Kipon and Module 8 Workforce As much as Create Focal Reducers to Adapt 6×7 Lenses to Medium Format Cine Cameras
Chinese language optics firm Kipon, identified for its lenses and optical adapters, launched two new 0.62x focal reducers for medium-format cameras. Inbuilt collaboration with the optical consultants at Module 8, most not too long ago featured on PetaPixel for ‘The Tuner‘ variable-look cinematic lens system, the brand new 0.62x focal size reducers allow photographers to make use of 6×7 format lenses just like the Pentax 67 and Hasselblad V system to cowl medium-format cameras with 44 by 33-millimeter picture sensors, just like the Fujifilm GFX, Hasselblad X, and Pentax 645 programs. That stated, Kipon’s new reducers are available GF and LPL codecs, so that they should be additional tailored for particular medium-format cameras. 6×7 body sizes fluctuate a bit, however a Pentax 67 picture space is 70 by 55 millimeters. The Kipon 0.62x focal reducers allow lenses to supply a a lot wider discipline of view and an aperture one and a half stops brighter. Iain Neil, a longtime optical skilled at Cooke, designed the optics. Whereas with Cooke, Neil led the corporate’s in-house lens designs and labored on many main movement footage. Neil has gained an unbelievable 13 Academy Awards for scientific and technical achievements. He has additionally gained two Emmy Engineering Awards and a Fuji Gold Medal Award. Earlier than co-founding Module 8 with Second’s co-founder, Mike Thomas, Neil labored with Panavision and Leitz Cine lenses. So far as résumés go, few are as spectacular as Neil’s. Kipon’s new focal reducer has been constructed primarily with cinema in thoughts, particularly with a view towards upcoming medium-format cinema cameras, just like the GFX Eterna. The corporate can also be aiming the 0.62 reducer on the Blackmagic Ursa 17K and Alexa 65. This isn’t Kipon’s first foray into focal size reducers for the Fujifilm GFX system. In 2021, the corporate launched the 0.8x focal reducer for adapting (and lowering) Hasselblad V, Mamiya 645, Pentacon 6, Hasselblad V, Pentax 645, Pentax 67, and Contax 645 lenses on GFX cameras. Kipon isn’t focusing solely on reducers for medium-format cameras and cinema functions. Alongside the 2 new 0.62x focal reducers, the optics firm is engaged on a 1.3x expander, which can improve the efficient size of a lens on the expense of a slower aperture, just like the teleconverters many sports activities and wildlife photographers use on their telephoto lenses.
Kipon’s new 0.62x focal reducers are usually not but obtainable within the firm’s retailer, however they’re anticipated to ship inside the subsequent two weeks. Pricing has not been disclosed. Picture credit: Kipon / Module 8
