Congratulations to SIRUI! Its 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic lens is Videomaker’s pick for the best lens of NAB Week 2020. It was a highly anticipated lens in the community, with the announcement video racking up almost 900K views on YouTube. The lens surely delivered on all of its promise.
This lens features a 1.33x squeeze factor and can shoot 4K high-definition cinematic 2.4:1 video. Additionally, it will come with a 33% increase of the horizontal field of view. This will allow the lens’ field of view to match an APS-C 37.5 mm lens. It’s also a great lens for making your shots look a lot more cinematic. For these reasons and more, it’s our pick as the best lens of NAB Week 2020.
50mm F1.8 Anamorphic lens overview
- 11 Elements in 8 Groups
- 10 Aperture Blades
- Aperture: F1.8-F16
- Frame: APS-C
- Shooting Distance: 0.85m-∞
- Manual Focusing
- Maximum Magnification: 1:15.38(V), 1:20.17(H)
- Weight: About 560 g / 1.23 lbs
- Total Length: About 106.6 mm / 4.20 inches
- Lens Mount Available: SONY E-mount, FUJI X-mount, M4/3 mount
Cinematic view
When you compare it to a normal 50 mm APS-C lens, the 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic lens enlarges the field of view to up to 33% to achieve a FOV equivalent of an APS-C 37.5mm lens. This lens really seems to make shots look more cinematic. For instance, look at a comparison between the lens’ 2/4:1 widescreen video in a 16:9 setting:
Thanks to the 1.33x squeeze factor, the 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic lens squeezes the image to create oval bokeh.
The 50mm F1.8’s build
The lens is built with aircraft aluminum alloy through a CNC machining process. In total, the lens weighs about 560 g / 1.23 lbs, making the lens portable and likely easy to carry around.
Pricing
Each mount version of the 50mm F1.8 Anamorphic lens will be priced at $699 If you want to learn more about this lens, you can head over to SIRUI’s official website.
