Laowa has released its entire Proteus 2X anamorphic lens set with four lenses: 35mm, 45mm, 60mm, and 85mm, all at T2. These lenses will be available with either a Canon EF or ARRI PL user-interchangeable lens mount. Also, you can choose if you want your lens flares to be blue, amber, or silver looking, which is quite interesting. So let’s take a closer look at all these new 2X anamorphic lenses! Chinese lens manufacturer Laowa is well-known for its manual photo lenses, especially its 24mm probe lens and its entire Zero-D lineup of wide-angle lenses with no distortion. Last year, the company debuted in the anamorphic world with the Nanomorph 1.5X lens set, which are incredibly compact lenses and still the lightest glass of its kind set on the market. A couple of months ago, during Inter BEE 2022 in Japan, we had the chance to take a first quick look at the Laowa Proteus 2X 45mm T2 lens. Laowa told us that other lenses would join the set quickly, and the least we can say is that the team holds its promises with the introduction of the entire lens set today. Laowa Proteus 2X anamorphic features The Laowa Proteus 2X anamorphic lens set consists of four lenses with a constant 2X squeeze ratio: a 35mm, a 45mm, a 60mm, and an 85mm. All lenses have an image circle of 25.92 x 21.6mm and cover Super35 image sensors. If you use the optional Laowa 1.4X full-frame expander, the lenses can...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 17 January, 2023