Our Story

Omnar Lenses is the brainchild of Hamish Gill, otherwise known for the photography website 35mmc.com; and Chris Andreyo of Skyllaney Opto-Mechanics, known for their work repairing, customising and building esoteric lenses for m-mount cameras . Chris and Hamish share a passion for rangefinder lenses, but also hold the same views when it comes to the build quality of lenses and the optics found within them.

Owning a rangefinder camera need not be about owning lenses made by the same brand, nor should it need to be about shooting lenses that fit the commonly held view that sharpness is king, and aberrations should be avoided at all costs. In fact, choosing a lens should be about choosing image qualities that suit the goals and needs of the photographer, whatever those needs might be.

Omnar Lenses was created to fill a niche hole in the marketplace. Unusual or otherwise difficult to mount to rangefinder camera optics, housed in no-compromise mechanics. The approach the world of cinema takes to lenses, but for photographers with rangefinder cameras.