ARRI Ensō Prime Lenses

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BY FILM & DIGITAL TIMES

Thanks Michael Lindsay!

PDF

https://www.fdtimes.com/pdfs/articles/ARRI/128-FDTimes-ARRI-Enso-Report.pdf

 

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ARRI Ensō First Look​

By Newsshooter
ARTICLE

ARRI Ensō First Look - Newsshooter

ARRI has announced its new Ensō (円相) full-frame primes. These are a brand-new full-frame series that have been designed from the ground up.

www.newsshooter.com

 

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ARRI Ensō Prime Lenses Introduced – Tuneable Lenses Aimed at Mid-Budget Productions​

BY CINED
ARTICLE

ARRI Ensō Prime Lenses Introduced - Tuneable Lenses Aimed at Mid-Budget Productions | CineD

ARRI has introduced a new set of lenses: Ensō Prime lenses are designed for commercial, corporate and documentary filmmakers.

www.cined.com

 

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ARRI OFFICIAL WEBSITE
ENZO PRIME LENSES

ARRI Ensō Prime lenses

Ensō Prime lenses are compact, versatile, and dependable.

www.arri.com

 

[Karim D. Ghantous]

I like the philosophy! Give that they seem to be made for digital, are they rear telecentric? Would they need to be?

 

[Michael Lindsay]

I like the philosophy! Give that they seem to be made for digital, are they rear telecentric? Would they need to be?

I had a quick play with them... Re telecentric: the ones I picked up and examined how far away the exit pupil seemed to tend towards plane side telecentric.

What I did note

They seem to match each other very well.
Breathing was very well-controlled
They are smooth and clean in look
Great size.. I like the size a lot but they are not much lighter than signatures
There is no visible aspheric grindings (not sure if that means there are non or they are like signatures)
Bokeh is very symmetrical..
Coverage is more than Monstro/Raptor
The marks glow
They don't flare easily

but their big feature for me is that all the ones I played with went to 4 to 1 close focus..

 

[DJ Meyer]

These are super interesting. I wish they were faster than 2.1, but everything else looks great. That close focus is nuts.

 

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