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Fujinon MK-R 50-135mm T2.9 Cine Zoom Lens (Canon RF Mount)

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Fujinon MK-R 50-135mm T2.9 Cine Zoom Lens (Canon RF Mount)
Key Features
  • Covers Super35 Format
  • Canon RF Mount
  • Consistent T2.9 Aperture over Zoom Range
  • 3 x Standard 0.8 MOD Gears
The Fujinon MK-R 50-135mm T2.9 Cine Zoom Lens is a lightweight cine-style zoom lens for Canon RF mount cameras with a Super35-sized sensor, mirrorless cinema cameras such as the Canon C70, and cinema cameras such as the RED KOMODO. It features a mechanical design with three independent lens control rings: focus, iris, and zoom. Each ring incorporates a cine-style gear with a 0.8 MOD for interfacing with standard cine-style lens accessories. The focus ring features 200° of rotation, which gives room for precise focus pulls, and the iris is clickless, enabling smooth iris pulls. The lens also incorporates a macro mode for close focusing capabilities.
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Fujinon MK50-135mm T2.9 Overview

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The Fujinon MK-R 50-135mm T2.9 Cine Zoom Lens is a lightweight cine-style zoom lens for Canon RF mount cameras with a Super35-sized sensor, mirrorless cinema cameras such as the Canon C70, and cinema cameras such as the RED KOMODO. It features a mechanical design with three independent lens control rings: focus, iris, and zoom. Each ring incorporates a cine-style gear with a 0.8 MOD for interfacing with standard cine-style lens accessories. The focus ring features 200° of rotation, which gives room for precise focus pulls, and the iris is clickless, enabling smooth iris pulls. The lens also incorporates a macro mode for close focusing capabilities.

The lens is color-matched to other Fujinon lenses such as the MK, HK, ZK, and XK series, which enables smooth intercutting between lenses. The 85mm front diameter allows use with many cine-style matte boxes via the use of optional step-up rings (rings not included). The lens weighs only 4.4 pounds, which is light for a cinema zoom that holds focus and aperture throughout the focal length range. It is designed for cameras with a Canon RF mount, so it has a short flange focal distance with only minor vignetting at small apertures between 18 and 20mm, but the lens allows flange focal distance adjustment, so you can fine-tune it to the camera using the lens.

T2.9 to T22 aperture with nine iris blades for attractive bokeh
The 28.5mm diameter image circle covers the 3-perf Super35 format with a 16:9 aspect ratio
Industry-standard 0.8 film pitch gears for focus, zoom, and iris control
The gear ring positions for focus, zoom, and iris are located at the same position on lenses in the MK and MK-R series, making switching between the zooms quick as you don't have to adjust the position of lens accessories
Lenses in the MK-R series have the same weight and length, so there is no need to rebalance your camera when you change from one lens to the other
200° focus barrel rotation
No shims are required to adjust the flange focal distance as this lens has a built-in adjustment mechanism
Macro focus function available

Fujinon MK50-135mm T2.9 Specs

Key Specs
Focal Length
50 to 135mm
Maximum Aperture
T2.9
Lens Mount
Micro Four Thirds
Lens Format Coverage
Super35/APS-C (28.5 mm Image Circle)
Filter Thread
82 mm
Image Stabilization
No
Electronic Communication
No
Focal Length
50 to 135mm
Maximum Aperture
T2.9
Minimum Aperture
T22
Lens Mount
Micro Four Thirds
Lens Format Coverage
Super35/APS-C (28.5 mm Image Circle)
Angle of View
Horizontal: 27.9 to 10.5°
Vertical: 15.9 to 5.9°
Diagonal: 31.8 to 12.1°
Focus Scales
Metric, Imperial
Filter Thread
82 mm
Minimum Focus Distance
From Camera Sensor: 3' / 0.9 m
Aperture/Iris Blades
9
Image Stabilization
No
Lens Mounting
No
Gear Standard
0.8 MOD
Gear Rotation
Focus: 200°
Electronic Communication
No
Diameter
Front: 3.3" / 85 mm
Overall W x H: 13 x 7.5" / 33 x 19.1 cm
Length
6.5" / 16.5 cm
Weight
4.4 lb / 1996 g
Packaging Info
Package Weight
5.03 lb
Box Dimensions (LxWxH)
14.6 x 8.4 x 8.2"

Fujinon MK50-135mm T2.9 Reviews

As good as top-shelf photo primes

By Andrew
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2022-06-01

I'm a life long photographer, but I'm new to video. In the world of photography I was a firm believer in only using the best primes - Zeiss and Schneider. There's no way I'd ever consider a zoom. Having just purchased a RED Komodo, I wasn't in a place to buy a full set of cine primes. After months of agonizing over my options, I purchased this lens and the matching 18-55. Wanting to get a feel for the quality differences, I tested all my still-primes against the pair of FUJIs. I used a Zeiss back-focus target and tested all the lenses at f5.6 under controlled lighting. I exported frames from Premier Pro after applying a standard DCI LUT. I'm not an expert at optics and I'm still trying to get my head around R3D (RED's raw format) and LUTs, so all I can give is my subjective opinion, which is ... Shockingly, the FUJI zooms looked as good as or better than the primes! It seems to me that the 50-135 did just a little bit better than the 18-55, but it really comes down to splitting hairs. While I could still use by photo-primes (because I'm old-school like that), the zooms give me (obviously) more flexibility. These cine-lenses have a number of other advantages over my ZEs and Schneider PC/TS lenses: No focus breathing. Some of my primes have a noticeable shift in focal length when when changing focus. Then lens bodies don't move when zooming or focusing. There's no way to use a follow focus on my ZE 135 Sonnar, for example. Marking are on the side of the lens not the top, which makes follow focus much easier. In addition, the FUJI lenses are parfocal, which is super nice. Plus they have a facility for Macro that I haven't yet explored. Because these lenses are native RF (thanks to the smart folks at Duclos), you don't even need an adapter!

Unbelievable

By Matthew
Rated 5 out of 5
Date: 2018-11-08

AWESOME. AMAZING. THANK YOU FUJINON. THATS IT. NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS HERE. BEST MONEY I HAVE SPENT ON MY KIT SO FAR.

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