Monolens Monocle 50mm F/4 Iris Soft
Standard prime lens • Digital era • Collectible
- Announced:
- · May 2016
- Production type:
- · Small-batch production
- Availability:
- ● In stock
- Country of design:
- · Russia
- Original name:
- · MONOLENS ART LENSES MONOLENS.RU MONOCLE 50mm IRIS
- Class:
- · Slow full-frame standard prime lens
- · Soft Focus lens
Abbreviations
| SOFT | The lens features soft focus effect control. |
Specification
| Optical design: | |
| 35mm full frame | |
| 50mm | |
| F/4 | |
| 1 element (Singlet) | |
| Canon RF | |
| Fujifilm X | |
| Nikon Z | |
| Sony E | |
| 46.8° (35mm full frame) | |
| 31.8° (Fujifilm X APS-C) | |
| On Canon EOS R APS-C [1.61x] cameras: | |
35mm equivalent focal length: | 80.5mm (in terms of field of view) |
35mm equivalent speed: | F/6.4 (in terms of depth of field) |
Diagonal angle of view: | 30.1° |
| On Fujifilm X APS-C [1.52x] cameras: | |
35mm equivalent focal length: | 76mm (in terms of field of view) |
35mm equivalent speed: | F/6.1 (in terms of depth of field) |
Diagonal angle of view: | 31.8° |
| On Nikon Z APS-C [1.53x] cameras: | |
35mm equivalent focal length: | 76.5mm (in terms of field of view) |
35mm equivalent speed: | F/6.1 (in terms of depth of field) |
Diagonal angle of view: | 31.6° |
| On Sony NEX/a/ZV APS-C [1.53x] cameras: | |
35mm equivalent focal length: | 76.5mm (in terms of field of view) |
35mm equivalent speed: | F/6.1 (in terms of depth of field) |
Diagonal angle of view: | 31.6° |
| Diaphragm mechanism: | |
Diaphragm type: | Manual |
Aperture control: | Aperture ring |
| 12 (twelve) | |
| Focusing: | |
| 0.60m | |
| <No data> | |
Focusing modes: | Manual focus only |
Manual focus control: | Focusing ring |
| Physical characteristics: | |
| <No data> | |
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| - | |
| - | |
| Accessories: | |
| Screw-type 46mm | |
| Not required | |
| Not available |
Source of data
- Manufacturer's technical data.
From the editor
Although this lens is available with mirrorless camera mounts, optically it is based on a formula calculated for SLR cameras. We decided to record this lens separately in our database, however, for the manufacturer description, please refer to the page dedicated to the optically identical SLR version.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Soft Focus effect and what are its benefits?
Spherical aberration has been purposely introduced into this lens to produce photographic images that are sharp yet which have an alluring softness.
Because of the ethereal glow that can be achieved by using Soft Focus, the lens is ideal for creating scenes with a dreamy feel. It is also good for masking blemishes in portrait photography, leaving the model's skin looking flawless.
The effect of Soft Focus is a complex phenomenon that depends on focusing distance, distance to background, relative aperture etc. It is not the same as an out-of-focus image, and cannot be achieved simply by defocusing a common lens.
The effect can be approximated in post-processing but it is not as trivial as just applying a blur filter over the image.
Lenses with similar focal length
| ■Canon RF mount (2) | |||||||||
| Lensbaby Sol 45mm F/3.5 | -- | 3 - 2 | ⌀46 | 2018 ● | |||||
| PolarPro Light Leak 50mm F/11 | -- | ? - ? | 1.00m | 2024 ● | |||||
| ■Fujifilm X mount (3) | |||||||||
| Lensbaby Sol 45mm F/3.5 | -- | 3 - 2 | ⌀46 | 2018 ● | |||||
| Monolens Petzval 50mm F/3 MILC | -- | 4 - 3 | 0.86m | ⌀40.5 | 2015 ● | ||||
| PolarPro Light Leak 50mm F/11 | -- | ? - ? | 1.00m | 2024 ● | |||||
| ■Nikon Z mount (2) | |||||||||
| Lensbaby Sol 45mm F/3.5 | -- | 3 - 2 | ⌀46 | 2018 ● | |||||
| PolarPro Light Leak 50mm F/11 | -- | ? - ? | 1.00m | 2024 ● | |||||
| ■Sony E mount (3) | |||||||||
| Lensbaby Sol 45mm F/3.5 | -- | 3 - 2 | ⌀46 | 2018 ● | |||||
| Monolens Petzval 50mm F/3 MILC | -- | 4 - 3 | 0.86m | ⌀40.5 | 2015 ● | ||||
| PolarPro Light Leak 50mm F/11 | -- | ? - ? | 1.00m | 2024 ● | |||||