Ultra Panavision 70 Lenses

Ultra Panavision 70 lenses are 1.25x anamorphic primes designed for 65mm film, producing an ultra-wide 2.76:1 aspect ratio. Originally developed in the late 1950s for MGM under the name MGM Camera 65, they were used on films including Ben-Hur (1959) and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963). The format went dormant after Khartoum (1966) until Robert Richardson revived the lenses for Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight (2015).