Fujifilm Preview Cameras to Watch 'The Quiet Days of Mr. Stevens'

The Quiet Days of Mr. Stevens, a feature-length documentary directed by César Souto, was shot with zoom lenses Fujifilm Premista 19-45/80-250.

The Galician director Cesar Souto, after rolling The drowned days (2016), a film screened at 20 international festivals and winner of the best film award at the FIDOCS IDFF (Chile), is currently finishing editing The Quiet Days of Mr. Stevens.

This documentary filmed between Connecticut and New York, defined as “avant-garde” by its own director, is inspired by the work of the modernist poet and insurance company executive Wallace Stevens. Alberte Branco AEC, responsible for photography, has opted for the camera ARRI Alexa Mini LF and zoom lenses Fujifilm Premista 19-45/80-250.

Objetivos Fujinon Premista

The zoom lens Fujinon Premista 19-45mm It has been designed to cover large format sensors. Like all Premista lenses, the 19-45mm offers 280° of focus rotation and a front diameter of 114mm with a lens that features a close focus capability of 24″ (60.96 cm). On the other hand, the lens also has a 4-pin Lemo data port for compatibility with the technology. Zeiss eXtended Data y Cooke /i. Fujinon's solution has among its main weapons the ability to offer natural bokeh, accurate color reproduction and controllable flare without ghosting. Additionally, the lens exhibits very little distortion throughout the entire zoom range, easing the burden of correcting footage after shooting and allowing high-quality cinematic images to be created more efficiently.

On the other hand, the lens Premista 80-250mm is a telephoto lens that, thanks to the adoption of a large diameter aspherical lens and a new focus/zoom system, achieves optical quality from the center to the corners, allowing the cinematographer to capture the feel and texture of the subjects. The lens design contributes to a wide dynamic range by suppressing unwanted flare and ghosting thanks to Fujifilm's original optical calculation software.