TRIBE7 BLACKWING7 PRIMES FULL FRAME OVERVIEW

TRIBE7 BLACKWING7 PRIMES FULL FRAME lenses have been designed specifically for large format motion picture imaging, offering contemporary filmmakers an entirely new range of optimized optics for their creative storytelling needs.

The unique imaging properties of the BLACKWING7 optics are a result of carefully controlled distortion during the development and manufacturing processes. This modular distortion allows for a high degree of tuneability over key parameters that shape the lenses’ creative characteristics.

The lens range consists of eight core focal lengths, with three additional focal lengths currently in development. Each focal length is offered with three tuning options, which can be configured at the time of manufacture.

With TRIBE7 BLACKWING7 PRIMES FULL FRAME lens tuning, parameters such as sharpness, contrast, roll-off, spherical aberration, field curvature, edge halation, and flare can be modified to provide sets of “curated” optics tailored to the owner’s unique personality and artistic vision.

While BLACKWING7 primes draw design cues from optics produced during the 1930s to 1960s, their real inspiration comes from the evolutionary nature of experimental music and audio synthesis. The process of creating distortion through sound amplification inspired the concept of tuning each BLACKWING7 lens, similar to how EQ adjustments are used in music production to control tonality.

The resulting images produced by TRIBE7 BLACKWING7 PRIMES FULL FRAME lenses have a musical fidelity, with each focal length possessing a distinct level of distortion that can be controlled to produce unique artistic resonances, including distinctive flaring characteristics.

TRIBE7 has created ten sets of limited-edition BLACKWING7 BINARIES to introduce the film making community to the concept of merging audio and imaging. These BINARIES are named in recognition of the fact that creative imaging is not a black or white process and that filmmakers require a wide choice of optics to serve their storytelling needs. BLACKWING7 BINARIES have been widely used in commercials, music videos, TV, and feature productions, with feedback contributing to the production tuning of the BLACKWING7 prime lenses.