Further, the scales on each lens match each other in a complete set - a first in movie prime lens making, making changing of lenses much faster and simpler.Īs og September 2013 the first 100 sets of lenses had been delivered and reportedly there is a one year waiting list currently, though they can be rented in many rental houses.įor a complete updates list of rental houses that has Leica Cine lenses in stock, see the list here at CW Sonderoptic. Every mark in every lens is individually calibrated and engraved. The lenses also feature a patented small diameter focus scale.
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A full cine frame is about 28- 29mm, the Leica cine lenses are 33-36mm. The lenses are designed for slightly greater than full 35mm cine frame. The main aims set forth in designing them has been light weight, small size and a fast aperture.
They use multiple aspheric elements with some tolerances are down in single digit microns. Leica Summilux-C lenses are motion picture lenses with specifications never seen before, approaching the realm of the wavelength of light. Diretor Alejandro González Iñarritú, Director of Photography Emmanuel Lubezki, Steady Cam Operator Chris Haarhoff and lead actor Michael Keaton. Notable for the long sequences of continuos filming. Leica Cine lenses was used for the Oscar-winning Movie of the Year 2015, Birdman. Optical designer Iain Neil took one for the optical design. Obviously, the Summilux-C lenses feature high resultuion for 4K and beyond.Ī scene from Mission Impossible "Rogue Nation" (2013) with Leitz Summilux-C on ARRI ALEXA 65 (Robert Elswit).Īndre de Winter won an Oscar for designing the opto-mechanilcal parts. The lens mounts are made from glass-impregnated titanium for smoothness and strength, and focusing happens without breathing.Īll lenses are designed similar size and weight for quick change, and also for production that includes many of the same parts across the spectrum of focal lengths (easier to keep stock and produce lensese then). A feature exclusive to the Leitz Summilux-C is that the focusing ring is divided in half so that minimum objects distance to 6 feet is 135 degrees of rotation (providing a uniform focusing scale for all the lenses from 6 feet to infinity). The focusing scale is of a small diameter, turning 270 degrees, with expanded focusing marks spacing in critical focus ranges. The focus is close focus down to 1 feet (30 cm), and the focusing scale is uniform across all the Summilux-C lenses. The Revenant (2015) was made with Leitz Summilux-C lenses The Summilux-C features front and backend filer capability. The optical design features multiple aspherical surfaces that presents a flat field coverage across the entire 35mm frame and suppress color fringing at the corners of the frame.Īll Summilux-C lenses' aperture goes from T1.4 to T22 with a linear (no clicks ) iris that stops to closure (the aperture closes completely so the iamge can go to black). The Summilux-C lenses are quite unique, both as cineman lenses, and certainly as optical lenses.
Including the Movie of the Year, Birdman. In February 2015 the lenses won an Sci-Tech Oscar themself, and a lot of new movies nominated for Oscars used Leitz Cine lenses as well.
See further down.īirdman (2014) was done with Leitz Summilux-C lenses. Leica SL 601 with Full Metal Jacket MJ_H1 adapter for Leica Cine lenses. The Cine Lenses are made for cinema use, but as can be seen here, one can also attach them to a Leica M 240 still camera. But that's another story for another day. Also he auchtion house that sells rare and vintage Leica cameras and lenses every six months has been named Leitz Photographica Auktion, and the camera brand may head that way too. The name of the company producting the Leica cinema lenses changed from CW Sonderoptics to Ernst Leitz Cine Wetzlar in 2018, one reason probably being that the majority owner of Leica Camera AG acquired the brand name Leitz (whereas the brand name Leica is shared with two other companies other than Leica Camera AG). Leitz Cine Wetzlar used to be CW Sonderoptic But the lenses can also be found invidually for around $17,500 and will fit onto a Leica M 240 via the Leica C-to-M adapter, or a Leica M10 with an adapter. The set is $262,000 for the Summilux lens set and 100,000 for the Summicron set. Leica Summilux-C and Summicron-C Cine Primesīy: Thorsten Overgaard, J(Updated June 12, 2020)
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