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Olympus OM vintage primes set

First introduced in 1972 and designed by the visionary Yoshihisa Maitani, the Olympus OM full-frame lenses are fast at f/2, sharp, with low chromatic aberration, have a gentle and natural feel with smooth focus fall-off and their multi-coated optics give contrast and easily-controlled warm and big flares. The bokeh is beautifully textured. 

All lenses are compact, light-weight, have close-focus and are consistent throughout the set. 

This set is cine-modded by Elliot Gilfoyle from EGG lenses. They’re converted to EF mount, have 0.8 Pitch focus gears and a 80mm front ring.

Current available focus lengths:

21 mm 
35 mm
50 mm
85 mm

They’re an affordable way to get a set that strikes a nice balance between vintage and modern optics when rehoused sets of Olympus OM cine lenses from companies such as Zero Optik and Arri Rental (Moviecam) (Dune, part two) are out of reach.

Sample images

35mm at f/2
Full frame on Sony FX6

50mm at f/2
Full frame on Sony a7SIII

50mm at f/2
Full frame on Sony FX6

50mm at f/2
Full frame on Sony FX6

50mm at f/2
Full frame on Sony FX6

50mm at f/2
Full frame on Sony FX6
Stripped from front elements

50mm at f/2
Full frame on Sony FX6
Stripped from front elements