TTArtisan’s Interesting New Dual Bokeh Lens

credits: 7 Artisans

TTArtisan just dropped a pretty wild new lens: the 35mm T2.1 Cine Dual-Bokeh. It’s a full-frame cinema prime that lets you actually switch how your bokeh looks no matter if you are shooting photos or videos. Slide a little tab on the lens, and you can go from a super soft, dreamy blur to a punchy, bubble-like bokeh with more defined highlights.

In soft mode, you can focus very close, down to just under a foot, and you get a long, super precise 313-degree focus throw. In bubble mode, you lose some of that close focus (you'll need about 1.8 feet of distance) and the focus throw shortens to 131 degrees, making it a little quicker but less fine-tuned. Optically, it’s built with 10 elements in 7 groups, has an 11-bladed aperture for smooth out-of-focus areas, and covers a T2.1 to T22 aperture range.

It’s fully manual, built like a proper cinema lens with standard gear rings, an 82mm filter thread, and it weighs a manageable 670 to 735 grams depending on the mount. At $380, it's a lot more affordable than most cinema glass, and it’s ready to go for Canon RF, Fuji X, L-mount, Nikon Z, and Sony E systems.

You can see full details on TTArtisan’s website here