Venus Laowa Proteus 85mm T2 2x Anamorphic Cine Lens for PL Mount/Canon EF, Blue, Meter

While the Laowa Proteus Series is the newest addition to the professional anamorphic lens market, it stands out with its 2X constant squeeze ratio, specifically designed for Super 35 sensors. This series offers four distinct focal lengths and a universal T2 aperture, ensuring exceptional image quality and consistent classic anamorphic features. These include the signature elliptical bokeh and distinct flares, available in blue, amber, and silver options.

The Laowa Proteus Series is not just about aesthetics; it also delivers practicality with a minimum focusing distance of 55cm, allowing for captivating close-up shots. This feature, combined with the series' ability to meet dynamic on-set needs, makes it a versatile tool for cinematographers.

Over the past two years, we have collaborated closely with industry professionals, incorporating their feedback to blend state-of-the-art technology with classic anamorphic characteristics. The result is the Laowa Proteus Series, capable of delivering remarkable image quality regardless of the resolution or aspect ratio, making it a reliable choice for any cinematic production.

The Laowa Proteus 2X Anamorphic Series features a patented front anamorphic design, ensuring a robust optical composition. This design allows the lens to deliver modern image sharpness while retaining the vintage look of anamorphic characteristics, including elliptical bokeh and signature flares.

The series is meticulously designed with a constant 2X squeeze ratio, providing the classic wide-screen anamorphic look for cinema use. It works seamlessly with 4:3 or 6:5 sensors, typically found in professional cinema cameras, to deliver a 2.66:1 or 2.4:1 image after de-squeeze. This allows filmmakers to use the footage entirely or crop to a 2.39:1 with minimal loss of resolution.

The Laowa Proteus Series offers a large aperture range from T2 to T22, supporting filming in all light conditions and satisfying dynamic on-set needs. The lenses can render organic waterfall focus roll-off in the background, a distinct anamorphic characteristic highly sought after in the film industry.

The Proteus Series lenses are fine-tuned to deliver excellent color rendition and contrast, reproducing high image quality and sharpness even when shooting wide open. Chromatic aberration is also well-controlled, ensuring outstanding sharpness.

The Proteus Series lenses offer a minimum focusing distance of 55cm, allowing for easy capture of super close-up shots. This feature adds aesthetic and cinematic vibes to the frame, providing cinematographers with more variety in framing for storytelling.

Compared to 1.5X or 1.8X Anamorphic lenses, the Proteus Series can create thinner and longer elliptical bokeh in the out-of-focus areas, providing a more prominently anamorphic look to the shots. The series also offers classic sci-fi blue, warm and elegant amber, and neutral silver flare color options, allowing cinematographers to choose the right flare color to set the tone for the film.

The Proteus lenses feature a subtle change in the angle of view when the focusing distance is altered, supporting filmmakers in depicting a scene by shifting the focus between subjects. The series also offers a unified gear position, back focus adjustment mechanism, 0.8 Mod Gear for both aperture and focus gear, and a 300-degree focus throw for a finer and more accurate degree of change in focal distance.

With a 114mm outer diameter and 105mm filter thread, the Proteus lenses are designed to accommodate common matte boxes or filters. The series also offers a super 35+ sensor coverage and can cover up to 21.6mm sensor height, making it compatible with some full-frame cameras and most Super 35 cameras, including the latest Alexa 35.