Atlas Orion Silver Edition by Atlas Lens Co. · Limited Edition, Anamorphic, available for cinema lens hire at The Front in Sydney
Modern Anamorphic

Atlas Lens Co. · Limited Edition

Atlas Orion Silver Edition

Super 35 · PL Mount

6 anamorphic primes 32 – 100mm T2.0 PL

We run this family as standard 3 and 6-lens kits. Bespoke focal mixes are built on request.

Limited-edition Atlas Orion 2× front-anamorphic primes, built from a private optical reserve with precision air spacings + Silver Edition coatings.

Where standard Orions produce a familiar cool blue streak, the Silver Edition’s neutral flare takes the colour of the light source: tungsten yields amber, daylight yields silver-blue. Re-tuned through-focus pushes the clearest plane forward with longer fall-off behind subjects. Orion mechanics underneath: unified iris and focus, 14-blade, 0.8M gears, 31mm circle (S35), optional 1.6× LF Extender for full-frame.

Character profile

How this lens renders.

Colour-reactive flares. Cinematic fall-off.

Five axes plotting how this set behaves wide-open vs a neutral modern reference. Larger area = more pronounced trait.

Focal lengths

6 focal lengths in this set

  • 32mm T2.0
  • 40mm T2.0
  • 50mm T2.0
  • 65mm T2.0
  • 80mm T2.0
  • 100mm T2.0
FocalT-StopClose focusWeightFront Ø
32mmT2.02'0"*2.1kg114mm
40mmT2.02'6"*2.4kg114mm
50mmT2.02'9"*2.3kg114mm
65mmT2.03'0"*2.3kg114mm
80mmT2.03'0"2.7kg114mm
100mmT2.03'6"3.0kg114mm

Talking points

Why DPs pick this set

  1. Silver Edition coatings produce neutral, colour-reactive flares that match the light source, not the fixed blue of standard Orions

  2. Re-tuned air spacings shift the through-focus plane forward with a longer, more cinematic fall-off behind the subject

  3. Limited to 100 sets worldwide.

    Built from Atlas’s private optical reserve

  4. Unified mechanics across all focal lengths: same iris/focus position, same 0.8M gears.

    Swap lenses without motor repositioning

Technical

Full specifications

Mount
PL (native; adapts to E, LPL via adapter)*
Squeeze
2× front anamorphic
Coverage
S35 (31mm image circle). Full Frame with Atlas 1.6× LF Extender
Iris
14 blades, all glass elements (no plastics)

Some figures here are marked *. Our sources disagree on those, so we're checking them against the lenses themselves. Ask us and we'll measure it for you.

Heritage

  1. Origin

    Atlas Lens Co. (USA) announced the Silver Edition in 2021, a limited-edition variant of the standard Orion Series 2× anamorphic primes. Only 100 sets were produced, built from Atlas’s private reserve of selected optics with precision-augmented air spacings and Silver Edition coatings.

  2. Filmography

    Adopted by DPs hunting Panavision-era anamorphic character without the rental restrictions, the Silver Edition’s neutral, colour-reactive flares give the look a more contemporary palette than the standard Orion’s cool blue.

  3. Build

    Modern manufacture. Where standard Orions produce a familiar cool blue streak, the Silver Edition’s flare takes the colour of the light source: tungsten yields amber, daylight yields silver-blue. Re-tuned air spacings shift the through-focus plane forward with a longer, more cinematic fall-off behind the subject. The 21mm and 25mm were later additions to the wider Orion range; The Front carries them as standard Orions, rentable individually alongside the Atlas Orion kits. Optional 1.6× LF Extender for full-frame.

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