Ultra Wide Anamorphics

[James Woodbridge]

Heya all,

 

Apart from the Arri UWZ 19-36mm, can anyone else off the top of their head think of any ranges of anamorphic lenses with focal lengths wider than 35mm?

 

DOP and I can't for the life of me think of any

 

Cheers

 

James

[Dan Hasson]

Hawk and Optimo have. But they're widest focal length is 30mm.

I'm sure someone else on here will be able to tell you with a better lens knowledge than me though.

 

All the best,

Dan

[Miguel Angel]

Hi!

The widest I know of (other than the Arri Zoom) is a 22mm Lomo Squarefront lens but it is quite impossible to find.

 

There is also a 28mm Master Anamorphic

https://www.camtec.tv/arri-zeiss-master-anamorphics

 

Atlas has a 32mm

https://atlaslensco.com/orionseries/

 

Caldwell Chameleon has a 25mm

https://www.newsshooter.com/2019/02/05/caldwell-chameleon-1-79x-anamorphic-lenses/

 

Cineovision has either a 22mm or a 24mm (depending on the manufacturer)

https://www.camtec.tv/cineovision-anamorphic/

 

Cooke has a 25

https://www.cookeoptics.com/l/anamorphiclens.html

 

Elite anamorphics made a 25mm

https://www.camtec.tv/optika-elite-mkv

 

Kowa has the 32mm

https://www.camtec.tv/kowa-cine-prominar-anamorphic

 

Hawk has a 25mm

https://www.camtec.tv/hawk-cseries-anamorphic

 

Have a lovey day.

[Dom Jaeger]

The widest 2x anamorphic I know of is a Lomo 22mm - humongous square-fronted beast it is - and they also made a much smaller 30mm square-front.

 

Not counting the 16mm range (which goes down to 14mm), Hawk have a 28mm V-Lite in 2x, and go down to 20, 24 and 28 with a 1.3x squeeze.

 

Panavision have a 25mm G series and 28mm E and T anamorphics.

 

There was a 32mm Technovision anamorphic (Cooke based).

 

That's all I can think of at the moment.

[Dom Jaeger]

I used to work at a rental house in Melbourne that has the 22mm Lomo, Miguel - Cameraquip. It is a rare beast indeed! It sucked in dust like a vacuum cleaner, I had to pull it apart to clean it every few jobs!

[Miguel Angel]

I used to work at a rental house in Melbourne that has the 22mm Lomo, Miguel - Cameraquip. It is a rare beast indeed! It sucked in dust like a vacuum cleaner, I had to pull it apart to clean it every few jobs!

 

Ha! I have seen photos of it on reduser and it definitely looks like one of those lenses that could cause a lot of trouble!

Never seen anything shot with it though, it has to be quite interesting!

 

Have a good day!

[Shawn Martin]

There is an 18mm JDC Cooke Xtal Express lens.

[brandon esten]

  

On 2/20/2019 at 3:03 AM, Miguel Angel said:

 

Ha! I have seen photos of it on reduser and it definitely looks like one of those lenses that could cause a lot of trouble!

Never seen anything shot with it though, it has to be quite interesting!

 

Have a good day!

22mm Fast Anamorphic Prime playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2bpsBJG6Q2pLt15W3OcHNgVMQahVXW64

While the front of this lens is 'square-ish' in shape the focus system is akin to the 'round-fronts' in that it incorporates a strong +/- diopter pair up front thus minimizing distortion/breathing effects. It is tack sharp and stops open to T2.4. Made ~1988. Now, there is also an older model from the 70's or so that incorporates the 'square-front' configuration which accomplishes focus with a mid-deployed or aft-deployed focusing group. I should have a playlist for this second lens going in about a year as it is undergoing heavy maintenance.

 

30mm Anamorphic Prime playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2bpsBJG6Q2rCSAkqA8rS2d_VlD9bf5aZ

This is a 'square-front' lens with the mid/aft-deployed focus group. It is a pain to convert these to PL so it is currently undergoing complete rehousing. It should also be done in about a year. As is with a dodgy mount it looks pretty sharp close up.