Leitz Cine is including a 40mm T1.5 lens to their more and more in style Leitz HUGO sequence of prime lenses for cinematography, named after the engineer Hugo Wehrenfennig, creator of the enduring Leica M bayonet mount.
This a lot wanted focal size – 40mm – brings the set to 14 whole lenses starting from 18mm to 135mm, persevering with its preliminary aim: to convey Leica M images optics with their wealthy colours, suave flares and rounded picture discipline firmly into the world {of professional} cinematography. M lenses have been famend for over a century because the photographer’s option to seize the second, deciphering the world in a means that tells a novel story in a single body. HUGO lenses broaden the magic to shifting photos.
Building on the recognition of the Leitz M 0.8 sequence, the HUGO lenses take their identify from the engineer Hugo Wehrenfennig whose work for Leica Camera (then Ernst Leitz GmbH, Wetzlar) included creating the enduring Leica M bayonet mount nonetheless in use at this time together with lots of the early M sequence lenses.
The Leitz HUGO sequence has caught the creativeness of cinematographers world wide looking for a glance that brings character and softness to fashionable digital sensors with out the compromises present in older lenses. The glass in most HUGO lenses comes from Leica’s M rangefinder lenses and reveals the same light discipline curvature with a fall off towards the corners that brings the viewer towards the middle of the picture. While a 40mm doesn’t exist in present Leica optics, it was created with help from Leica Camera’s designers to make sure on-brand efficiency.
“The 40mm is a classic focal length in cinematography,” mentioned Rainer Hercher, Managing Director of Leitz Cine. “As soon as we released the HUGOs it was the most requested focal length to add, and we are happy to fulfill this need in the market for more Leitz glass.”
The lenses within the HUGO sequence provide just a few surprises for intrepid cinematographers, together with the 66mm T2.1 and the 50mm T1.0. The 66mm makes use of the identical design because the fabled Leica ELCAN “Spy Lens” from the Sixties/70s, some of the uncommon lenses ever produced by Leica. The 50mm makes use of the glass of Leica’s 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux-M, an iconic lens within the Leica Camera pantheon of optics.
The Leitz HUGO 40mm lens is scheduled to be delivered in This autumn of 2025 with preorders open now.
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