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- Leitz Hugo 18mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 21mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 24mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 28mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 35mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 40mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 50mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 50mm Noctilux T1.0
- Leitz Hugo 66mm T2.1
- Leitz Hugo 75mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 90mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 135mm T1.9
- Leitz Hugo 180mm T2.0
Leitz Hugo Primes
Prime - Spherical - Full Frame
product details
Leitz HUGO Primes fuse the rich visual legacy of Leica M photography optics with professional-grade cinematography design. Built upon the much-admired Leitz M 0.8 series, these lenses honor Leicaโs storied optical heritage with warm, rich imagery in a compact, cine-ready form and a modern, durable cine housing. They are characterized by fast apertures, close focus, sharp centers, and a classic look reminiscent of 1970s and โ80s Hollywood. Leitz HUGO Primes come in eleven full frame focal lengths from 18mm to 135mm, most with a fast T1.5 aperture. These are supplemented by a 50mm T1.0 Noctilux โspecial edition.โ The 180mm Leica Cine T2 can also be provided in LPL mount to extend the set. Leitz HUGO Primes are available for rental or sub-rental at Cine Visuals.
- Leitz Hugo 18mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 21mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 24mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 28mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 35mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 40mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 50mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 50mm Noctilux T1.0
- Leitz Hugo 66mm T2.1
- Leitz Hugo 75mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 90mm T1.5
- Leitz Hugo 135mm T1.9
- Leitz Hugo 180mm T2.0
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18mm โ 180mm (13 Lenses)
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*Refer to the Technical Specifications table
Lens Type:
Full Frame Cinema Lenses
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PL Mount Cinema Lenses
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About the Leitz HUGO Prime Cinema Lenses
The Leitz HUGO Primes are a full-frame cinema lens series that rehouse classic Leica M photography optics into modern, professional cine housings, delivering a distinctive blend of vintage character and contemporary performance. Designed around Leicaโs optical heritage, they are known for warm color rendition, gentle contrast, and a natural, painterly image that maintains strong central sharpness without feeling clinical.
HUGO lenses produce expressive bokeh, subtle flaring, and smooth focus falloff, creating dimensional separation and a refined cinematic look often associated with classic film-era imagery. Their rendering is shaped by controlled imperfections such as slight field curvature and restrained aberration, giving the image character without sacrificing usability. With fast apertures, close-focus capability, and compact, lightweight housings, the HUGO Primes are well suited for narrative and commercial productions that seek a distinctive visual identity while maintaining modern on-set reliability and flexibility.
Image Fidelity & Focus
Leitz HUGO Primes retain iconic optical traits like warm, natural color rendition and gently rounded image fields. They deliver sharp central detail without harshness, gentle contrast, and pleasing edge falloff, thanks to field curvature that subtly draws attention toward the subject and renders painterly separation. Slight distortion and aberrations are not overly corrected, yet not obvious.
Flare & Bokeh
Expressive, glimmering bokeh, classic flaring and painterly background separation reinforce the distinctive Leica character. Bokeh may contain rainbow colors. Lower contrast keeps images smooth and falloff feeling natural.
Handling & Adaptability
Mechanically, the HUGO series is cinema-ready, with 270ยฐ focus throws, standardized gear placements, user-swappable mounts (LPL considered standard, with optional Leica M or L), and significantly improved close-focusing abilities for their class. They benefit from a compact, featherweight form, starting at just 0.81 kg and ranging from 2.7 to 4.4 inches in length.
Image Circle
Each lens in the HUGO line has a consistent 95 mm front diameter and an image circle of about 43.3 mm, perfectly suited to large-format and full-frame sensors.
Cinematic Heritage
Leitz HUGO primes are named after Leica engineer Hugo Wehrenfennig, who is known for bringing Leica M photography optics into the world of cinematography.
Technical Specs Table
T-Stop
Type
Format
Front Diameter
Lens Mount
Metadata
Close Focus (ft)
Close Focus (m)
Weight (lbs)
Weight (kg)
Length (in)
Length (mm)
Iris Blades
Image Circle
Front Filter
Rear Filter
Horizontal Angle of View (Full Frame)
Horizontal Angle of View (S35)
Focus Rotation
T1.5
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
9"
0.23 m
2.29 lbs
1.04 kg
2.80"
71.12 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
90.3ยฐ
69.5ยฐ
270ยฐ
T1.5
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
1'
0.30 m
1.85 lbs
0.84 kg
2.70"
68.00 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
81.1ยฐ
61.1ยฐ
270ยฐ
T1.5
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
1'
0.30 m
1.90 lbs
0.86 kg
2.70"
68.00 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
74.4ยฐ
55.3ยฐ
270ยฐ
T1.5
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
1'2"
0.36 m
1.83 lbs
0.83 kg
2.70"
68.00 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
65.5ยฐ
47.9ยฐ
270ยฐ
T1.5
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
1'2"
0.36 m
1.78 lbs
0.81 kg
2.70"
68.00 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
54.4ยฐ
39ยฐ
270ยฐ
T1.5
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
1'2.2"
0.36 m
1.90 lbs
0.87 kg
2.70"
68.00 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
49.6ยฐ
35.5ยฐ
270ยฐ
T1.5
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
1'8"
0.51 m
1.90 lbs
0.86 kg
2.70"
68.00 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
38.6ยฐ
27.2ยฐ
270ยฐ
T1.0
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
1'8"
0.51 m
2.45 lbs
1.11 kg
3.20"
81.28 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
38.1ยฐ
26.8ยฐ
270ยฐ
T2.1
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
2'
0.61 m
1.81 lbs
0.82 kg
3.20"
81.28 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
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30.6ยฐ
21.4ยฐ
270ยฐ
T1.5
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
2'6"
0.76 m
3.20 lbs
1.45 kg
4.40"
112.00 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
26.8ยฐ
18.8ยฐ
270ยฐ
T1.5
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
2'10"
0.86 m
3.04 lbs
1.38 kg
4.40"
112.00 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
22.3ยฐ
15.6ยฐ
270ยฐ
T1.9
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
3'3"
0.99 m
3.50 lbs
1.59 kg
4.70"
121.00 mm
11
43.3 mm
92 mm
โ
10.6ยฐ
15.2ยฐ
270ยฐ
T2.0
Spherical
Full Frame LF/VV
95 mm
LPL
โ
4'8"
1.42 m
5.80 lbs
2.60 kg
6.85"
174.00 mm
16
60 mm
Screw-in Filter: 92mm
Net Holder
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โ
270ยฐ
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