About Us

 

At BTF Lenses, we specialize in professionally rehousing and modifying legendary vintage lenses for modern cinematography. Our goal is to preserve the unique optical character of classic glass while providing the reliability, precision, and usability required for today’s film productions.

Every lens is carefully disassembled, inspected, cleaned, lubricated, and rebuilt into a durable cinema housing. We improve mechanical performance, eliminate common issues found in vintage lenses, and adapt them for professional filmmaking with precise focus rotation, geared focus and aperture rings, standardized front diameters, and modern lens mounts.

We work with some of the most iconic vintage optics, including Helios, Jupiter, Mir, Tair, Pentacon, Takumar, Zeiss, Vivitar, Soligor, and many others. Each lens retains its original cinematic rendering, organic contrast, distinctive bokeh, and unique vintage character while becoming significantly more reliable for everyday professional use.

Our lenses are trusted by filmmakers, cinematographers, rental houses, and content creators around the world. Every product is assembled by hand, individually tested, and calibrated before shipping to ensure smooth operation and consistent performance.

Whether you’re building a complete vintage cinema lens set or searching for a single lens with unmistakable character, BTF Lenses is committed to delivering equipment that combines timeless optics with modern engineering.

BTF Lenses — Bringing legendary vintage optics into the modern cinema world.

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