Arri Ultra Prime 50mm T1.9 Lens, used

ARRI Ultra Prime 50mm T1.9 Lens, used(FMP60709LPBR)

Excellent Condition, 3 Month warranty 

The art of cinematography is closely tied to the art of creating the cinematographer's tools. The art of successful lens design has been advanced with a new, complete set of high speed close focus lenses: the Ultra 16 lenses. Like the Master Primes, the Ultra 16 lenses combine high speed with outstanding optical performance. With a widest stop of T1.3 they create shallow depth of field and allow shooting on tight lighting budgets or under severe time pressure. Equaled by no other Super 16 lenses in optical performance, they join the other ARRI lenses in elevating the Super 16 image to its highest possible quality.

The speed of the new Ultra 16 lenses is a super fast T1.3, which allows the creation of a shallow depth of field, a look that is often sought after in other formats.

Especially for wide angle lenses in Super 16, a maximum aperture of T1.3 helps in creating a cinematic look. In addition, T1.3 facilitates shooting on tight lighting budgets or under a lot of time pressure, common in TV drama or independent feature films. The fast speed is one of the outstanding features of these new lenses, unmatched by any other Super 16 cine lens.

Fast lenses are nothing new, but cinematographers used to pay dearly for high speed with reduced optical performance and a greater propensity to flaring. The Ultra 16 lenses, like the Master Primes, change all that by combining fast speed with outstanding optical performance at all T-stops across the whole focus range. This previously unattainable goal was made possible through new manufacturing techniques, the use of exotic glass materials and large diameter aspherical and radically shaped spherical glass surfaces. The Ultra 16 lenses exhibit high contrast, high resolution, almost no chromatic aberration (color fringes) and a great resistance to flaring. They are designed as close focus lenses, and so retain their outstanding optical qualities even at minimum object distances.

Incorporating aspherical glass surfaces in a lens design requires ultra-high precision in manufacturing and a complex holographic measuring process which was developed specifically for the Master Primes, now benefiting all new ARRI lens designs. The aspherical glass surface located close to the iris inside the 12, 14, 18 and 25 mm Ultra 16 lenses helps in reducing spherical aberration (the inability to focus all light rays from a point source onto a point on film). The aspherical front surface of the 6, 8 and 9.5 mm keeps the image free of geometrical distortions; straight lines stay straight, from infinity to close focus.

Focal Length - 50mm

Scale - Imperial

Lens Mount - PL Mount

Lens Design - Prime

Max Aperture - T1.9

Minimum Aperture - T22

Front Diameter - 95mm / 3.7"

Length - 91mm / 3.6"

Minimum Focus Distance - 0.6m / 2'

Lens Angle of View

Horizontal angle of view: 27.2°

ANSI Super 35 (1) l'=12.45mm (4)

Horizontal angle of view: 26.2°

DIN Super 35 (2) l'=12.45mm (4)

Horizontal angle of view: 24.0°

Normal 35 (3) l'=11.00mm (4)

(1) Horizontal angle of view for an ANSI Super 35 Silent camera aperture (aspect ratio 1:1.33, dimensions 24.9mm x 18.7mm / 0.980" x 0.7362"). Ground glasses available for ARRICAM, ARRIFLEX 235 and all 435 and 535 models.

(2) Horizontal angle of view for a DIN Super 35 Silent camera aperture (aspect ratio 1:1.33, dimensions 24mm x 18mm / 0.944" x 0.7087"). Ground glasses available for ARRIFLEX 235 and all 435 and 535 models.

(3) Horizontal angle of view for a Normal 35 Academy camera aperture (aspect ratio 1:1.37, dimensions 22mm x 16mm / 0.8661" x 0.6299"). Ground glasses available for ARRICAM, ARRIFLEX 235 and all 435 and 535 models.

(4) l' is the radius of the image circle needed for the respective format. It is the same as the distance from the image center to a corner. 

Weight - 1.0KG

In The Box:-

1x Arri Ultra Prime 50mm T1.9 Lens, used