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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

NAB 2012 optics post op...

Fujinon... still drooling over it.
 
Ryan Skeete said:
Any more details(pics) on the new Schneider Cine Xenars? I heard they listened to the professional community and have changed to internal focusing so no more barreling forward when focusing and the iris gear is now closer to rear of the lens instead of the other way around. A video from NAB would be good since not even Schneider's website has been updated to reflect these changes. I also heard they've added a couple focal lengths BUT have jacked their prices way up for a six-lense set. Need a video or info from the show floor to confirm all this...
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They are on the mkiii version. Much improved.

No front element movement, all are same length, same diameter. User changeable focus/meter scales.

Felt very smooth. Looked very good.

18/25/35/50/75/95mm set for $48k
 
Thanks Matt! Now to see how they perform...Hopefully some footage surfaces soon.
 
fuji covers 5k full frame. my man at abel tells me they have sold 50 already....i am on that list....somewhere
 
I was talking to my friend at Fuji mid afternoon on Day 1 of NAB. They already had sold 200 of cabrios at that point!
 
Fuji has the infrastructure from many years of eng lens manufacturing in large numbers, lets hope they put it to good use!
 
THANK YOU EVIN!

Great work.
 
James Brundige said:
BTW, the Fujinon does not support focus confirm, at least the demo at NAB. We were wondering about that in another thread.
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Correct. No focus confirm.

The Fujinon 19-90 looked nice overall. Build quality and mechanics didn't quite measure up to the Angenieux zooms, IMO, but it's such a sexy size and the images it produced looked good. It had almost no discernible breathing and held focus while zooming and all the other important things it should do. Not that it matters with RED cameras at this time, but for certain cameras that provide power via the mount connectors, you don't need to run the power cable to the servo handgrip. Price is expensive, but still reasonable at $38K. Fujinon has a few really attractive PL mount zooms now.

It will be interesting to see how price points hold with the offerings from Canon competing. I though the Canon 30-300 was outstanding. My favorite lens on the show floor was once again the same favorite I had last year -- the Optimo 45-120. Angenieux hit it out of the park with that one.
 
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