Whitepoint Optics

We manufacture high-quality cinema lenses for the motion picture industry. For optimal quality, we use Zeiss and Leica glass. They are housed in a bespoke mechanism which is exclusively handmade in Finland.

MULTI-FORMAT LENSES FROM FILMMAKERS

CUSTOM-MADE LENSES

With over thirty years experience in filmmaking, along with lens design and repair, we provide a unique service by offering our expertise in Art direction and custom-made lenses.

UNIQUE BOKEH

Our lenses offer a unique bokeh that no other lens can match. This is thanks to our tailor-made lenses with full round iris. The optics covering Full Frame sensor, RED Vista Vision and ARRI Alexa 65 sensors. Image circle is 82mm.

THE RIGHT LOOK AND FEEL

We emphasise on providing the best lens to get the right look and feel for your story. After all, we believe that the lens to a DoP is much like the paint brush to the artist.

The Lens
that Changed
the World

The Pioneer optics

The first W. series in production uses the Hasselblad medium format glasses. It was these pioneering lenses that were used by the Apollo mission, resulting in space photography that has changed the way we see the world and ourselves.

Multi-Format Lenses

The focal lengths of the lenses range from 21 – 500mm, catering from to Super35 to the Arri Alexa 65 (TS70 lenses only), Red Vista Vision, Sony Venice and other large format and full format imaging sensors without vignetting or distortion. WPO ts70 series image circle is 82mm and WPO HS 46mm. The lenses are available in PL, EF and E-mount.

The set comes as prime or additional Tilt-Swing mechanism (max. 9 degrees) which is simple to lock and release. The front diameter of the lenses throughout the set maintains the same consistency making it ideal for accessory use (114mm). The set offers a sharp yet pleasingly balanced and smooth look that is only possible from using handmade legendary glass.

Handmade
Cine Lenses

Legendary
Glass From Zeiss Hasselblad

Whitepoint Optics
TS70 -And HS – Series Lenses

WPO TS70 – Series Lenses

30mm
T3.5 – 22
Close Focus: 0,35m
Length: 155mm
Weight: 2.75kg

40mm
T4 – 32
Close Focus: 0,35m
Length: 151mm
Weight: 2.63kg

60mm
T3.5 – 22
Close Focus: 0,45m
Length: 120mm
Weight: 1.74kg

80mm
T2.8 – 22
Close Focus: 0,65m
Length: 115mm
Weight: 1.54kg

100mm
T3.5 – 22
Close Focus: 0,80m
Length: 121mm
Weight: 1.52kg

120mm
T4 – 32
Close Focus: 1m
Length: 147mm
Weight: 1.85kg

50mm, 150mm, 250mm and 500mm available late 2018.

WPO HS – Series Lenses*

21mm
T2.5 – 16
Close Focus: 0,35m
Length: 200mm
Weight: 2.85kg

28mm
T2.8 – 22
Close Focus: 0,35m
Length: 156mm
Weight: 2.73kg

42mm
T2.5 – 16
Close Focus: 0,45m
Length: 125mm
Weight: 1.85kg

56mm
T2 – 16
Close Focus: 0,65m
Length: 120mm
Weight: 1.65kg

70mm
T2.5 – 16
Close Focus: 0,80m
Length: 126mm
Weight: 1.65kg

84mm
T2.8 – 22
Close Focus: 1m
Length: 155mm
Weight: 1.95kg

35mm, 105mm, 175mm and 350mm available late 2018.

* WPO HS – series is based on a same Hasselblad V-series glass as ts70. Speed and focal length conversions are made with WPO 0.7x Speed Converter (NEW). The converter can also be sold separately so that a set of 6 TS70 lenses can easily be converted to 6 different focal lenghts.

Lens Mount: PL, LPL, E, and EF – Stainless Steel

Front Diameter: 114mm

Matched Focus/Iris Ring Locations: Yes (all focal lengths)
Iris Blades: 14

Iris Shape: Circular through all stops
Focus Scale: Metric/Imperial

TS70- series Image circle: 82mm
HS- series Image circle: 46mm

Tilt-Swing (Optional for TS70 lenses): 9 degrees (without vignetting or distortion Super35 to the Arri Alexa 65).

Accessories

0.7x Speed Converter

Lens Mount: PL, LPL, E, and EF – Stainless Steel

Image circle: 46mm (Full Frame coverage)

Increases the lens speed by almost 1 stop
Reduces the focal length of the TS70 lenses by 0.7x
Easy to change
Compatible only with WPO TS70 lenses

Tilt & Swing Adapter

Lens Mount: PL, LPL, E, and EF – Stainless Steel

Image circle: 82mm

No vignetting or distortion
Coverage up to the Arri Alexa 65
Easy to change
Compatible only with WPO TS70 lenses

WPO TS70 Image Circle

All WPO TS70 Series lenses have 82mm Image Circle.

Unique
Bokeh

Test footage shot on RED Monstro 8K and RED Helium 8K. Dop Peter Salovaara Gaffer Dan Sykes.

Cherry tree test shoot, RED Monstro 8K

Linnanmäki lens test, RED Helium 8K

HS 21mm, HS 28mm, TS70 30mm, TS70 40mm, HS 42mm, HS 56mm, TS70 60mm, HS 70mm, TS70 80mm, HS 84mm, TS70 100mm and TS120mm focal lengths are available now.

For more information please contact us at info@whitepointoptics.com or by phone +358 400 818 412

Whitepoint Optics
Neo Super Baltar Lenses

Super Baltar Lenses Reborn

Released in the early 1960s, Super Baltars immediately established themselves as the optics of choice for major motion pictures and television. The Godfather I and II were both shot with Super Baltars, as was Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and the iconic TV series Star Trek.
The original optical prescriptions and blueprints used to make the original Baltars and Super Baltars were rescued from certain death in a landfill by a B&L optical engineer named Bill Peck when the company got out of the photo and cine lens business.

Optical Designer Brian Caldwell has then used years to re-manufacture the lenses to their exact original formula. The look matches the iconic Super Baltars as accurately as humanily possible.
These amazing optical cells are now engineered in high precision mechanical housing by Whitepoint Optics.
Since the glass is brand new it´s now possible to build a matching copy if more sets are needed or if the lens element is damaged.
The NEO Super Baltar lenses have a beautiful organic image with plenty of vintage character.