The Angenieux 6x Multi Format is based on the original 20-120mm from the 1960’s. This version has been fully rehoused by GL Optics for Ancient Optics and features the ability to change format by swapping the rear optic. The lens itself looks very close to the original 20-120mm, producing a sharp image with gradual fall off, lower contrast with blue magenta flares, and smooth bokeh. It pairs well with many prime lens sets from the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. The standard rear optic 20-120mm T2.9 covers Academy 35, while the 24-144mm T3.6 rear covers Super35 and the 33-198mm T4.9 rear covers Full Frame.

The Canon FD Zoom is based on the original Canon FD 35-105mm. It has been meticulously rehoused into a modern cinema housing, but still features the same beautiful image produced by the original zoom. This zoom pairs well with the Canon FD or Canon K35 primes and is convertible from its original 35-105mm full frame format down to a Super 35 24-75mm format. This reduces the image circle of the lens, while speeding it up to a T2.9, making it perfect for Super 35. The lens is sharp, with moderate fall off, beautiful textured bokeh, and features Canon’s Super Spectra Coatings that produce gold and purple flares without losing too much contrast.

The Fuji EBC Primes were originally released in the 1970’s as compact fast SLR lenses for the still photography market. Fuji used Electronic Beam Coatings (EBC) on these lenses, allowing 11 layers to be coated on the elements, something that was unheard of at the time. The lenses are beautiful, exhibiting gradual fall off, colorful flares, and smooth bokeh. This set has been redesigned into modern housings by Ancient Optics, with matching focus and iris rings and standard front diameters, and PL mounts, making the set easier to use for modern filmmakers.

This ultra wide vintage prime lens is based on the original Kinoptik Tegea 9.8mm. Rehoused by Zero Optik for Ancient Optics, this 9.8mm is quite clean and produces a very wide image. The Zero Optik rehousing features a new 12 blade iris design, robust modern housing with smooth focus and iris gears, and an amazing close focus of 7 inches. This is without a doubt the best rehousing performed on the Kinoptik Tegea 9.8mm.

The Petzvalux are a set of full frame, LPL-mount lenses that feature modern optics based on vintage Petzval lens designs. They feature a “tuning ring” on the front of the lens that provides a tunable Petzval look. This allows the user to tune the intensity of the sharpness, fall-off, and Petzval bokeh effect. This set was designed by Ancient Optics to include additional focal lengths than are normally available in the Petzval family, adding a 27mm, 38mm, and 120mm.

The Phénix is a parfocal compact lightweight cinema zoom lens rehoused from the original Tokina 28-70mm AT-X stills lens produced in the early ‘90s and based on Angenieux 28-70mm design. Its zoom range is great for the size and weight, and it covers full frame. The original Tokina design features a relatively complex focus and zoom movements, making it very difficult to rehouse. Iron Glass was able to crack the complexity of the design and successfully rehouse this beautiful lens, retaining its beauty while upgrading it in many necessary ways. The result is a sharp lens with attractive fall off at the edges and textured bokeh. It features a new 15 blade iris design, modern gearing on the focus and iris scales, along with a new robust housing. The Phénix pairs nicely with Canon FD’s, Minolta Rokkor, Leica-R’s, Nikon’s, and many other vintage primes. 

Series 65 are 65mm format prime lenses built from vintage optics into modern housings with LPL mounts, they feature no expanders or gimmicks to achieve 65mm coverage. Designed to work with cameras like the ALEXA 65 Open Gate or Blackmagic URSA 17K 65, the Series 65 are high resolution, have excellent close focus, and produce an image that is rich and vintage without being mushy. All lenses feature the same front diameter, uniform housing design, and modern finish.

The Statera lenses are large format 1.5x anamorphics, designed with brand-new optical elements crafted specifically for this series. Behind each anamorphic group sits a vintage taking lens, contributing to the distinct look, but the focus is on their innovative modern design. Drawing inspiration from anamorphic lenses like Cineovision, JDC, and Nipponscope, the Stateras use a variable diopter focusing mechanism that inherently minimizes distortion. The oval bokeh is uniquely pronounced at the edges due to the field curvature of the vintage taking lens, making the 1.5x squeeze resemble the character of a 2x squeeze. While they nod to vintage aesthetics, the Stateras are built for modern durability and sharpness, housed in robust, modern casings.

The TAMASHII Primes are reimagined lightweight Japanese vintage primes based on lenses from the 1960’s to 1980’s. They feature modern cinema housings in PL mount engineered by Zero Optik and Ancient Optics with standard front diameter sizes and gear positioning. The set is very well matched and exhibits excellent sharpness wide open with next to no chromatic aberration. Their flares are beautifully multi-colored and their bokeh is smooth and bubbly, with a slight cat's eye. They render the background well without muddling, while keeping subjects in sharp focus, even while wide open.