DZOFilm X-TRACT 18-28mm 0° T8 wide-angle probe zoom lens

DZOFilm X-TRACT 18-28mm 0° T8 wide-angle probe zoom lens

DZOFilm X-tract 18-28mm 0° T8 wide-angle probe zoom lens opens new dimensions in macro cinematography, offering greater creative flexibility and potential. Its full-frame design is compatible with Super 35 sensors, providing an equivalent focal length of approximately 22-35mm T8 in Arri Alexa 35 Open Gate mode, covering key focal lengths for commercial work. The probe’s zoom versatility allows flexible adjustments in tight spaces, enhancing spatial depth and perspective. With a constant aperture, it ensures consistent brightness across all focal lengths.

X-tract 18-28mm T8 0° lens features 7 high-refractive-index (HRI) lenses and 6 extra-low-dispersion (ED) lenses, striking an optimal balance between size and weight while minimizing chromatic aberrations, distortions, and optical flaws common in probe lenses. Its innovative differential distribution of HRI lens delivers prime-level image quality and accurate color temperature, effectively reducing the yellowish tint commonly seen in other probe lenses. Distortion is kept within ±2% across the entire zoom range, with near-zero distortion and focus breathing at 24mm, ensuring precise rendering of intricate micro-details.

The lens offers a smooth 300° focus throw, crafted with micron-level precision and tested for high-frequency durability. This ensures seamless focus transitions and enhanced depth of field control. The X-tract series probe zoom lens features a parfocal design that locks focus during zooming, maintaining sharpness even with subtle movements or rapid focal length changes, allowing for the classic Hitchcock dolly zoom effect in macro shots.

The X-tract series features native breath control, reducing breathing effects to just 0.5% at the 24mm (compared to 39.2% in other 24mm probe primes). With a relative illumination (RI) of 70.7% (vs. 54.9% in other 24mm probe primes), focus breathing becomes virtually imperceptible, minimizing the need for post-production adjustments. This ensures seamless visual continuity and stability during focus shifts, delivering immersive and spectacular cinematic visuals.

With a maximum magnification ratio of 2.1:1, the X-tract reveals the intricate textures of everyday objects and creates stunning, highly detailed visuals. When capturing tiny objects like insect wings, water droplets, sand grains, and miniature items, it brings out microscopic structures that are often invisible to the naked eye. The minimum focusing distance is reduced from the traditional 56.3cm (1’11”) of probe lenses to 47.3cm (1’6″), with a minimum working distance of just 6mm (0.2″), allowing the lens to almost touch the subject for finer macro details.