SIRUI introduces a new member to its affordable anamorphic primes for Super 35 sized sensors. The new anamorphic glass is characterized by a 75mm focal length, f1.8, and 1.33x squeeze ratio. This new lens offers the same characteristic of stretched oval bokeh and blue streaked flares, as the other members of the family.

The Most Affordable Anamorphic Lens Set

As we’ve written about it before, SIRUI, the Chinese lens company, wants to break the market for anamorphic lenses. Recently, the company introduced the 24mm F2.8 1.33x anamorphic glass for APS-C-sized sensors. Thus, the price for a complete anamorphic set that includes the 50mm and the 35mm 1.33x lenses (excluding the newly announced 75mm), is less than $2,100. That’s your most affordable option to get those cinematic blueish streaks into your videos.

Read more about SIRUI’s affordable anamorphic primes:

• SIRUI Introduces The Most Affordable Anamorphic Lens Set
• SIRUI 50mm Anamorphic Lens is Shipping: An Affordable yet Marvelous Piece of Glass

75mm f1.8 1.33x

According to SIRUI, this brand new 75mm f1.8 1.33x lens required the SIRUI optical team to overcome key technical problems with a completely new optical design. It took persistent efforts and considerable investment to make this lens possible. Made for APS-C sensor cameras, it joins the existing SIRUI lens lineup of 24mm f2.8, 35m f1.8, and 50mm f1.8 1.33x lenses.

As stated by SIRUI: “All four lenses have common aesthetics and handling, and together they form a set which filmmakers can use to tell complete cinematic stories, switching freely between scenes while maintaining common background rendering. Their stunning optical quality coupled with their small size means that they can be used professionally to shoot drama, commercial, weddings or documentary work”.

Metallic and heavy structure

The lens is available in Sony E-mount, Micro Four-thirds mount, Nikon Z-mount, Fujifilm X-mount, and Canon EF-M mount. Solidly constructed of metal, it still weighs just 795g/1.75 lbs (in MFT mount) and is between 130.4mm and 134.1mm long depending on the mount chosen. It has a 67mm diameter filter thread and non-rotating lens front that allows for easy attachment of screw-on variable ND filters or polarizers. It has a long 186-degree focus throw for precision focusing.

Price and Availability

The SIRUI 75mm F1.8 1.33x Anamorphic Lens is available to pre-order from today on the Indiegogo crowdfunding platform at a Super Early Bird price of $669 US. Super Early Bird orders are estimated to ship in early June 2021. SIRUI says that it has successfully launched five crowdfunding campaigns on Indiegogo so far, with a total of almost 10,000 backers.

Initial insight

First, the price is just insanely affordable. Purchasing an anamorphic prime for $700 is a bargain. That means you can own a complete anamorphic set with the perfect focal length for about $2,700, and that’s about a third of the price of one affordable anamorphic prime. The design is robust (all-metal) and the quality seems to be more than fair. Watch the video below to understand more about the SIRUI anamorphic set, including its pros and cons.

What do you think about this lens? Would you use it, or purchase the whole set? Have you been using the SIRUI anamorphic on set? Comment below.