{"product_id":"lomo-20-120-with-rear-anamorphic-adaptor-with-stainless-steel-pl-mounts-and-parfocal","title":"Lomo 20-120 with rear anamorphic adaptor with stainless steel PL mounts and parfocal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eLomo 20–120mm with the dedicated rear anamorphic adapter\u003c\/strong\u003e is a very interesting piece of vintage Soviet cinema glass. If yours has been properly converted to \u003cstrong\u003estainless-steel PL mounts\u003c\/strong\u003e and is genuinely \u003cstrong\u003eparfocal\u003c\/strong\u003e, it becomes considerably more desirable as a working cinema lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lens is generally identified as the \u003cstrong\u003eLOMO 35OPF18-1 20–120mm T3.3\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is a large-format, Russian\/Soviet-era cinema zoom with a reputation for being surprisingly good optically. Contemporary users describe it as a high-quality spherical Lomo zoom with very little breathing and a particularly useful macro mechanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eThe important thing is that \u003cstrong\u003ethe 20–120 itself is spherical\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWhen you attach the dedicated \u003cstrong\u003e2x rear anamorphic adapter\u003c\/strong\u003e, you effectively turn it into approximately:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e40–240mm anamorphic\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eParfocal is VERY important\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf your particular lens is genuinely \u003cstrong\u003eparfocal\u003c\/strong\u003e, that's a significant selling point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt means you can:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZoom → focus → zoom in\/out\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand the subject remains in focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's exactly what you want from a cinema zoom, particularly for:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDocumentary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLive work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSteadicam\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWildlife\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMusic videos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrash zooms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong-lens work\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnamorphic shooting where you don't want to pull focus after changing focal length\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe lens has also been described as having very little breathing. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe macro mechanism\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnother unusual feature is the \u003cstrong\u003erear macro\/diopter mechanism\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 20–120 has a macro stage that can bring the lens surprisingly close to subjects. 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