Hello Everyone!
Light Lens Lab 50mm f/2 "SP II" is now in production. The lens will be available for order after the Chinese New Year.
The lens will be available in Chrome and High-Gloss Black Paint (Available at a later time)
No price has been given as of yet, but the estimate is higher than 50mm f/2 ELCAN but lower than 35mm f/2 Eight Element.
There will be a built-in multicoated UV filter, but the filter is removable.
There will be several changes from the Prototype to the Production Model:
| Number | Content | Prototype | Official Production | Note: |
| 1 | Lens Body Material | Aluminum | Full Brass | Ergonomics, weight. Build quality will have major improvement. |
| 2 | Finishes | Aluminum Black-Chrome with Black Paint Exterior |
High-Gloss Black Paint Chrome |
Major improvement on paint texture and quality |
| 3 | Included lens hood | Basic screw-on lens hood | Reid-style clip-on lens hood | |
| 4 | Focus Tab | Hand-grind from alloy part | Solid Brass, machined and hand-polished. | Smoother, and better overall quality. |
| 5 | Lens Coating | Single, Amber coating | Blue Coating, or Green Multi-Coating | Closer to Original, improvement in render performance. |
| 6 | Lens Label | Simple engraving on Aluminum, not accurate on engraving placement | Standardized and accurate engraving placement engraving. | better texture with brass body, better formatting |
| 7 | Diaphragm Blade | 11-blade | Same 11-blade for standard and cinema versions in Rigid Body will be 8-blade | Different Bokeh Effect |
Video of the improved focus tab:
Reid Style Lens Hood:
Improved Lens Coating:
Thank you everyone for your support! Have a happy Chinese New Year!
3 comments
Hello, wanting to confirm that there will be a cinema version? as I saw a mention of this in the table, will this be a PL mount?
very exited! thank you
Hello
I also saw the video by The Art of Photography.
I am very interested.
Does the colour of the coating on the lens translate to any sort of subtle tint in the pictures and video? I see that the production lens are available with either a blue or green lens coating. While the prototype had an amber coating.
For a lens with the optical qualities of old cinema, if there IS any tint, I think a warm hue would work better. Certainly a little nicely nostalgic – without going to the extreme of sepia. Perhaps a subtle pink rose. Or amber
I would think that these are handmade – so would it be possible to order one with the earlier amber coating?
Regards,
Richard
Hello,
I hope you had a happy new year and wish you well for the coming year.
Could you let me know how to pre-order the 50mm f/2 Speed Panchro II please. I have just watched the video on The Art of Photography YouTube channel. The lens looks terrific and would be perfect as a gift for my son who is starting a career as a cinemaphotographer in the UK.
Kind regards.
Michael Kingston