$500.00
Weekly- $1,500
The Iron Glass MKII rehoused Soviet lenses bring a legendary set of lenses up to speed with everything we need to work on today’s demanding productions. Iron Glass has really come into their own with their modern housings, and these lenses are compact and lightweight enough to be on a gimbal or a shoulder all day, and tough enough to stand up to today’s strong motors- the materials are tough and tolerances are tight. All are 95mm fronts, 330 degree throws, stainless PL mounts, and of course matching gear positions.
Each lens has a sharp center and gentle edge falloff with medium-to-high contrast and soft skin render that feels naturalistic and flattering. With designs dating back to the ’50s, they breathe gently and have a small smatter of chromatic aberration wide open. They each flare complicated, the wides in particular have a complex flare pattern that’s very easy to induce. Bold, lenticular flares take up the frame, with oranges and yellows popping up here and there. Bokeh is dreamy and ethereal, with a soft focus rolloff and intense bokeh orbs. The 58 and 85 in particular tend to exhibit the sort of circular, comatic bokeh that made the lenses so famous, with traces still visible in the other focal lengths as well.
Notably, these lenses have been used in several large budget productions- Dune 2, The Batman, The Creator, and The Pope’s Exorcist. among them.
