The Atlas Orion Anamorphic lenses are Atlas Lens Co.‘s flagship anamorphic prime series — handcrafted in the United States — and one of the most original, warm, and personal 2x anamorphic offerings in today’s cinema market: designed from the ground up by Atlas to deliver the most authentic and cinematic anamorphic visual character in Full Frame format, with a look that draws directly from the great vintage anamorphic lenses of the 1970s and 80s but with the mechanical consistency and reliability of a contemporarily manufactured lens. The Orion lenses are Atlas’s statement for anamorphic with soul — lenses with a visual personality of their own: unmistakable, extraordinarily seductive, and instantly cinematic from the very first frame.
Their optical character is warm, organic, and visually very rich: intense, cinematically beautiful sky-blue horizontal flares, a soft, enveloping, and perfectly formed oval bokeh courtesy of their 9-blade iris, an image with moderate contrast, very natural skin tones, and an organic texture that combines modern sharpness with the softness and depth of classic scope-format cinema. With a 2x squeeze factor, Full Frame coverage, PL and LPL mounts, and the robust, artisanal construction characteristic of Atlas, the Orion lenses are one of the very few Full Frame 2x anamorphic lenses on the market with a truly distinctive visual character.
Perfect for: cinematographers seeking the warmest, most organic, and cinematically rich Full Frame 2x anamorphic look on the market — intense sky-blue horizontal flare, 9-blade oval bokeh, soft contrast, and extraordinary skin tone rendering —, for auteur productions, feature films, high-end series, and any project where a truly distinctive anamorphic visual character, T2 speed, and Full Frame coverage are equally prioritised.
