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title: "Irix 30mm T1.5 Cine"
description: "Manual-focus full-frame wide cine prime at T1.5 with 11 blades and weather sealing, 1,223 g in L-Mount, focuses to 0.34 m, $1,295. Reviews lean positive: Digital Camera World calls it formidable but soft wide open, and LensVid finds it sharp from T2.8, needing T4 at the edges."
brand: "Irix"
mount: L-Mount
focal_length: 30
aperture: 1.5
lens_type: "Prime"
lens_category: ["Wide Angle", "Cine"]
weight: 1223
year: 2021
weather_sealed: true
image_stabilization: false
price: 1295
focus: "Manual"
filter_size: 86
max_magn:
close_focus: 0.34
sku: "IL-C30-L-I"
diameter: 97
length: 131
date: 2026-10-20
draft: false
author: "Jan Wedekind"
featured_image: /lenses/irix/irix-30mm-t1-5-cine.png
---

Key Take-Aways:

The Irix 30mm T1.5 Cine is a manual-focus, full-frame wide cine prime with 11 aperture blades, an 86 mm front filter thread and weather sealing. Irix lists the L-Mount version at 1,223 g with a 0.34 m close focus, and it costs $1,295. As of Oct 2026, the two written reviews and ten videos lean positive, with caveats. Digital Camera World calls it a formidable cinema lens with great sharpness, weather sealing and well controlled distortion and breathing, but soft wide open at T1.5. LensVid finds sharpness and contrast very good from T2.8, needs T4 for edge-to-edge sharpness, and notes flare, vignetting and noticeable chromatic aberration up to at least T2.8. Phillip Skraba's video calls it an incredible budget cine lens, and LeechTM's title calls it a great entry into the world of cine lenses.

From Irix:

> Irix Cine 30mm T1.5 is a full-frame cine lens, for sensor resolution up to 8K. It is excellent for interviews and medium wide shots of your subject. Especially on a crop sensor where you will get 45mm (1,5x).

[Official Website](https://irixlens.com/cine-lenses/30mm/)

Reviews:

* Digital Camera World: [Irix Cine 30mm T1.5 review](https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/reviews/irix-cine-30mm-t15-review), James Artaius, Oct 2021
* LensVid: [Irix 30mm T1.5 Cine Lens Review](https://lensvid.com/lensvid-exclusive-reviews-and-previews/irix-30mm-t1-5-cine-review/), Dec 2021

YouTube:

* DIYPhotography: [IRIX 30mm review: finally a cine set from IRIX](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPnL5EA1Ff4), Nov 2021
* Lensvid: [Irix 30mm T1.5 Cine Lens Review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWJElGJ0dRA), Dec 2021
* Scott Balkum: [IRIX 30mm T1.5 Full Frame Cinema Lens Review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeJypXyEmcs), Jan 2022
* michael tobin: [The BEST Budget Portrait Lens? IRIX 30mm Cine Lens Review](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iazrPR3WDFQ), Jan 2023
* Phillip Skraba: [This Budget Cine Lens is AMAZING!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi3urUjG7hk), Mar 2023
* LeechTM: [Review Of The Irix 30mm T1.5 Cine Lens - A Great Entry Into The World Of Cine Lenses!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNC_Nut9-c), Mar 2023
* Brandon Washington: [How Good Can These "Budget" Cinema Lenses Be? | Irix Cine Lenses](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUzxgatJvHQ), Jun 2023
* Alexandra Lipe: [Este Objetivo de CINE es BARATO e INCREÍBLE: IRIX 30MM T1.5🤙](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFTnk-qjXuw), Aug 2023
* RICH Photography: [IRIX Cine Lens 30mm T1.5 | Worth the Price? | Lumix GH6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P45eKB1R1Zg), Mar 2024
* Nick Salazar: [IRIX Cine Lenses: Diamond in the Rough?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9u2oxPffa4), Jun 2024