Angenieux Cinestyle 11.5x5.3 HD superb, selected sample, EUROPE

[Tobias Mennle]

Angenieux Cinestyle 11.5x5.3 superb sample

This is a real Angenieux film lens which was modified for digital cinematography (2/3 HD). Can be used with a S-35 adapter or a S-16 adapter (on sale, too) for the latest one chip cameras. I bought it in 2006, my German dealer turned down 3 samples and gave me the 4th one after he had seen the measurement protocols (I had ordered on the premise that my lens would be as good as the demo lens). Price was 18 600.- net. It is really an excellent, selected sample, very sharp and great colours. The colour separation and reproduction and build quality IMO puts to shame the Canons and Fujinons, and the iris has 8 blades for nice sunstars. It has the famous Angenieux qualities from the film (not video!) lens department. Angenieux stopped production because they said they´d not earn enough from it. Complete with sunshade, all covers, meter scale and unused feet scale.

The lens has signs of use on the body, but the lenses and the lens system is clean apart from some minute oil droplets in the periphery of one lens which is not visible on the images and a phenomenon I know from Zeiss, too. The zoom ring is a bit dry but the focus ring is perfectly velvety smooth. I price the lens accordingly so an extra service could be afforded.

I sell it because I´m on S-35 now and always have to keep the weight down. Between the short wideangle and the Canon 18x28 the Angenieux has become somewhat redundant.

One producer commented that in a 6 team project my lens was clearly the best wideangle zoom...

6999.- EURO NET plus postage from Germany with dhl.

tobias@tmfilmpro.com