Nº 016Velurne 50 / 1.1

Elevenpieces.

Eleven elements in eight groups and a thirteen-blade iris, held on a single axis by one machined barrel.

Nº 016Manual cinema prime

Oneimage.

Cut for light that arrives late and leaves slowly.

IIThirteen blades

Light, givenshape.

Thirteen blades close from f/1.1 to f/16 in one unbroken curve, so every out-of-focus highlight stays round until the lens asks otherwise.

IIIFocus

Made to beturned.

Two hundred and seventy degrees of throw between 0.45 m and infinity, so a focus puller can land a mark by hand and feel it arrive.

IVOn set

Night, withoutdisguise.

Rain, a street of practicals and one figure walking out of the light. The kind of night this lens was drawn for.