The Vantage One4s exemplify the Hawk lens design philosophy, which strives to produce lenses that are unlike the rest. Today’s optimization software in common use for lens design in our industry, and the target of aberration-free glass with maximum sharpness, tend to produce lenses that are optically flawless, but with a boring similarity. These lenses can be very good in each technical aspect –
perhaps, but not superlative or distinctive in any way. At Hawk, our lens designers walk a different path. Hawk only makes cinema glass, and this informs all decisions, including which “flaws” are left uncorrected to become creative options for directors of photography. In essence, Vantage One4 lenses are unique because they spring from a mindset that sets them apart from conception.
