ARRI Enso Prime 18mm

Description

The ARRI Ensō lens series, designed in collaboration with a leading Japanese optics house, offers incredible image quality across a wide range of focal lengths from 10.5 to 250 mm (350/500 mm with Ensō Extenders). The lenses combine German engineering with Japanese optical excellence, resulting in adaptable, reliable, and elegantly simple tools for filmmakers. With uniform lens housings and the ability to swap lenses without disruption, Ensō lenses provide filmmakers with the flexibility to meet even the most extreme visual demands.

What is Ensō?

ARRI Ensō lenses are named after, and inspired by, a circular Zen symbol. In Zen calligraphy, painting an ensō is a meditative practice that trains your mind to exist fully in the moment. You are engaged with your surroundings, but your thoughts are untroubled by anything beyond the act of creation.

This is an ideal state of mind on set, and it is only possible if you have complete trust in your tools.

Elegant simplicity

Collaborating with a leading Japanese optics house, ARRI designed the Ensō lens series to deliver incredible image quality across a huge range of focal lengths, from 10.5 to 250 mm (350/500 mm with Ensō Extenders). Combining German engineering with Japanese optical excellence, Ensōs are a fusion of two cultures – adaptable and reliable, yet elegantly simple and pure of purpose.

Uniform lens housings

Gear rings are in the same position on all 14 of the Ensō focal lengths, most of which have a front diameter of 95 mm, so they can be swapped on the camera without disruption. The focal lengths in the core sales set of six lenses will be the most frequently used, but the wide-angle 10.5 and 14 mm, as well as the telephoto 250 mm (350/500 mm with its included 1.4x/2x Extenders) allow Ensō shooters to meet even the most extreme visual demands.

Features:

14 primes from 10.5 to 250 mm (350/500 mm with Ensō Extenders)

Different looks via external lens tuning with Ensō Vintage Elements

Compact, lightweight, and flexible lenses designed for long ROI

1:4 magnification ratio for exceptionally close focus

New Ensō look, which is sharp and true, yet gentle and natural