Sirui has announced the new 75mm T2.9 full-frame 1.6x anamorphic lens. Teased on its social media channels for a few weeks and launched via an Indiegogo campaign, the lens will join the 50mm T2.9 1.6x anamorphic that was launched last year.

The SIRUI 50mm T2.9 1.6x proved to the world what a relatively affordable anamorphic cinema lens could achieve. Users and reviewers have been enamored of the cinematic images it produces. The 75mm T2.9 1.6x and its narrower field of view maintain the same anamorphic look but allow users to capture more flattering portraits and close-ups thanks to its long reach. Subjects’ faces in particular will be rendered in a natural perspective that when combined with the elongated anamorphic bokeh is simply stunning.

Designed as a short telephoto, it has exceptional creamy oval bokeh and beautiful anamorphic lens flares. The large 1.6x squeeze factor provides a stronger anamorphic look than the earlier 1.33x APS-C range from SIRUI. The 75mm T2.9 1.6x behaves like a 46mm horizontally while retaining the vertical FOV of a 75mm lens. When shooting 3:2, this lens offers a 2.4:1 aspect ratio. But when shooting 16:9, creators get a significantly wider 2.8:1 aspect ratio. An increasing number of monitors today come with a 1.6x de-squeeze capability, which allows filmmakers to properly monitor their images in the correct aspect while shooting.