Light Lens Lab

50 f/2 “Speed Panchro II“

Filmic warm colours with low contast

July 2023

After a long wait for this release, I got to shoot this latest lens from Light Lens Lab, who are producing reproductions of history's most legendary photographic optics. The designs & processes of the original optics are followed meticulously, even down to the original chemical formulas, and are all assembled by hand in small quantities.

This is a recreation of the famous cinema lens from the 1940s, and provided glowing, filmic, low contrasty images when shot wide open - yet still full of sharpness when stopped down to f/4 onwards. Personally I think an absolute winner and amazing value for money.

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