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New Zealand boutique — handcrafted soft-focus primes and modified vintage optics for deliberately impressionistic looks.

Masterbuilt comes from New Zealand and builds lenses that are intentionally imperfect: controlled soft-focus, halation, glow. In an industry that is becoming ever sharper, Masterbuilt consciously takes the opposite path. Their glass is used for music videos, commercials, and feature films that require a painterly look.

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