Angenieux is a French cinematic optics manufacturer founded in 1936. It has made lenses for still and movie cameras, and for military applications.
The ultra fast Angenieux 50mm F0.95 movie camera lens has increasing popularity in the past decade through the adaptability of cine lenses onto new digital camera systems including conversion to use on Leica M.
Comparable Lenses
Canon 50mm F0.95 (1961)
Schneider Xenon 50mm F0.95 (1970)
Leica Noctilux 50mm F1 (1975)
Leica Noctilux 50mm F0.95 (2008)
Rendering
The Angenieux 50mm F0.95 was originally designed as a Cine lens and it does not fully cover the 35mm full frame. It offers signature Angenieux colour and bokeh, which is vividly romantic with a strong movie mood. It is sharp wide open as all other pre-aspherical ultra fast lenses without visible glow or prone to flares. The lens produces medium contrast with high cinematic rendering.
Modification
The Angenieux 50mm F0.95 can be adapted to be used on modern digital camera systems such as Micro Four Third and Sony NEX. It can also be physically converted to Leica M Mount through the additions of an aperture ring, diaphragm blades to control apertures, focusing barrel and a new heilcoid to allow full functionality on Leica Rangefinders.
Leica M Modifications can be done by the following skilled technicians:
-Miyazaki San (Japan)
-Traditional Master (Hong Kong)
-Hawks Factory (Taiwan)
