Panomicron Bismuth 50mm f/2.8 1.5x Anamorphic Lens Expands to the M-Mount

Panomicron, an indie gear maker, has recently launched a successful Kickstarter campaign for the new Bismuth 50mm f/2.8 1.5x Anamorphic lens. Leica M-mount cameras and lenses are renowned for their classic, compact, minimalist, and stills-oriented design. Anamorphic lenses, on the other hand, are well known as rather massive cinematic tools, not usually associated with compactness. The Panomicron Bismuth 1.5x Anamorphic Lens for M-mount tries to weld these two opposites into one: an anamorphic 50mm f/2.8 lens designed to feel right at home with cinematographers and photographers alike.