Angénieux

Angénieux is a French designer and manufacturer of high-end cine lenses, made in France, describing itself as the industry's cine lens reference. Its lens range is suited to feature films, commercials, documentaries and TV series, and includes the Optimo Prime Series & IOP, Optimo Ultra 12x, Optimo Ultra Compact, Type EZ Series and Legacy Series. The brand traces its industrial adventure over more than 80 years, and its contact page lists Angénieux in France at Thales LAS France SAS in Saint-Héand, with an Asia Pacific presence via Thales Solutions Asia Pte Ltd in Singapore and a worldwide distribution network of 70 partners.

Angénieux's history page presents a timeline beginning in 1935, when Etablissements Pierre Angénieux was founded in Paris. In 1938 the Pictograph was invented, and in 1950 the Retrofocus was invented with the first Retrofocus lens (35mm f/2.5). The first 16mm and 35mm fixed cine lenses followed in 1951, and the first 4x zoom (17-68mm) for 16mm cinema in 1957. In 1964 the Ranger 7 mission succeeded, with the first close-range photos of the moon taken with a F25mm f/0.95 lens, and Angénieux received a Scientific & Engineering Award for the Angénieux 10x Zoom. In 1969 Apollo 11 succeeded with 6x25 Angénieux zoom lenses on board, and the first steps on the moon were broadcast in Mondovision. NASA visited Saint-Héand in 1972 before the Skylab mission, and Skylab was launched into orbit on May 14, 1973. In 1975, in the Apollo Soyuz project, both the Russians and Americans had 6x25 zooms. In 1981 the American space shuttle Columbia made its first flight with 3x8.2 and 15x8.5 zooms on board. In 1986 the observation satellite SPOT1 was put into orbit and Angénieux supplied the optical splitter system. In 1989 Pierre Angénieux received an Oscar for his lifetime contribution to the film industry. In 2001 there was innovation on zoom with the Optimo 24-290 and the Optimo 17-80, followed in 2002 by the Cinec Award in Munich for the Optimo 24-290. In 2007 there was innovation on the compact zoom lenses. In 2012 the SOC Technical Achievement Award went to the Optimo 15-40, 28-76 and 45-120, and the Cinec Award in Munich went to the Optimo 45-120. In 2013 the first Optimo anamorphic compact zoom lens 56-... appears in the timeline. The official website also states an exceptional industrial adventure over more than 80 years.

High-end cine lens reference; high technology at the service of cinema and visual arts; approach compared to Haute Couture in precision and unique know-how.

• Optimo Prime Series & IOP

• Optimo Ultra 12x

• Optimo Ultra Compact

• Type EZ Series

• Legacy Series

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