TTArtisan has launched the new 35mm T2.1 Cine Lens. It delivers crisp images with pleasing bokeh, which is primary need of every cinematographer and creative currently. The company has upgraded the bokeh element. Now it comes with two different styles of bokeh in one full-frame lens — Bubble and Soft.
Costing around $380, the 35mm T2.1 Cine Lens provides cinematic T2.1 aperture, a de-clicked iris ring, and follow-focus-ready gears. This is going to make a lot of cinematographers very happy.
What Makes This Lens Different?
Basically, this 35 mm lens sets itself apart by having two unique bokeh styles: Bubble and Soft.
The Bubble bokeh mode appears to be visually striking and gives a nostalgic touch to your videos. You can use this mode in music videos or any scene where you want the background to look real with its own voice.
On the contrary, Soft mode is just like its name. It tends to give a gentle touch. A smooth, soothing blur that adds a personal feel to your close-ups. For capturing portraits or cinematic close-ups, you can use this mode.
TTArtisan says that the lens’s performance depends greatly on bokeh adjustment. Bubble mode gives a focus throw of 131° and a focusing distance of 0.55 meters. And Soft mode appears to give a focus throw of 313°. For tricky focus pulls, this seems a good precision. The minimum focusing distance of Soft mode is just 0.28 meters which seems good for capturing complex details.
I mentioned above the T2.1–T22 lens with a de-clicked aperture. When you’re capturing low-light moments with shallow depth, the de-clicked aperture helps. The de-clicked aperture ring seems so smooth that it avoids annoying jumps. As a result, you can easily adjust your exposure.
The full-frame lens shows broad coverage without vignetting. On an APS-C camera, you’ll see a field of view that’s closer to 50mm.
Build Quality Feels Like It Should Cost More
The strength of the TTArtisan 35mm T2.1 Cine Lens is related to its all-metal design. TTArtisan says it uses aviation aluminum for this lens. It features manual focus and iris gears with a 0.8 mod pitch, which makes it seem compatible with follow-focus systems. No adapters or extra adjustments are required. Moreover, this lens is available in five different mounts: Canon RF, Sony E, Nikon Z, Fuji X, and Leica L.
It’s neither too heavy nor too light. It weighs around 709g (around 25 oz). You can use it on a manual setup or a gimbal without any problem. The 82mm filter thread allows this lens to attach ND filters, which is a popular demand of every cinematographer.
Of course, brands like Zeiss or Sigma have a high competition in the film industry. Even in this monopoly, I feel like TTArtisan is gradually progressing in this industry. Their dual bokeh feature seems more than just a flashy addition at such a reasonable price.
Hence, the TTArtisan 35mm T2.1 cine lens is unique in the best possible way. All the creative features in this lens are hard to find in this price when already inflation is at its peak.
So, what are your plans? Do you think you’ll give it a chance?
