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Angenieux Optimo DP lens...?

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Benjamin Rowland

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Has anyone posted test footage of the new Angenieux Optimo DP lenses? A thorough review? A comparison test?

Thanks.
 
Some ramblings of mine on the lens...

Michael Lindsay said:
Did some testing yesterday comparing the Optimo rouge 30-80 against 3 ultra primes (32-50-85).

I will post frame grabs later and more details but basically I found:

30-80 breathes less than UP
30-80 Is flatter (better at holding straight lines straight) than the UP (including the 85mm)
30-80 has a 'interesting' Bokeh (it looks allot like the consequence of the above geometry correction) towards the edges it almost looks like mini skewed anamorphic
30-80 is very sharp (I was very impressed with the wide open performance)

Basically I'm very impressed (coming from a only use primes guy)

PS I don't really like the red bits....
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Michael Lindsay said:
...I suspect they may (the 16-42 and 30-80) become the 'standard' non-red red zooms.

Contrast was very good.. not quite in MP's micro contrast league (but I was confused/blown away with MPs)

Corner to corner sharpness was good and only bettered a tiny bit by the UP at certain stops.

Corner to corner brightness is a different matter if you shoot 80mm T2.8 with flat lighting THEN grade for massive contrast you will produce noticeable corner darkening (what zoom doesn't???). Open up (or zoom out) and you pull away from this challenge. Is it a challenge? green screen work wide open? maybe?

DP's colour was warmer (no surprise there) but also it has less magenta (or more green).This is difficult to quantify for obvious reasons (maybe it is neutral and the UP are green??). I compared directly only with UP and do not have access (or the interest) to equipment that can quantify colour input and output. The difference is nothing within the digital world of film making.

Flare... they are different... but the DP is good I just need to look again (it was late and I stopped taking notes). We only tested at 50mm and 30mm (32)... and at T5.6 and T2.8 (not wide open on the UP). I tried 3 tests: light straight down lens both in shot and 'just' out of shot (both frosted and bare Fresnel).. The one predictable (it is a zoom) area of weakness (compared to the superb Ultra primes) is the hard light just out of shot. All tests where without mattbox..
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I will when I find the time prep the material and post here...

Michael L
 
Michael,
Thanks for posting. That answers a lot of my questions. Do you have any frame grabs or footage?
Thanks again and all the best to you.
 
i have one, it's amazingly sharp, the image pops into focus, apparently in part due to the extra glass in the back. i am looking forward to the 16-42. by the way, i may be interested in selling my 30-80 because i want to get a 24-290 instead, in combination with the 16-42, so let me know if someone is interested.
 
optimo 30-80 dp

optimo 30-80 dp

How much do you ask for the optimo 30-80?
 
I will accept $17,000. it is like new, has seen almost no action yet.
 
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