, lower contrast, and soft edge fall-off reminiscent of vintage optics. Let’s take a closer look! Tokina introduced the Cinema Vista 100mm T2.9 lens last fall and expanded the Cinema Vista-P series last month by adding the 21mm and 29mm T1.5 lenses. Now, they are offering the Vista-C series, lenses designed for filmmakers looking for a vintage look with distinctive optical characteristics, many of which you can see in their video below. Red and blue flares The Vista-C lenses create red and blue flares instead of the green ones common in modern cinema lenses. The optical design includes slight field distortion and softened edges. Despite these characteristics, the lenses maintain a fast T1.5 aperture, high resolution, and a sturdy build for digital cinema cameras. There is virtually no focus breathing, according to Tokina. Red and blue flares. Source: Tokina Optical design and performance Tokina says their design goal for the Vista-C was to blend characteristics of classic lenses like the Cooke Speed Panchro and Canon K35 while eliminating focus breathing and ensuring large format coverage. While the outer design is similar to previous Vista and Vista-P lenses, the Vista-C lenses have been completely rebooted and modified, with all-new coatings specifically developed for this lens to create a unique image with controlled distortion, smooth bokeh, and natural fall-off. Tokina stresses that the results are considerably different...
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