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Smooth Transmission Focus While subjects remain in sharp focus, out-of-focus backgrounds or foregrounds are blurred smoothly and evenly with gradation that thickens toward the edges of the frame for a pleasing aesthetic effect

Transmissive Brightness After light passes through the apodization element, the lens aperture of f2.8 yields a T (transmissive brightness) equivalent of 4.5; a manual aperture ring can adjust T setting from 4.5 to 6.7.

Wide Focus Ring The dedicated manual focusing system is controlled by a wide focus ring that’s comfortable to hold and gives you a solid, hands-on feel for pinpoint focusing of your subject.

Circular Aperture Because aperture blades form a near circle at the wide openings used for low-light shots, spot-light sources have a pleasing circular defocused effect.

Focal Length- APS: 202.5mm (35mm Equivalent: 135mm)
Minimum Focus Distance- 2.85' (87cm)
Magnification- x 0.25
Lens Groups-Elements- 1 group, 2 elements
Distance Encoder- Yes
Depth-of-Field- Yes
Aperture (Max.)- f/2.8
Aperture (Min.)- f/31
Blades- 9 aperture blades
Aspheric Elements- no aspheric
Lens Type- Standard & Medium Telephoto

Front and rear lens cap SH0014 solid-circular lens hood Lens carrying case