FUJIFILM announced the launch today FUJINON XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR lens It really is a hybrid lens for both video and still that is perfocal.
The new lens is the first collaboration between FUJINON optics and FUJIFILM X series engineers. Together they have created a truly hybrid solution for speed production professionals and enthusiasts The incorporation of their built-in broadcast technology has allowed them to create a lens with both movie and broadcast-style features that provide smooth zoom, focus and iris functionality.
XF18-120mmF4 LM PZ WR wide-angle 18mm to telephoto 120mm (equivalent to 27mm in 35mm film format – 183mm equivalent) focal lengths. The 6.7x power zoom, with its compact design, enables a variety of shooting situations, including landscape (wide angle) and portrait (telephoto).
The lens provides a constant maximum aperture of F4.0 across the entire focal range from wide-angle to telephoto. It also has a maximum magnification ratio of x0.2, adding versatility to how the lens can be used to frame images when objects are close to the lens.
Thanks to FUJINON optics engineers, the XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR has minimal focus breathing. As a result, changes in perspective and changes in the optical axis that can occur when focusing or zooming the lens are kept to a minimum. In addition to the regular zoom and focus ring, the lens is equipped with other versatile video features, including a variable zoom / focus control ring and a custom Fn button.
The XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR consists of 15 lens components in 12 groups, including three aspherical components and three extra-low diffraction (ED) components, to effectively suppress spherical distortion, distortion and chromatic distortion.
The focus-tracking performance of the XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR is dramatically improved when the FUJIFILM X-H2S digital camera is attached. This combination combines the X-H2S’s high-speed focus drive method with the XF18-120mmF4 LM PZ WR’s focus-tracking performance to easily track topics, even when recording video.
Video function
- The aperture drive control on the XF18-120mmF4 LM PZ WR has been updated from other XF lenses to successfully suppress the exposure shift associated with the aperture adjustment. When the light level changes, the aperture shifts smoothly so that the exposure remains constant even after the light conditions change rapidly.
- The lens has a zoom / focus control ring, which allows users to control zooming or focus at a variable speed.
- The lens comes with a zoom feature that allows zooming at a constant speed of 2, allowing users of all levels of skill to zoom in and produce video.
- Combine the FUJIFILM X-H2S digital camera and FT-XH file transmitter accessory to record video remotely to a single or multiple cameras online via a web browser.
Compact lightweight design
- Aspherical and ED components were designed for both size and weight efficiency, weighing more than one pound (460g), measuring approximately 4.9 inches (123.5 mm) in length and with a 2.8 inch (72 mm) filter thread diameter.
- The use of an internal zoom system means that the lens barrel has a simple, non-stretched structure, resulting in a lightweight lens that easily zooms in without any change in weight distribution. The XF18-120mmF4 LM PZ WR also uses a smooth power zoom mechanism to drive the zoom lens group linearly with a stepping motor. This results in high-quality zooming with minimal optical axis shift across all focal lengths from wide angles to telephoto.
Resistant to dust and weather
The lens barrel is weather-sealed at 13 locations to ensure dust and weather-resistance and to provide the ability to operate at a temperature of 14 ফার F (-10 সেল C).
Price and availability
The FUJINON XF 18-120mm F4 LM PZ WR is expected to be available in or near September 2022 The manufacturer’s recommended retail price is $ 899 USD And $ 1,150 CAD.
