At Cine Gear 2024, we sat down with Domenic Barbero from V35 Project to learn more about their new modified lens sets. Particularly, we focused on their new detuning option for SIGMA FF High-Speed Primes, which aims at giving these modern lenses a vintage-inspired feel. Let’s take a look! A few years ago, we brought to your attention the Canon V35 Project by cinema gear rental house Northwest Camera Co. Essentially, this consists of taking Canon CN-E cinema primes and detuning them to achieve a vintage look, similar to that of the legendary Canon K35 lenses. Apparently, V35 Project is now expanding the same lens modification approach to other modern lens series, including the popular SIGMA FF High-Speed Prime Line. Let’s take a closer look! V35 Project SIGMA Cine series emulates Kowa FF glass The original SIGMA Cine FF High-Speed Prime series is a set of 11 fast, full-frame lenses ranging from 14 up to 135mm (14/20/24/28/35/40/50/65/85/105/135mm). They all share the same maximum aperture of T1.5, except the 14mm T2 and 135mm T2. V35 Project SIGMA High-Speed / Kowa FF 35mm T1.5. Image credit: CineD From an optical standpoint, these lenses perform exceptionally well, thus delivering clean, sharp images with minimal imperfections. However, some cinematographers may prefer lenses with a stronger “character”, and here’s where V35 Project comes into play. Indeed, the company has decided to offer a modification service to alter the character of these lenses to emulate that of Kowa vintage full-frame spherical primes. This is achieved using...
Published By: CineD - Sunday, 9 June