HAWK V-LITE16

High Speed Anamorphics for 16 mm
In 2010, Vantage designed aset of five entirely new lenses
for 16 mm production. The
lenses were designed fromscratch and deliver ultra-highperformance. The lenses havea 1.3x squeeze desirable forSuper 16 and are available in
the following focal lengths:

required, so our experiments led to new design concepts
and manufacturing procedures that allowed us to produce
lenses small in size and grand in performance. The efforts
led to the simple and elegant solution of using cylindricallenses with extremely small radiuses to minimize the aerial
distance between the lenses and then pack them tightly
into a small, short housing.
After they were sure that such deeply curved lenses could
be manufactured, the optical calculations were made.
Hawk Chief Optical Scientist, Dr. Anatoly B. Agourok
explains, “To achieve a minimum lens size, I did some
intricate fine tuning. Not only did I optimize the shapeof the optical elements, I also managed to reduce theirnumber. Plus, I used ultra-thin glass with a high refractive
index and set even stricter manufacturing tolerances thanI usually do.”Hawk V-Lite16 14 mm/T1.5
Hawk V-Lite16 18 mm/T1.5
Hawk V-Lite16 24 mm/T1.5
Hawk V-Lite16 28 mm/T1.5
Hawk V-Lite16 35 mm/T1.5
Hawk V-Lite
45 mm/T2.2
Hawk V-Lite
55 mm/T2.2
Hawk V-Lite
65 mm/T2.2
Hawk V-Lite
80 mm/T2.2
Hawk V-Lite 110 mm/T3
Hawk V-Lite 140 mm/T3.5
Simplicity and functionality
govern the design of this series ofsmall, lightweight Hawk V-Lite16
Anamorphics.
The challenge of producing a setof anamorphic 16 mm lenses was
not an easy one. It had neverbeen done before, and shooting
spherical 16 mm always requireda compromise between negative
size and very short, flat lenses.

Along with six of the regular Hawk V-Lite anamorphics, the 16 mm set
covers the wide range
from 14 to 140 mm.

When filmmakers choose Hawk V-Lite16 Anamorphics,
they no longer need to make this uncomfortable trade off.
Proven lens designs did not lead to a compact S16
anamorphic lens with the full-blown quality that Vantage

The result of these efforts is a range of strikingly compact,
lightweight S16 anamorphic lenses. These lenses havebeen reduced to their very essence and are smaller thanmost sphericallenses on theT1.5 – High Speed for Super 16 Anamorphic
market. Still,
Fully open, the Hawk V-Lite 16 1.3x provides 100%
they offer themore light than 35mm anamorphics. This supports
the use of low-grain film stock with medium ASA
same stunning
performance as settings. Additionally, large geometric apertures
create a shallow depth of field –a major characteriall Hawk V-Plus stic of true anamorphic capturing.
Anamorphics.
Finally, DoPs
and camera
operators havethe opportunity to workwith small S16
lenses which
are just as goodas their 35mm
counterparts.

The lenses are available in two versions:Hawk V-Lite16

SQUEEZE for Normal 16This format delivers classical anamorphic images with shallow depthof field. It can be combined with all existing Hawk Anamorphics.
Hawk V-Lite16

1:2.40
1:2.40SQUEEZE for Super 16

This format uses the full S16 negative area. The emotional impactlies between anamorphic and spherical capturing.
Vantage has developed anamorphic viewfinders for Arriflex 416 cameras. The Vantage PSU video assist
systems, have been upgraded to desqueeze these 1.3x images.

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