The Tokina 20mm T2.1 E-mount cine lens is a prototype produced in response to customer demand for a small wideangle cine prime for use on Sony’s alpha range of full frame cameras.
Stills to video
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It’s a conversion of Tokina’s existing 20mm stills lens, with the addition of gearing for focus and iris and a switch to T-stops rather than f/stops.
No changes have been made to the number or type of aperture blades at this stage, although it might be possible in the future if there’s enough demand.
![Tokina 20mm T2.1 cine lens prototype](https://www.newsshooter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/P1000413-600x450.jpg)
The lens offers full frame coverage and has electronic contacts to pass information about your frame back through to the camera body.
“Trendy drone shooting”
![Tokina 20mm T2.1 cine lens prototype](https://www.newsshooter.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/P1000424-600x450.jpg)
Tokina see the lens as being ideal for use on drones, aiming to provide the image quality of a prime in a small package to match the Sony a7 and a9 series of cameras. The 20mm focal length should provide a good angle of view for this application.
It’s early days but if this focal length is successful 50mm or 75mm options could join the range, potentially in other mounts – possibly even PL.
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