Panavision, Inc. Anamorphic Motion Picture Camera Lenses T Series

T Series Anamorphic Lenses The T Series lenses build on Panavision’s long tradition of designing and developing high-quality anamorphic lenses for motion picture. They combine new optical layouts with mechanical advances from the G series, but have a larger sweet spot and focus closer than some of their predecessors. Optical features of the T Series lenses include high contrast, well balanced aberration control, excellent glare resistance, tightly controlled anamorphic squeeze ratio, and minimal breathing. T Series lenses engraved focus and T-stop scales appear on both sides of the lens, with metric focus and T-stop gears arranged in the standard Panavision locations. Add in the lightweight, compact design, and you have a lens that delivers superior optical quality in an easy to use package. The T Series focal lengths include 35mm, 60mm, 100mm, 135mm, 150mm primes which are augmented by the AWZ2.3 37-85mm zoom. The primes have a typical speed of T2.3 and close focus of 2 feet. The T60 focuses down to 1 ½ ft. Additional focal lengths will be announced soon, including 28mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm and 180mm. All the lenses in the T Series primes have a common front diameter of 4.44 inches to make changing lenses simpler. They are also tuned to be compatible with digital sensors without losing any of the imaging characteristics that have become part of Panavision’s anamorphic grammar.