Lomo Standard

The Lomo Spherical cinema lens series is a testament to vintage charm and distinctive character in the realm of cinematography. Originating from the iconic Lomo brand, these lenses are celebrated for their unique optical qualities and the unmistakable warmth they bring to cinematic visuals.

Quoting the “Cine Lens Manual” available in our office :
The storied history of the Russian optical manufacturing giant, Lomo, can trace its beginnings to the early years of the twentieth century. Russian scientist, shipbuilder and academician Alexei Nikolayevich Krylov organized Russia's first optical workshop at the famous Obukhov State plant in St.Petersburg in 1905. Krylov saw a need for a Russian optical manufacturing infrastructure as the country did not have its own optical-mechanical industry. In fact, up until that point, all optical instruments - from eyeglasses, to photographic lenses, to the telescopes for the Pulkovo Observatory, which opened in 1839 - had to be imported from abroad.

On January 1, 1965, the company received its current name - Lomo - which is derived from Leningradskove Optik-Mechanicheshkoye Obyedinenie (the Leningrad Optical and Mechanical Association) and produced both still and movie equipment under the brands Lomo and Avrora. It was also the main Soviet producer for professional-grade cine lenses, including zooms, anamorphics and 70mm lenses.

The first motion picture lenses produced by Lomo were spherical primes in the 1950s designed for 35mm camera. And over the course of their nearly 50-year production life, Lomo spherical lenses were subject to constant design iterations/manufacturing evolutions.