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Company Summary
Angenieux
Company Website: www.angenieux.com
Duclos Page: www.ducloslenses.com/pages/angenieux
Angenieux is a French lens manufacturer established in 1935, now part of the Thales Group. Pioneered the retrofocus lens concept allowing for smaller, more accurate wide angle lenses for SLR cameras.
Lens Models
Cine Lenses
Angenieux Bolex Zoom 12-120mm T2.2
Angenieux HR 25-250mm T3.5
Angenieux HP 25-250mm T3.7
Angenieux 25-250mm T3.9
Optimo Primes
Angenieux Optimo Prime 18mm T2.0
Angenieux Optimo Prime 21mm T1.8
Angenieux Optimo Prime 24mm T1.8
Angenieux Optimo Prime 28mm T1.8
Angenieux Optimo Prime 32mm T1.8
Angenieux Optimo Prime 40mm T1.8
Angenieux Optimo Prime 50mm T1.8
Angenieux Optimo Prime 60mm T1.8
Angenieux Optimo Prime 75mm T1.8
Angenieux Optimo Prime 100mm T1.8
Angenieux Optimo Prime 135mm T1.8
Angenieux Optimo Prime 200mm T2.2
Optimo Ultra Zoom
Angenieux Optimo Ultra 24-290mm T2.8
Angenieux Optimo Ultra Compact 21-56mm T2.9
Angenieux Optimo Ultra Compact 37-102mm T2.9
Optimo Zoom
Angenieux Optimo 15-40mm T2.6
Angenieux Optimo DP Rouge 16-42mm T2.8
Angenieux Optimo 17-80mm T2.2
Angenieux Optimo 19.5-94mm T2.6
Angenieux Optimo 24-290mm T2.8
Angenieux Optimo 28-76mm T2.6
Angenieux Optimo 28-340mm T3.2
Angenieux Optimo DP Rouge 30-80mm T2.8
Angenieux Optimo 45-120mm T2.8
Optimo Style Zoom
Angenieux Optimo Style 16-40mm T2.8
Angenieux Optimo Style 25-250mm T3.5
Angenieux Optimo Style 30-76mm T2.8
Angenieux Optimo Style 48-130mm T3.0
Optimo Anamorphic Zoom
Angenieux Optimo Anamorphic 30-72mm T4.0
Angenieux Optimo Anamorphic 42-420mm T4.5
Angenieux Optimo Anamorphic 56-152mm T4.0
Angenieux Optimo Anamorphic 44-440mm T4.5
EZ Zoom
Still Lenses
Assorted / Vintage
Angenieux 35-140mm T2.2
Angenieux 12-120mm T2.6
Angenieux 17.5-70mm T2.5
Angenieux HR 17-102mm T2.9
Angenieux Type L3 17-68mm T2.2
Angenieux 15-150mm T3.1
Angenieux Type 6 12.5-75mm f/2.2
Angenieux 12-240mm f/3.5
Angenieux 11.5-138mm T2.3
Angenieux 10-120mm T2.0
Angenieux 9.5-57mm T1.9
Angenieux 8-64mm f/1.9
Angenieux HR 7-81mm T2.4
Angenieux P1 90mm f/1.8
Angenieux 5.3-64mm f/1.8
Angenieux R7 5.9mm T2.0
Angenieux R41 15mm f/1.3
Key Figures
History
1907
Pierre Angénieux was born on July 14, 1907 in SaintHéand, France—a quiet hilltop village of 4,000 about an hour’s
drive southwest of Lyon.
1928
He graduated with a degree in engineering from l’Ecole
des Arts et Métiers in Cluny. A year later, he received a degree
as optical engineer from the Ecole Supérieure d’Optique, where
he was enrolled in the optical design class of Henri Chrétien
(inventor of the anamorphic widescreen process for motion
pictures that became Cinema Scope).
1930
Pierre Angénieux joined Pathé, a leading company in
the French motion picture business at the time. This was his
introduction to the world of cinema, which he never left. Later,
he worked with André Debrie, manufacturer of professional
cameras and projectors.
1932
Pierre Angénieux worked as a chief engineer of
cinema lenses at OPTIS. He and two colleagues then established
their own company, ASIOM (Association Scientifique et Industrielle pour l’Optique et la Mécanique), renting space in the
building of his former school at 39 rue de Lyon, Saint-Héand.
1935
The photography and motion picture business
was doing well. Pierre Angénieux, 28 years old, opened a workshop in Paris at 7 rue Henri Murger (19th Arrondissement).
1937
The company grew. A second workshop was set up back
in the village school at Saint-Héand. From then on, mechanical
parts were manufactured in Paris and optical parts in SaintHéand.
Pierre Angénieux stayed in contact with prominent filmmakers,
including Jean Renoir and Abel Gance.
1938
During the war years, Pierre designed and manufactured
lenses in limited quantities for 24×36 format still cameras—
mainly for the Swiss Alpa SLR.
From 1938, his first lenses were engraved “P. Angénieux PARIS.”
One was a 50 mm f/2.9 lens; the other a 50 mm f/1.8 for Alpa
cameras.
1940
Pierre closed his Paris workshop and relocated all work
to Saint-Héand. Although Saint-Héand was located in “unoccupied” France, his work was being carefully “watched.” Manufacturing became difficult. He spent much of this time studying
new methods of optical calculation.
