Angenieux Optimo DP 45-120mm

Ryan Patrick O'Hara

Ryan Patrick O'Hara

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I had heard rumors for some time now about a new lens in the optimo DP series and it's now confirmed that added to the line will be a 45-120mm zoom lens!

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I'm super excited because my perfect two camera documentary set-up is now realized. The lightweight, fast, and super quality Angenieux Optimo lenses now can get to and past 100mm.

The 15-40mm and 45-120mm will be the perfect lenses as I'll be able to get expansive wides, and if subject calls for it, get in close or to subjects far away from my position.

I've also heard there are new 'doublers' being made for the DP series (as there have only been two for the really big Optimos.

Great if doing nature work and etc.



Lovin' it.
 
Nobody is flipping out about this?

With all the "affordable cine-lens" threads and people wanting 'fast zooms'... you'd think a T/2.8 PL'd completely top-of-the line, small size, light-weight zoom that costs 20k would be an exciting option if not to own, but to rent!

Plus, a 15-40 and 45-120 covers my basic range... something the other Angenieux DP lens never did, going only to 80mm at longest.

What else could you reasonably ask from a small, fast cine-lens that Angenieux hasn't already done in their optimo line?

These lenses, for their specs and size, are as close to perfection as any small cine zoom has ever gotten... imo.
 
I am a huge Angenieux fan and am really excited about these too.

The Rouge line are very nice and I almost bought both of them.
 
mcgeedigital said:
I am a huge Angenieux fan and am really excited about these too.

The Rouge line are very nice and I almost bought both of them.
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These are the Rouge line... they are really called Optimo DP, for digital production, because of the longer back element that would otherwise obstruct the mirror shutter of a film cam, which all digital cameras, as of now, lack. (Alexa OVF, if ever coming to realization will be an exception).

This is a third lens to that series, IMO, making the longer of the original two, unnecessary. I view it as a MkII version of that lens... as if the optics match in quality, it has a range I felt the other was lacking.
 
This is a very nice lens and very useful! I really like the other lenses in the DP series and if this one is roughly the same weight and size, it will be a great lens to do run-n-gun/handheld work that's impossible to do with larger Cooke/Angux lenses.
 
For sure.

From the image, which is not the final product image, if I'm not mistaken, makes the lens look very similar to the size and weight of the other OptimoDP lenses.

I'm pumped about these lenses for handheld and docu work. For studio filmming or slower paced narrative, I'd probably still go original Optimo 24-290, Cooke 18-100 zoom, or even the new Alura 18-80, which is a beauty. .. but then again, on slower studio filmming, I go Cooke primes 99% of the time.
 
This is a film camera, not a digital lens. The other lenses of similar size in the film series are the 15-40 and the 28-76. The digital versions are the 16-42 and the 30-80.

BTW Ryan, there are plenty of Digital Cinema cameras currently shooting with spinning reflex mirrors. They're called the D-21.
 
Oh snap.

You are right. I didn't pay attention enough and got the focal lengths wrong. The DP version is a 16-42, not 15-40. Dang it.

I really thought this was a third DP lens. I guess it's just in the regular Optimo line up, which is great, but probably won't find the same price-point as the DP's.

Thanks for the clarification Mitch! I can't believe, in my excitement, I missed the fact the others weren't the DP's. Yikes. Should have noticed the rear element size in the photograph. I'm looking forward to the optimo, but now, it seems the pricepoint is past my usual documentary budget... I can really only afford the DP lenses which are about 20k/piece.
 
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