Reels filmed with the B&L BALTARS (ZEROOPTIK REHOUSING)

Designed in the 1930's, Bausch and Lomb's original Baltar lenses represented the height of American motion picture optics at the time. They are sharp and contrasty, with gentle corner fall-off on the wide end. Although only single-coated (a huge technological leap at the time), they resist veiling glare surprisingly well, even with point sources in the frame. As a set, they possess a more consistent aesthetic than other lenses of that era, or even their successors, the Super Baltars.