Limelight.io is a vintage lens rental house based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, offering curated cinemodded lens sets that bring character, texture, and a more expressive feel to film, music video, and commercial productions across Southeast Asia.
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Canon FD on Sony BURANO
Canon FL on Sony FX3
Super Takumar on Sony FX6
Super Takumar on Sony FX30
Our Current Selection
Our Current Selection
CANON FD: Organic, Gentle, Nostalgic look.
CANON FD: Organic, Gentle, Nostalgic look.
1970s Era
Our most popular set. Canon FD lenses are known for their warm rendering, softer contrast, gentle highlights, and practical consistency across focal lengths.
A strong choice for productions that want vintage character without losing control on set.
CANON FL: Shinier, and Crazier than FD.
CANON FL: Shinier, and Crazier than FD.
1960s Era
Canon FL lenses come from an earlier generation of Canon glass, known for highlight bloom, warm tones, golden flares, and a softer, more luminous image.
The 55mm f/1.2 is the star of the set: fast, glowing, and full of character.
SUPER TAKUMAR: Sharp with Wild Character.
SUPER TAKUMAR: Sharp with Wild Character.
1960-70s Era
Super Takumar lenses are compact, well-built, sharp, and known for their signature flare when pushed into light.
Converted to EF mount for easier workflow, this set is a strong choice for filmmakers looking for something expressive but still usable.
Lens Tests
Lens Tests
Starting in early 2024 by filmmaker Sidney Ken, Limelight was created for filmmakers who want more than a clean image: lenses that bring character, texture, bloom, flare, and a more expressive response to light.
Today, the Limelight collection includes over 70 vintage lenses from manufacturers such as Canon, Asahi Pentax, Nikon, Olympus, Sigma, Tokina, and more. Each set is carefully selected, tested, and prepared for real production use, giving directors and cinematographers access to glass with its own history, personality, and visual identity.
Curated for Storytellers
Curated for Storytellers
Limelight’s mission is to make curated vintage lens rental more accessible for filmmakers, cinematographers, production houses, and creative teams in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and across Southeast Asia.
Based in Phnom Penh, Limelight offers a growing collection of character-driven cinema lens sets, including Canon FD, Canon FL, Super Takumar, Nikon AI, Olympus OM, and selected vintage zoom lenses for films, music videos, commercials, documentaries, and TVC productions. Every Limelight lens set is carefully selected, tested, and prepared for real-world production use: helping filmmakers choose lenses not only by focal length or technical specs, but by the way they shape light, skin tone, flare, bloom, texture, and emotion on screen.
Our goal is to support Cambodia’s film and video production scene by providing reliable access to vintage glass with distinct visual character, practical workflows, and a filmmaker-led approach. Limelight exists to help productions create images that feel less generic, more intentional, and full of character.
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