The newly announced Laowa PROTEUS 45mm cine lens is the first one in the 2x anamorphic series from Venus Optics. In the future, there will be 35mm, 60mm, and 85mm PROTEUS 2x anamorphic lenses all with T2 aperture and similar size and weight. The 45mm lens covers Super35 image sensors and comes with user-interchangeable EF and PL lens mount. It is supposed to be available by the end of 2022 / beginning of 2023. The price is unknown yet. In yet another video from the Inter BEE trade show in Tokyo, Johnnie met up with Li Dayong from Venus Optics to talk about a new anamorphic cine lens in the Laowa lineup. Traditionally, the Chinese company focused on spherical lenses only, but this year Venus Optics entered the anamorphic territory with its Nanomorph series – a series of very compact 1.5x anamorphic primes. At Inter BEE 2022 in Japan, Laowa gets another anamorphic lens and this time it features the “real” 2x squeeze. Let’s take a look at the details. Laowa PROTEUS 45mm T2 2x anamorphic lens Laowa PROTEUS 45mm T2 2x anamorphic lens. Image credit: CineD The Laowa PROTEUS 45mm lens, which took two years to develop, is not going to be the only 2x anamorphic lens from Laowa. It is, in fact, only the beginning of the whole line of lenses. According to mister Li from Venus Optics, there will be three more lenses coming in the future – 35mm T2, 60mm T2, and 85mm T2. All the...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 22 November, 2022