<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center"><img src="/img/v1/news/news_2004-07_10_01.jpg" alt="" width="384" height="282" border="0"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><p align="justify">As part of its steady commitment to research Vantage is proud to announce its latest development: the new spherical Hawk 10-24mm/T2.5 zoom, the first 35mm ultra wide angle zoom lens worldwide.</p> <p align="justify">The new Hawk offers an extremely high image quality and compares in speed, weight and size to currently available fixed focal length lenses. A switch to the lens therefore poses no restrictions whatever in terms of T-Stop or Steadicam® setup.</p> <p align="justify">The new Super-Close-Focus-System developed by Vantage and for the first time used in the Hawk 10-24mm/T2.5 zoom lens guarantees close-up focusing right to the front element - in other words: considerably closer focusing than all other primes available within this range. This leads to dramatic differences in image size and allows for more creative freedom.</p> <p align="justify">Moreover, three aspherical and two ultra low dispersion lens elements ensure that images are sharp and clear from the center to the edges and virtually free of color fringing, regardless of the focal length setting. By using a ten-bladed iris diaphragm that produces a nearly circular aperture, out-of-focus images in front of or behind the subject are rendered as pleasing blurs.</p> <table border="0"> <tr> <td class="tL6"><b>Hawk® 10-24mm/T2.5</b><br> </td> <td class="tL6"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">Focal length:</td> <td class="tL6"> 10mm - 24mm</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">Film format:</td> <td class="tL6"> Super 35 (18 x 24mm)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">Maximum aperture:</td> <td class="tL6"> T2.5</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">Iris scale:</td> <td class="tL6"> T2.5, 2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">CfD:</td> <td class="tL6"> 24 cm / 9½"</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6" valign="top">Lens construction:</td> <td class="tL6"> 17 elements in 13 groups,<br> 2 glass mold aspherical, 1 compound<br> aspherical and 2 UD lens elements</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">Angle of view:</td> <td class="tL6"> 98.9º horizontal (18 x 24mm)</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">Focal length scale:</td> <td class="tL6"> 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24mm</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">Dimensions:</td> <td class="tL6"> 170mm diam. x 185mm</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">Weight:</td> <td class="tL6"> 3.95 kg / 8.7 lbs.</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">Front diameter:</td> <td class="tL6"> 156mm</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tL6">Filter size:</td> <td class="tL6"> 6.6 x 6.6"</td> </tr> </table> <p>Lens made in Germany</p> </td> </tr> </table>
