The Angenieux Optimo 45-120mm T2.6 is a compact and versatile telephoto cine zoom lens, ideal for Super 35mm sensors. It maintains a constant T2.6 aperture throughout its zoom range, ensuring consistent exposure. This lens features a true parfocal design, maintaining sharp focus while zooming, and exhibits extremely low focus breathing. Its lightweight nature, precise mechanics, and signature Angenieux image quality make it a premium choice for interviews, isolated close-ups, and dynamic telephoto shots in professional cinema.
Overview
- Compact and versatile telephoto cine zoom
- Constant T2.6 aperture across the zoom range
- True parfocal design, maintaining focus during zoom
- Extremely low focus breathing
- Signature Angenieux image quality (organic, pleasing)
- Ideal for Super 35mm cameras
- Robust, precise mechanics with geared rings
- Excellent for interviews, isolated close-ups, and portraits
| Focal Length | Aperture | Close focus | Front Diameter | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45-120mm | T2.8 | 95cm | 3’1″ | 114mm | 1.9 Kg |
Versatile Telephoto Workhorse
The 45-120mm focal length makes this lens an excellent workhorse for many cinematic styles. It’s ideally suited for isolating subjects, capturing expressive close-ups, interviews, and detailed B-roll, providing a versatile range for storytelling.
Executing Seamless Parfocal Zooms
A critical feature for professional video, the true parfocal design ensures that the image remains sharp and in focus while zooming. This allows for seamless and precise zoom moves during a take, maintaining visual continuity and professionalism.
Consistent Exposure & Depth of Field
The constant T2.6 aperture is invaluable, providing consistent exposure and depth of field throughout the entire zoom range. This simplifies your lighting setups and maintains visual continuity, especially important for dynamic shots.
Embracing the Angenieux Cinematic Look
This lens delivers the renowned Angenieux organic look, highly sought after in narrative filmmaking. It’s characterised by beautiful skin tones, pleasing contrast, and a natural, flattering rendition of subjects, adding an undeniable cinematic quality to your footage.
Eliminating Distracting Focus Breathing
Focus breathing is meticulously controlled, ensuring that the field of view remains virtually stable during focus pulls. This is crucial for professional results, preventing any distracting “pumping” of the background as focus shifts.
Compact Yet Robust for Agile Shoots
Despite its cine-grade features, it’s designed to be relatively lightweight and durable. This makes it highly suitable for both studio work and more agile on-location shooting, including handheld and gimbal use, offering a robust and versatile tool.