Description
DZOFilm Catta Zoom FF 18-35mm/70-135mm Lens Kit (Sony E): Essential Cine Zoom Duo
The DZOFilm Catta Zoom FF Lens Kit for Sony E mount cameras offers a crucial two-lens combination for professional filmmakers, providing wide-angle and telephoto zoom capabilities. This kit includes the 18-35mm T2.9 and 70-135mm T2.9 lenses, giving filmmakers significant flexibility for a variety of shots, all while maintaining a consistent T2.9 aperture for shallow depth of field and excellent low-light performance.
Key Focal Length Coverage:
This two-lens kit provides essential focal lengths for a wide range of cinematic needs. The 18-35mm T2.9 is perfect for establishing shots, immersive environments, and dynamic wide-angle perspectives. The 70-135mm T2.9 excels at compressing perspective, isolating subjects for portraits, and bringing distant action closer.
Consistent T2.9 Aperture:
Both lenses in the Catta Zoom series feature a consistent T2.9 maximum aperture throughout their entire zoom range. This is vital for maintaining consistent exposure and depth-of-field control during zooms, as well as providing excellent performance in low-light conditions.
Full-Frame Coverage:
Designed for full-frame sensors (with an image circle of φ43.5mm), these lenses maximize the cinematic potential of modern cameras, offering a wide field of view and shallow depth of field when desired.
Parfocal Design:
As professional cine lenses, the Catta Zooms are parfocal, meaning they retain focus throughout the zoom range. This allows for smooth and accurate zoom pulls without requiring focus adjustments, a critical feature for efficient filmmaking.
Minimal Breathing:
Engineered with minimal focus breathing, these lenses maintain a consistent angle of view as focus is adjusted, ensuring clean and undistracting compositions, especially during focus pulls.
Pleasing Bokeh with 16-Blade Iris:
Each lens features a 16-blade iris diaphragm, contributing to a smooth, round, and aesthetically pleasing bokeh (out-of-focus areas), enhancing the cinematic quality of your imagery.
Accurate and Natural Color Rendition:
The Catta Zoom lenses are designed to deliver accurate and natural color rendition, providing a solid foundation for color grading and ensuring realistic skin tones.
Durable and Lightweight Construction:
Built with a combination of high-grade polycarbonate and fiberglass composite (PC+GF), the Catta Zoom lenses offer a balance of durability and lightweight design, suitable for various shooting setups.
Unified Mechanics and Design:
The Catta Zoom series shares a consistent mechanical design, including standard 0.8 MOD gears for focus, iris, and zoom control, as well as an 80mm front diameter for compatibility with common cinema accessories.
Interchangeable Mount System:
While featuring a native Sony E mount, the Catta Zoom lenses have an interchangeable mount system, allowing for adaptation to other mounts like Canon RF, Leica L, Fujifilm X, and Nikon Z (optional adapters may be needed).
Close Focus Capabilities:
Both lenses offer useful close focus distances. The 18-35mm focuses to 0.51m (1’8″), and the 70-135mm focuses to 0.76m (2’6″) from the sensor plane.
Plug-In Rear Filter Option:
The Catta Zoom lenses include a rear filter slot for optional plug-in filters (ND, diffusion, etc.), offering convenient filter changes without affecting the front of the lens.
Included Hard Case:
The kit comes with a custom-designed hard case with protective foam inserts for secure storage and transport of both lenses.
Key Features:
- Two-lens kit: 18-35mm T2.9 and 70-135mm T2.9.
- Native Sony E mount (interchangeable with optional mounts).
- Covers full-frame sensors (φ43.5mm image circle).
- Consistent T2.9 maximum aperture.
- True parfocal design.
- Minimal focus breathing.
- Pleasing bokeh with a 16-blade iris.
- Accurate and natural color rendition.
- Durable and lightweight PC+GF construction.
- Unified mechanics with 0.8 MOD gears and 80mm front diameter.
- Rear filter slot.
- Included hard case.
The DZOFilm Catta Zoom FF 18-35mm/70-135mm Lens Kit (Sony E) provides a powerful and versatile foundation for professional filmmaking, offering essential wide-angle and telephoto zoom capabilities with consistent performance and high image quality.
