A photographer with a penchant for making his own camera gear is embarking on an ambitious project to create the world's first anamorphic lens for a rangefinder camera.
Photographer and YouTube creator Mathieu Stern saw an incredible piece of cinematic and optical history show up on an auction site. While it was outside his price range, it was not beyond the reach of Atlas Lens Co., known for its Orion and Mercury series cinema lenses. The lens in question was a Bausch + Lomb CinemaScope anamorphic lens attachment, which could turn a traditional cinema lens into a then-groundbreaking anamorphic optic.
Hot on the heels of releasing a pair of new lenses in the past week, including the Viltrox 50mm f/1.4 Pro and the Viltrox AF 85mm f/2 Evo, the prolific Chinese lens maker took to Reddit to host an "Ask Me Anything," or AMA.
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