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View fullsize We’re back in the office and shipping lenses in full force again. This 28mm Nikkor front group is being cleaned before getting dropped into its new housing, soon to ship to the UK! #cinematography #lens #arri #alexalf #alexaminilf #reddigitalc
View fullsize We, as an industry, need to reckon with the ways in which black bodies and voices have been systematically exploited and sidelined in commercial filmmaking and production. That begins with raising the visibility of crew members and filmmakers of colo
View fullsize Black lives matter and we stand in solidarity with those fighting racism, injustice, and oppression in the US and around the world. We’d like to use this space to encourage you to donate to bail funds and legal aid organizations, but also to be
View fullsize The Canon 50mm f/0.95 Dream Lens is probably one of the most sought-after vintage still lenses and has only gained popularity as cinema rehousings for it have proliferated. Less well-known are the other Canon high-speed primes from that 1960’s
View fullsize Our Nikon rehousings have been enormously popular, but the 15mm T4.0 Nikkor is in a league all its own. The images it produces are well-corrected for distortion without being antiseptic and it has beautiful purple lens flares. Honestly, though, the e
View fullsize A beautiful set of Baltars is heading out in a pair of brand-new @innerspacecases and we cannot wait to see what their first post-lockdown shoot is! #cinematography #arri #arriflex #alexa #alexamini #amira #alexalf #reddigitalcinema #redepic #redwea
View fullsize Back in the office today and pulling optics from everyone’s dream cinema lenses, the Canon K35’s. The original mechanical design is so elegantly simple, it almost seems like a shame to disassemble it. They used threaded brass helicals, th
View fullsize We’ve continued building lenses at a modest pace throughout California’s lockdown, but tomorrow our full assembly team will be back in the office. Our work already necessitates a high degree of cleanliness but we’ll also be applying