As a part of its steady commitment to the film industry Vantage has developed a new squeezing ratio for its range of Hawk Anamorphics: Hawk Anamorphic 1.3x SQUEEZE.
We reduced the size of the new Hawks to an ultra compact shape - smaller than most spherical lenses on the market right now. Focus and iris rings are at identical positions on all V-Lite lenses. The set can be filtered using clip-on matte boxes with up to three 4x5.65" filters.
Seven new primes are available:
Additional lenses will follow.
Various new trends have created a growing demand for cutting edge lens technology: Among them belong new film formats like 3 perf, newly developed digital cameras with single chip sensor technology, and the increasing use of digital post-production and DI processes.
More and more cinematographers would like to apply the true anamorphic format to these recently established film or sensor formats.
Hawk V‑Lite 1.3x lenses can be used on all modern digital and film cameras. The unique squeezing factor of 1.30x makes it possible to use nearly the entire sensor area of a 16:9 digital camera (e.g. Sony F35) and achieve the popular widescreen 1:2.40 release format. The new Hawks compress the wider image to the size of the smaller sensor. No top/bottom cropping of the sensor area is required. This means maximum image quality combined with a very pleasant emotional effect.
The lady with the candelier in background was filmed with a Hawk V‑Lite 55mm at T2.2 on an ARRICAM ST, 3 perf camera (24mm x 13.5mm gate). The oval bokehs are apparent; the big surprise is how similar they look to the out-of-focus highlights of a 2x anamorphic lens. (Film and Digital Times)
Furthermore the new lenses allow shooting with 4:3 negative/ sensor area and stretch it to 1:78 for 16:9 HDTV release. With an Arriflex D21 the full 4:3 sensor area can be used for 16:9 filming.
Along with the new Hawk lenses Vantage developed new anamorphic viewfinders for all ArricamTM and ArriflexTM cameras. Also, our PSU video assist systems have been upgraded to desqueeze the 1.3x images.
Hawk V-Lite 1.3x (PDF)
Hawk V-Lite 1.3x - Additional Information (PDF)
Hawk V-Lite 1.3x - Technical Data (PDF)
DOF V-Lite 1.3x Imperial (PDF)
DOF V-Lite 1.3x Metric (PDF)
