Angénieux is a French manufacturer of

photographic Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...

and cinematographic lenses. The main markets are cinema, television, space travel and medicine. The company is part of the

Thales Group Thales Group () is a French multinational company that designs, develops and manufactures electrical systems as well as devices and equipment for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security sectors. The company is headquartered in Paris' ...

, which represents Angénieux in 48 countries. The company is headquartered in

Saint-Héand Saint-Héand () is a commune in the Loire department in central France, 12 kilometres from Saint-Étienne. The name ''Héand'' comes from the Latin Eugendus; and was given to the town either by the saint himself when founding a monastery, or by ...

, near Saint-Étienne in

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. Founded in 1935 by

Pierre Angénieux Pierre Angénieux (; 14 July 1907 in Saint-Héand – 26 June 1998) was a French engineer and optician, one of the inventors of the modern zoom lenses, and famous for introducing the Angénieux retrofocus. Biography Angénieux graduated from the ...

, the company is established in Saint-Héand (Loire), the birthplace of its founder located near Saint-Étienne. His original specialty is the design and manufacture of precision optics for film and photography. Ousted from the amateur market in the 1960s, it refocused its activity on two productions that have made its reputation: spatial optics and zooms. Angenieux Optimo Ultra 12X

Now part of the Thales Group, Thales Angénieux — since 2017 establishment of Thales Land & Air Systems — also designs, develops and produces military optics, mainly night vision binoculars.

List of products

Optimo series lenses

Optimo Prime Series

Available 12 models by focal length: 18, 21, 24, 28, 32, 40, 50, 60, 75, 100, 135, & 200 MM

Optimo Anamorphic

* Optimo Anamorphic 56‑152 A2S - Standard Compact Anamorphic Zoom Lens * Optimo Anamorphic 30‑72 A2S - Wide Angle Compact Anamorphic Zoom Lens * Optimo Anamorphic 42-420 A2S - Version of ''Optimo 44-440 A2S'' with new image characteristics

Optimo Spherical

* Optimo Ultra Compact 21-56 FF — wide-angle compact spherical zoom lens * Optimo Ultra Compact 37-102 FF — standard compact spherical zoom lens * Optimo Ultra 12x FF/VV, S35 & U35 — for long-range cinema zoom * Optimo 45‑120mm T2.8 — Telephoto Compact Spherical Zoom Lens * Optimo 28‑76mm T2.6 — Standard Compact Spherical Zoom Lens * Optimo 15-40mm T2.6 — Wide Angle Compact Spherical Zoom Lens * Optimo 19.5‑94mm — Wide Angle Spherical Zoom Lens with Large Imaging Size * Optimo 24-290mm T2.8 (discontinued)

Optimo Style Spherical

* Optimo Style 25‑250 — 10x Spherical Zoom Lens * Optimo Style 48-130 — Lightweight Compact Mid-Range Tele Zoom * Optimo Style 30‑76 — Standard Compact Spherical Zoom Lens

Type EZ Series

* Type EZ-1 FF/VV & S35 (Standard) * Type EZ-2 FF/VV & S35 (Wide)

References

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