Light Lens Lab Is Developing and Producing Brand-New Film Emulsions [Video]

Light Lens Lab, a Chinese optics manufacturer that reproduces classic lens formulas for modern cameras, announced that it is expanding its efforts into film development and plans to release brand new emulsions in the near future.

The company is most well known for its reproduction of lenses that are no longer actively made but are cherished for their particular “look.” For example, its 50mm f/1.2 “1966” is a modern remake of the Leica Noctilux 50mm f/1.2 that was originally made between 1966 and 1975. A true Leica version of this lens is prohibitively expensive and difficult to acquire given its relative rarity, so Light Lens Lab remade it, going so far as to do its best to replicate the manufacturing and glass production of the era so that it could be enjoyed by more photographers.

“Light Lens Lab uses a type of glass that almost exactly matches the vintage formula and even …