DSLR AND MIRRORLESS CAMERAS
TRIBE7 BLACKWING7 PRIME LENSES
Focal Length | Aperture | Close Focus | Front Diameter | Weight |
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20.7mm | T1.9 | 7.5" | 104mm | 3.2 lbs. |
27mm | T1.9 | 13.5" | 104mm | 3.6 lbs. |
37mm | T1.9 | 18.5" | 104mm | 3.4 lbs. |
47mm | T1.9 | 18.5" | 104mm | 3.2 lbs. |
57mm | T1.9 | 18" | 104mm | 3.5 lbs. |
77mm | T1.9 | 2'2" | 104mm | 3.0 lbs. |
107mm | T1.9 | 2'4" | 104mm | 3.2 lbs. |
137mm | T1.9 | 3'1" | 104mm | 3.2 lbs. |
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The Blackwing7 Tribe7 lenses are a unique offering in the cinema lens world. Multiple versions are offered by the company where the lenses have been de-tuned specifically to emphasize specific attributes and imperfections in the lens. The result is a choice between multiple lens tunings, each with their own unique, vintage-style character. All Tribe7 lenses cover full frame / large format cameras.
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Our Tribe7's feature "B-tuned" or "Bespoke" tuning, which is a combination of S-tuned multi-coated optics & X-tuned edge uncoating. See the Blackwing7 tuning overview below for a more complete description of the various tuning options available with this versatile lenses.
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BLACKWING7 Tuning Overview
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Every BLACKWING7 lens is hand-built in Germany in cooperation with a long-established and well-respected optical manufacturing firm. A proprietary production tuning process allows the optical performance of each lens in the range to be uniquely configured—tuned or toned— to their owner’s wishes and creative style. Three pre-set tonalities are available:
S STRAIGHT (Standard)
S-tuned BLACKWING7 lenses have a profile founded on lens designs from the first half of the 20th Century, such as the 1936 Kodak EKTAR 45 mm f/2, and the 1950 Wray UNILITE 50 mm f/2. Lenses have a simple one-layer coating and a smooth roll-off to their sharpness characteristic.
T TRANSIENT (Middle)
T-tuned BLACKWING7 lenses have a profile which further softens the roll-off to the edge of the frame, and provides increased edge detail halation. T lenses are designed to capture a slightly softer, artistic image, with a higher degree of light reactivity and flaring characteristics are harder and more prominent than with the S-tuned version.
X EXPRESSIVE (Extreme)
X-tuned BLACKWING7 lenses exaggerate the image roll-off to the edge of the frame, to the point where only low frequency performance is evident in the outer thirds of the frame. X-tuned optics have further exaggerated edge detail halation and a minor degree of spherical aberration and focal plane curvature, which exaggerates the effect of shallow depth of field. X-tuned lenses are designed for filmmakers who light aggressively and expect their lenses to offer luminous characteristics, especially with hard lighting.