The Fujinon MK18-55mm T2.9 Lens in E Mount is a lightweight cine-style zoom lens for E-mount cameras with a Super 35mm-sized sensor. It features a mechanical design with three independent lens control rings: focus, iris, and zoom. Each ring incorporates a cine-style gear with a 0.8 MOD for interfacing with standard cine -style lens accessories. The focus ring features approximately 200° of rotation, which provides room or precise focus pulls, and the iris is clickless, enabling smooth iris pulls. The lens also incorporates a macro mode for close focusing capabilities.

The lens is color matched to other Fujinon lenses such as the HK, ZK, and XK series, which enables smooth intercutting between lenses. The 85mm front enables use with many cine-style matte boxes via use of optional step up rings (rings not included). The lens weighs only 2.16 pounds, which is fairly light for a cinema zoom that holds focus and aperture throughout the focal length range. It is designed for camera's with a Sony E mount, so it has a short flange focal distance, but the lens allows for flange focal distance adjustment so you can fine tune it to the camera you are using the lens on.

Covers Super 35 Format    Consistent T2.9 Aperture Over Zoom Range    3 x Standard 0.8 MOD Gears    Clickless 9-Blade Iris    200° Focus Rotation    Macro Mode    Color Matched to Fujinon HK/ZK/XK Series    85mm Front Outside Diameter    Lightweight at 2.2 lb    Flange Focal Distance Adjustment

T2.9 to T22 aperture with 9 iris blades for attractive bokeh

The 28.5mm diameter image circle covers the 3-perf super 35 format with a 16:9 aspect ratio

Industry standard 0.8 film pitch gears for focus, zoom, and iris control

The gear rings positions for focus, zoom, and iris are located at the same position on both lenses in the MK series, making switching between the two zooms quick as you don't have to adjust the position of lens accessories

Both lenses in the MK series have the same weight and length so here is no need to rebalance your camera when you change from one lens to the other

200° focus barrel rotation

No shims are required to adjust the flange focal distance as this lens has a built-in adjustment mechanism

Macro focus function available

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. At the wide end (18mm) how much vignetting would we see in 4K on the Soggy - FS5 mkii sensor?

A: yes these lenses provide s35 coverage through out their entire range and will work on the sony FS5 at the 18mm end of the lens

Q: 2. Could you use a 1.5x or 2x telephoto adapter on this lens?

A: The Fujinon MK18-55mm, being a wide to medium zoom, is an unlikely candidate for a teleconverter. Generally speaking, teleconverters are only effective on fast, high quality prime telephoto lenses. Use on other lenses is usually not successful. Mostly the issues are the lens becoming too dark for proper auto or manual focus, softening of the image, introduction of chromatic aberration and inability to mate due to conflicts in design. At this time there are only two E mount teleconverters available on the market. They are made by Sony and the only lens compatible with them at this time is the Sony FE 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS.

Q: 3. There is a PL mount also?

A: We do not have this kit of lenses available with a PL mount.

Q: 4. What prime lenses will color match this zoom? The overview states, The lens is color matched to other Fujinon lenses such as the HK, ZK, and XK series. But those are all zooms, it seems.

A: Yes, those are all zooms and at this time Fujinon is not making cine primes. My take on Fujinon lens color is that it is very, very neutral. Angenieux zooms are as well in my experience. Zeiss or Schneider primes are neutral with a blue tint whereas I find Cooke and Canon to be, pleasingly, on the red/yellow tint side. In the end, it will come down to the movie to be made and what it's look is going to be. Extensive testing will be used to determine this. If you are building a personal set, I would say that since the Fujinons are so neutral, all lenses would work with them with minor mis-match.

Q: 5. Does this lens communicate electronically with the Sony FS7m2?

A: Sorry, there is no electronic communication with the camera with these Fuji lenses.

Q: 6. Is this lens parfocal?

A: Yes, both lenses in the the Fujinon MK18-55 & MK50-135 T2.9 Cine-Style Lens Kit are parfocal. Generally speaking, cinema manual focus zoom lenses like these are parfocal whereas still auto focus zooms are not.

Q: 7. Will this work well with EoeR5?

A: This lens is meant to cover a Super35 sensor but the R5 is a Full Frame camera, so you will be able to use the lens, just in a cropped mode.

Q: 8. Can anyone comment on how the image quality of this lens compares to Canon's 24-70 f/2.8II L? Or there other L-series glass.

A: Fujinon lenses are not comparable to Photography lenses at all. This is an apples and oranges type of thing.

Q: 9. Do you need to adjust back focus at all to get the lens perfect parafocal throughout the zoom? Shims etc

A: When working with different cameras, even if the mounts are the same, it is always safe to test your back focus before your shoot to ensure the lens focus is correct. No shims are required to adjust the flange focal distance as this lens has a built-in adjustment mechanism

Q: 10. How would these lenses perform on a Sony Alpha a7R IV, say compared to the 2 Sony video lens, ie FE PZ 28-135 F4 OSS and E PZ 18-105 F4 G OSS?

A: Both the Fujinon MK18-55mm T2.9 Lens (Sony E Mount) and the Fujinon MK50-135mm T2.9 Lens (Sony E Mount) would be compatible for use with the Sony Alpha a7R IV Mirrorless Digital Cameras. While I have not seen optical performance comparison tests between the Fujinon lenses and the Sony lenses, both would be compatible for use on the a7R, and should have similar build quality and performance.