Tokina has announced its new vintage modification for the acclaimed Vista large format glass (introduced 3 years ago). The new lenses titled Vista-P allow reduced contrast and imperfect swirly bokeh rendering. Price starts at $7,500.

Tokina Vista-P: Enhancing the vintage look

Tokina has introduced a vintage style modification of its successful Vista glass. The new lenses are called Vista-P and were developed to enhance the vintage look. According to Tokina, vintage lenses are known for their reduced contrast and imperfect bokeh rendering. The Vista-P gives you similar image characteristics but in a modern housing and an ultra-fast T1.5 allowing for more options in low light or shallow depth of field. The modifications in this series make for a vintage-style lens with modern features and coverage up to 65mm large format sensors.

Vista primes improved/modified

With the Vista-P lenses, Tokina Cinema has modified the original Vista primes by moving the placement of the lens elements to deliberately introduce strong spherical distortion – a characteristic more commonly associated with vintage lenses. This is not a simple feat. Apart from the difference in character, the Tokina Cinema Vista-P lenses retain all the other key advantages of the regular Vista Primes. They exhibit virtually no focus breathing and have image circles with a 46.7mm area of definition that can cover all large format cinema cameras. The lenses share the same 114mm front O.D. and nine-blade iris and come in PL, LPL, Sony E, EF, or MFT mount.

Tokina Vista-P Features and Specifications

• Increased spherical distortion
• Reduced Contrast
• Super fast T1.5 Aperture
• Virtually no breathing
• A focus rotation angle of approximately 300 degrees
• Digital large format coverage
• High resolution – low distortion
• Low chromatic aberration
• Durable, all-metal cine-style housing with geared focus Smooth, 9-blade, curved iris 114mm front diameter, 112mm front filter thread Identical gear position on all focal lengths

Explore the slides below which contain the full specifications of each lens:

Price and availability

The Tokina Vista-P is available in 18mm, 25mm, 35mm, 50mm, and 85mm focal lengths. Prices start at USD 7,499.00. The 18mm costs $8,000. Modification from Vista to Vista-P will be done in the Tokina Cinema factory in Japan and costs $2,000 per lens. The modification process is not reversible.

Check out the sample footage below:

Would you modify your ‘regular’ Tokina to the P ‘vintage’ version?