The Angenieux Optimo 15-40mm is a premium lightweight wide-angle zoom lens designed for high-end film and digital cinematography. Known for its outstanding optical performance, smooth mechanics, and compact build, it delivers sharp, consistent images with minimal distortion across the zoom range. It’s ideal for handheld, Steadicam, and gimbal work where flexibility and precision are essential.

Key Features

Wide-Angle Zoom Range: Offers a versatile focal range for wide establishing shots, dynamic close-ups, and handheld work, all in one lens.
Constant Maximum Aperture: Ensures consistent exposure across the entire zoom range (no ramping) and excellent low-light performance with a beautiful, shallow depth of field.
Compact and Lightweight: Ideal for agile shooting scenarios like handheld, Steadicam, gimbals, and drones, reducing operator fatigue and increasing versatility.
Superb Optical Quality: Delivers exceptional sharpness, perfect homogeneity of color, contrast, and resolution, often rivaling prime lenses.
Minimal Optical Imperfections: Virtually no focus breathing and very low distortion, crucial for professional cinematography.
Consistent Mechanics: Shares an identical center of gravity and consistent placement of focus, iris, and zoom gears with other lightweight Optimo zooms, enabling fast, simple lens changes on set.
Cinema Standard Design: Features independent, manual control rings with standard 0.8 MOD gear teeth and a focus rotation for precise focus pulling.
Temperature Stability: Designed with passive athermalization to compensate for temperature drifts, maintaining focus consistency across varying shooting environments.