Atlas Lens Company Mercury Series 138mm T2.6 1.5x Anamorphic Prime Lens for PL Mount, Imperial

Atlas developed the Mercury Series anamorphic Lenses to reimagine the possibilities of what an anamorphic lens could be and truly put the world of cinematography in your hands.

Featuring a 1.5x squeeze ratio, Atlas Mercury Lenses deliver stunning anamorphic characteristics such as oval bokeh and streak flares.

• Vintage Sun-Tinged Golden Flares
• Attractive Expressionist Geometric Distortion
• Classic Anamorphic Field Curvature and frame fall off
• Near Apochromatic Color Correction

The first truly Universal Anamorphic Lens - by design - ready for wherever your creativity takes you.

Broadly compatible with all film and digital systems and delivery formats:
• VistaVision Film (36mmx24mm open gate)
• Full Frame Digital such as the Arri Alexa Mini LF, Sony Venice 2, BlackMagic Design Ursa Cine 12K LF and more
• Beyond Full Frame Digital Systems like the Arri Alexa 265, BlackMagic Design Ursa Cine 17K, and new Fujifilm Eterna

Universal Delivery Aspect Ratios:
• 2.76:1
• 266:1 Open Aperture Cinemascope
• 2.40:1/2.39:1/2.35:1 Widescreen
• 2:1 Storaro Univisium / Netflix
• 1.89:1 / 1.85:1 WideScreen / DCI
• 16:9/17:9 TV Formats
• 1:1, 4:3, 4:5, 9:16 New Territory and Social Media

Atlas Mercury - The Universal Anamorphic Lens - Filmed on Atlas Mercury Series

The Mercury Series represent a bridge between the best of the history of anamorphic cinematography, and the best possible future for creative around the world. No matter where they are in their journey, these lenses will carry their dreams. Atlas Mercury Series are a love letter to everything we cherish about cinema history, and desire to pioneer for a new generation of filmmakers now and forever.

Pro Anamorphic Made Personal
The New Atlas Mercury Series 1.5x Full-Frame Anamorphic Lenses. Mercury Series is an incredible family of universal anamorphic lenses, designed to further connect cinematographers, directors, and filmmakers everywhere to the images they create.

Modern Conveniences
• Full-frame sensor coverage with 1.5x anamorphic coefficient
• Lightweight and compact: Half the size and weight of most pro anamorphic lenses
• Unified focus and iris position (reduces need for adjustment when switching to different focal lengths)

Optical Personality
• Warm vintage tones with golden streak flares
• Enhanced bokeh
• Exceptional optical performance with vintage geometric personality
• Near-zero chromatic aberration
• Pleasing, classic anamorphic barrel distortion

More personality, zero compromises
The Mercury Series showcases exceptional optical performance, color performance, and clarity with vintage geometric personality. The Mercury lenses feature a golden lens flare when direct light sources hit the glass. They also have excellent close-focus with near-zero chromatic aberration, allowing Mercury Series lenses to be used in all kinds of demanding scenarios. The Mercury Series lenses are crisp, resolute, and optimized to bring out the beauty in a variety of skin tones.

Full-Frame 1.5x Anamorphic
Imaging area of 36.7mm x 25.54mm covers full-frame sensors as well as 16:9 / 3:2 / 4:3 sensors, with easy delivery to 2:1 / 2.25:1 / 2.66:1 / 2.4:1.

In addition to the ease of supporting multiple delivery aspects, the Mercury Series 1.5x optical design allows for many of the visual characteristics image-makers love about the traditional 2x cinemascope format (oblong oval bokeh, barrel distortion, shallow depth of field) while also allowing for a meaningful size and weight reduction in the overall physical product design. This results in an ideal balance of compact size, weight, optical performance, and professional-focused usability across a variety of productions.

Mercury goes wherever your stories take you
Our talented team of designers and engineers examined the needs of cinematographers around the world to create a new line of anamorphic lenses meant to be used on any set, in any rig configuration - whether on land, sea, or air: from the largest production, to solo operator run-and-gun, aerials, underwater, or anywhere in between.

With full-frame coverage, a 1.5x squeeze ratio with enhanced bokeh, a dynamic geometric optical personality and warm vintage tones, and exceptional optical performance -- all at half the size and weight of most pro-anamorphic lenses.