Visuals

Today Zeiss add new Zeiss Batis 2.8/135 Compact Portrait Tele Lens to their existing Batis lens family. The first 135mm AF focal length for Sony A7 with an optical image stabiliser incorporated into its design.

Atomos release Shogun Inferno firmware 8.2 featuring CinemaDNG recording supported on Sony FS, Canon C300 MK II / C500 and Panasonic Varicam LT cameras. Last week, Atomos announced an upgraded budget 4K/60 HDMI Ninja Inferno HDMI Recorder.

Blackmagic have released a new firmware update for their Ursa Mini cameras. The Blackmagic Camera Update 4.3.1 is particularly directed to the Blackmagic Ursa Mini Pro 4.6K enabling support for Cinema DNG stills capture and more.

The popular Sony PXW-FS5 and Z150 4K camcorders are getting an HDR boost with upcoming HLG HDR Firmware in July enabling HLG (Hybrid Log-Gamma) in camera. The Sony FS5 is also getting a paid upgrade enabling 120 frames per second super-slow motion in camera in Full HD.

Leica's newest Thalia cine prime lineup has been designed to cover large format sensors such as RED 8K Vista Vision, 35mm full-frame, ARRI Alexa 65 and of course Super 35 sensors. The Thalia lenses are comprised of 9 focal lengths with 95mm unified fronts and "perfectly" circular bokeh for some really pleasing round out-of-focus backgrounds.