Meike has announced the new 50mm T2.1 S35 Prime Cine lens. The lens has the industry-standard 0.8mm pitch gears on the focus and aperture ring, and joins the 35mm T2.1 S35 lens, as the second lens from Meike in the Super 35 range with a 33.6mm image circle. Additional Super 35 lenses are set to follow, and you can view the timeline for these lenses below, in Meike's roadmap. 

The lens will be available for $569.99, with a $30 discount on pre-orders placed before the 2nd of April 2021, from Meike's website.

Key Features

• 50mm focal length
• Super 35
• 12 elements in 9 groups
• T/2.1 - T/22
• 11 aperture blades
• 58cm minimum focus distance
• 77mm filter size
• 33.6mm image circle
• Focus rotation: 270degrees
• 80mm diameter
• Height: 98.5mm (PL), 106.5mm (EF)
• Weight: 910g (PL), 940g (EF)
• PL/EF-mount

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Meike has shared a timeline for S35 Prime CINE lenses which will be available for EF/PL mounts.

This includes the following lenses:

• 35mm T2.1 - Dec 2020
• 50mm T2.1 - Mar 2021
• 25mm T2.1 - May 2021
• 75mm T2.1 - Jun 2021
• 18mm T2.1 - Aug 2021