Behind the Scenes Fujinon: “Top Gun: Maverick”
The team of aerial cinematographers behind the movie “Top Gun: Maverick” share a detailed behind-the-scenes look and revealed how this groundbreaking film was made! From choosing equipment to challenges, victories, and much more.
FUJINON lenses are lenses of excellence and, as such, they were chosen for the making of this film. In this video, cinematographers showcase all the lenses used – Discover FUJINON's Premista, Premier, and Cabrio series.
FUJINON CINE LENSES
FUJINON cine lenses are used around the world for film, series, soap operas, advertising or high-end productions where lenses for cameras with large format sensors are required.
FUJINON PREMISTA SERIES
FUJINON's 3x PL-mount premier zoom lenses are extreme resolution lenses that achieve amazing levels of sharpness and support large-format sensors. They were developed and built to be durable and lightweight for high-end digital cinematography.
Premista lens used in the movie “Top Gun: Maverick”:
- Premista 28-100 mm T2.9
FUJINON PREMIER
The HK Premier series features 4x high-performance zoom lenses from the wide-angle HK14.5-45mm T2.0 with reduced distortion, and chromatic aberration and is designed for all tough design challenges from wide-angle to telephoto lenses HK75- 400mm T2.8 important for action sports, wildlife, commercials, outdoors, slow motion and other situations where a long lens with a high aperture is needed.
HK Premier lenses used in the movie “Top Gun: Maverick”:
- HK Premier 14.5-45mm T2.0
- HK Premier 18-85mm T2.0
- HK Premier 24-180mm T2.6
- HK Premier 75-400mm T2.8-3.8
ZK CABRIO SERIES
FUJINON ZK zoom lenses offer a lightweight 14-35mm T2.9 wide-angle lens that can be operated in the same way as an ENG-style lens, with the side zoom motor and is ideal for large format sensors. At the other end, FUJINON introduces the new ZK12x25 which offers an industry-leading 12x zoom to cover wide angles from 25mm to 300mm, with a Natural Bokeh (Blur) thanks to 9 Round Iris Blades.
ZK Series lenses used in the movie “Top Gun: Maverick”:
- ZK Cabrio 19 – 90 mm T2.9
- ZK Cabrio 85-300 mm T2.9-4.0
- ZK Cabrio 25-300mm T3.5-3.85
XK CABRIO
The XK Cabrio series offers the FUJINON XK20-120mm T3.5 lens for cinema cameras, which offers high optical performance compatible with 4K cameras and covers a wide focal length from 20mm to 120mm. It has a constant aperture of T3.5 throughout the zoom range without loss of brightness for great comfort in selecting focal lengths with a single lens.
XK Cabrio lens used in the movie “Top Gun: Maverick”:
- XK Cabrio 20-120mm T3.5
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