IBC 2013: Walimex super fast 16mm T2.2 lens - a less expensive cinema style wide angle

By technical editor Matt Allard:

IBC 2013: Walimex new 16mm cinema style lens from Dan Chung on Vimeo.

Walimex were displaying their new cinema style 16mm lens at IBC. What sets it apart from other budget minded options is the super fast T2.2 (basically f2) maximum aperture. This makes it an affordable wide angle APS-C option that is almost a full f-stop brighter than most of the competition.

Like all Walimex/Samyang/Rokinon cine lenses it is the same optics as the regular stills lenses but with geared focus and aperture rings.

By Matthew Allard ACS

Matthew Allard is a multi-award-winning, ACS accredited freelance Director of Photography with over 30 years' of experience working in more than 50 countries around the world.

He is the Editor of Newsshooter.com and has been writing on the site since 2010.

Matthew has won 51 ACS Awards, including six prestigious Golden Tripods. In 2016 he won the Award for Best Cinematography at the 21st Asian Television Awards.

Matthew is available to hire as a DP in Japan or for work anywhere else in the world.