These lenses have all the characteristics you want in anamorphic glass: unique geometry, oval bokeh, and beautiful, blue-streak lens flares, but their huge maximum apertures put them in a category very few lenses can touch. Shoot them wide-open and you get a creamy low contrast look with incredibly shallow depth of field and stunning bokeh. Stop them down to T2 and sharpness and contrast increase dramatically. At T2.8 they are already near peak performance. With a 15-blade iris, they maintain perfectly oval bokeh no matter what T-stop you’re shooting at. Just as important as all that performance, they also render faces beautifully, without stretching people or making them look wider (often referred to as "mumps"). If you want all the beauty of vintage anamorphic lenses, Cineovison primes are a perfect choice.