Old Fast Glass and Ancient Optics have collaborated for three years to create the STATERA Full-Frame+ Anamorphic Primes, a set of anamorphic lenses that balance vintage character and modern performance. Let’s take a look at them. Old Fast Glass is a Los Angeles rental house specializing in high-end digital cinema cameras, film cameras, cinema lenses, and camera accessories. During NAB 2024, we met Mark from OFG to discuss their custom cinema camera based on the FUJIFILM GFX100 II image sensor. Recently, Old Fast Glass collaborated with Ancient Optics, another LA-based company specializing in rehousing old, high-quality lenses. From this collaboration, they introduced the STATERA Full-Frame+ Anamorphic Primes, a set of lenses that balances a classic look with modern performance. The oval bokeh is rendered organically. Source: Old Fast Glass. STATERA: balance between old and modern The name STATERA comes from the Latin word meaning “balance,” so the philosophy behind this set is straightforward. Inspired by iconic anamorphic lenses from the 1970s and 80s (Todd-AO, Cineovison, Technovision, and Nippon Scope), the set consists of a 35mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm, and 100mm lens sharing a T2.1 maximum aperture and a 135mm T2.9 lens available in PL mount for FF+ format. The STATERA lenses pleasantly render faces thanks to their focus system that minimizes distortion. According to their creators, the lenses don’t suffer from extreme field curvature, which is helpful for framing people in different parts of the image, from center to edges. The Petzval effect on the borders of the image. Source:...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 11 July, 2024