Orion Series Silver Edition (SE)

Orion Series Silver Edition (SE)

Atlas Lens Co. is pleased to offer the Orion Series Silver Edition (SE), a limited edition run of all six Orion Series focal lengths built from our private optical reserve. The special reserve optics of the Orion SE offer a distinctly different aesthetic and visual performance, bringing a fresh take on classic anamorphic characteristics.

The Silver Edition lenses maintain the modern, mechanically reliable performance that sets the Orion Series apart from vintage anamorphic lenses, all while celebrating aspects of the silver screen cinema era. Precision-adjusted air space tunings, paired with bold Silver Edition coatings result in expressive, reactive, yet chromatically refined anamorphic flares unlike any lens before.

The Silver Edition is a limited run, with only 100 sets available.

Neutral Flare Characteristic 
Orion SE’s reactive, neutral flare characteristic takes on the color of your light source and provides more flexibility in expressing your desired look.

Optimized Tuning
Air spacings between elements have been optimized to provide a different focus fall-off (through-focus) characteristic from standard Orion Series lenses.

Conveniences standard across all Orion Series lenses:

• Fast T2 aperture
• Crisp flat-field performance when stopped down to a T2.8 or more
• Modern, mechanically dependable design
• Unified focus and iris position, standardized across all Orion Series lenses
• Available in imperial or metric scales
• Compatible with Atlas 1.6x LF Extender

At the heart of Atlas Lens Co. Orion Series is a true Front Anamorphic Group. Orion Series lenses deliver the striking beauty of painterly waterfall bokeh, disproportionate breathing, and signature but controlled flare.  These optical characteristics are now available as part of your cinematic storytelling toolkit with a mechanical functionality that won't leave you feeling confounded by compromise. 

Orion Series Anamorphic Lenses are built to be a universal filmmaking tool - ready for the latest Digital Cinema PL mount cameras like Arri Alexa or Red DSMC2, Canon Mount Cinema Cameras like the C300, or adapted Sony E Mount or Micro 4/3 cameras, and are even designed to accommodate the rotating mirror shutter of 35mm Motion Picture Film Cameras following Arri PL Flange requirements. Whether your project requires you to shoot digital or film, the 65mm T2 has the coverage you need and boasts a larger than S35mm Image Circle. (Alexa Open Gate full height Coverage).

An Interchangeable Mount System means you can use Orion Series Anamorphic lenses on any PL Mount camera one day, and any compatible EF,  E-mount, or Micro 4/3 camera with appropriate adapters for your next shoot or second unit. Focus has a deep 270° travel rotation. Cine pitch 0.8 mod gearing on both iris and Focus ring are spaced to allow simultaneous drive control, even when two motors are mounted on the same side of the lens.

• Fast T2 aperture
• Crisp flat-field performance when stopped down to a T2.8 or more
• Modern, mechanically dependable design
• Unified focus and iris position, standardized across all Orion Series lenses

• 6 focal lengths: 32/40/50/65/80/100
• 2 limited-edition, custom silver ATA cases