Hawk Hidden Champions

The HC1 is a 45 mm 1.3x anamorphic lens designed for Super 35+ format that offers unprecedented speed at T1.1. The HC1 combines the resulting shallow depth of field with a subtle 1.3x squeeze and extremely close focus – 46  cm (1’6”). Despite these startling specs, the HC1 maintains a modest profile, thanks to a different mechanical design. Hawk is the only lensmaker in the world offering a set of ten T1 cinema lenses – the spherical Vantage One line – and the HC1 brings that expertise into the anamorphic realm.

The HC2 is an 85 mm 2x anamorphic lens designed for Super 35 format, featuring an extraordinary close focus distance of 39 cm – unheard of in an anamorphic 85  mm lens, especially given the T stop of 2.8. Together, focal length, close focus and T stop allow for unusual distances and fresh perspectives in portraiture with the HC2, and the results are very pleasing showing improved resolution at the top and bottom of the image.

The HC3 – the Orientable Superlative Wide Angle Explorer – goes well beyond the common lens attachment that converts a medium lens into a wide angle. Thanks to a bold new design with an enormous lens element featuring a rear opening of 165 mm, the Wide Angle Explorer allows for the conversion of countless lenses. With the HC3, a Vantage One4 19  mm/T1.4 Large Format lens converts to 12  mm, a Vantage One 14.5  mm/T1 lens is shortened to stunning 9  mm, and a Hawk V‑Lite Macro 55  mm becomes a 35  mm anamorphic close focus lens. The Wide Angle Explorer expands the creative potential of aberration and distortion in extreme wide angle shots. Because it’s orientable, cinematographers can manipulate the mounting angle to produce unique, asymmetrical distortions that can be targeted to specific parts of the image and modulated to the right intensity. Falloff is controlled by stopping down.

The HC4 is a 72 mm 1.3x anamorphic lens designed for Large Format and 65 mm formats, capable of a breathtaking T1.6. The HC4 brings an array of portrait characteristics to cinematographers shooting with bigger sensors, beginning with outstanding close focus distance. Wide open at T1.6, the image takes on strong yet very pleasing spherical aberrations; closed down somewhat, it becomes a very accurate, high performance lens. The HC4 covers all large format sensors, including those found in digital 65 mm cameras.