We accumulated the data regarding the lenses used to shoot 92nd Academy Awards nominees for Best Pictures and Cinematography. Let’s see if you can explore some significant tendency, compared to last year’s Oscar.

Oscar 2020 (92nd Academy Awards) cinematography survey

Before the Oscar 2020 nominees were announced, we’ve created a comprehensive survey regarding the camera and lenses behind the most promising films that had the potential of been nominated. If you’d like to dive in, check out the Pre-Oscar cameras and lens charts. From a statistical point of view, those tables are much more accurate since the data is larger. After that, we analyzed the cameras and lenses behind 34th ASC Feature Film Awards Nominees since these are the films which had the best chance of been nominated for Best Picture and Cinematography Oscar’s categories. Anyway, for the broadest survey regarding lenses, explore the Pre-Oscar Lenses chart below. The table is high definition, so press on the image to get a larger view.

The glass behind 92nd Academy Awards nominees (Best Picture and Cinematography)

Below you cand find the list of the nominees and the lenses that shot them:

1. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”: Camera: Panavision Anamorphic – E, C, T series, Cooke Varotal
2. “The Irishman”: Cooke Panchro/i Classics Lenses and ARRI Ultra Prime
3. “Joker”: ARRI DNA
4. “1917”: Signature Primes
5. “Ford v Ferrari”: Panavision Anamorphic lenses: C-Series and T-Series
6. “The Lighthouse”: Bausch and Lomb Original Baltars
7. “Parasite”: ARRI DNA
8. “Marriage Story”: Panavision Primo Lenses 
9. Little Women: Cooke S4/i and Angenieux Optimo
10. Jojo Rabbit: Hawk V-Lite 1.3x Anamorphic, Leica Summicron-C, and Summilux-C, Vantage One T1

Discussion

First, Panavision leads the table with its T and C anamorphic line. Hollywood DPs love the Panavision look. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” and “Ford v Ferrari” imagery was based on this glass. In second place is ARRI with its DNA Primes that were used to film “Joker” and “Parasite.” The brand new Signature Primes were utilized on “1917” with the new ALEXA Mini LF to grand the large format look. In third place, we have the “The Irishman” and “Little Women” with the “Cooke Look.” Last but not least, there is the Angenieux Optimo that has been used complementary to other lenses. To sum it up, there is nothing new under the sun as the chart is very much similar to the previews year. 

Explore the Oscar 2020’s Lenses Chart below. Press on the image to get a more detailed view of the chart.