P+S Technik will be showing the complete 16Digital prime lens set at IBC, including the 8mm lens that launches at the show. These 16mm prime lenses are designed for digital cameras with a single 16:9 format 2/3-inch CMOS sensor and equipped with the P+S Technik Interchangeable Mount System (IMS). The 16Digital Lens set includes a 8mm/T1.9, a 12mm/T1.9, a 16mm, a 25mm and a 35mm lens, all three T1.7, as well as a 50mm/T1.9 lens.

Optical parts are designed with support from lens manufacturer LINOS Photonics (formerly Rodenstock). The lenses work especially well for 2D and 3D stereo recording with the SI-2K digital cinema camera system. The prototype optics have already been used to shoot Bloody Valentine 3D.

16Digital prime lenses come with easy-to-read scales (meter or feet scales available), uniform front lens diameter of 60mm, uniform 0,8 gear rings for focus and iris control, and uniform position of exit pupil. Standard follow focus and electronic lens control systems can be used with these lenses. The optical performance is superb, even wide open. Floating elements keep the optical performance up all the way to the close-focusing limit. Distortion is well controlled, especially with the wider angle lenses, where it counts most. 16Digital primes are particularly robust and easy to service.

Download P+S Technik's IBC guide here. (PDF link)