Playing With New Toy
Jan 2, 2019 11:09:38 #
I have a new toy, an anamorphic lens. My intent is to mostly use it with MF film for landscape but it's also usable with DSLRs for landscapes. The ratio is 2 to 1 so with a full frame size sensor you end up with a 2 to 6 size image after processing. The almost constant rain lately have curtailed my outside camera use but here is a shot of the lens attached to my Sony a7 and a landscape shot with said a7, the anamorphic lens, and a Nikkor-P 105mm f2.5. As always download for best viewing.
Jan 2, 2019 11:34:27 #
Jan 2, 2019 11:38:38 #
A quick Google search mentions a lot about cinematography. How will this lens will work for you aside from the aspect ratio?
Jan 2, 2019 11:45:39 #
Jan 2, 2019 11:54:31 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
A quick Google search mentions a lot about cinematography. How will this lens will work for you aside from the aspect ratio?
The Sony a7 is capable of video, which I, quite frankly, have not investigated at this point, but may in the future. My principle motivation here is the aspect ratio conversion for landscape use; but I also read about the bokeh and lens flare being something special with these lens. I also haven't had a chance with the rainy weather to check that out either. So more to follow.
Jan 2, 2019 11:58:52 #
DaveC1 wrote:
Excellent, thanks much!...but I also read about the bokeh and lens flare being something special with these lens. I also haven't had a chance with the rainy weather to check that out either. So more to follow.
Jan 2, 2019 12:05:52 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Excellent, thanks much!
Its another tool in the toolbox. As things stand now I've got slightly under $150 invested in the lens, the coupling, and the 15mm rod support system. It is heavy though and I won't be using it without a tripod.
Jan 2, 2019 13:04:51 #
Cool! To understand exactly how theses lenses work, the best source is at www.red.com
There is a great write up there about how this cinematographic optical method worked on film and how in translates into digital photography. As you will read, the lens does not work on its own and magically produce a panoramic image. In film cinematography it requires anamorphic projection equipment. In digital still photography the compression/decompression of the aspect ratio takes place in post processing.
My good friend Camille, sadly, passed away several years ago. He was a cinematographer who worked with The National Film Board of Canada and was a full time cameraman for the Canadian Broadcasting System. He was also an avid collector of old motion picture equipment and would buy obsolete or surplus equipment at bargain prices from the two aforementioned organizations. He hoarded so much heavy "junk" that his wife divorced him.
One day, I was at a photo flee market where I spotted a cute little anamorphic lens kit designed for a Super 8 movie cameras. Knowing that Camille had a vast collect of
Super-8 gear, I pick it up- though it would cheer him up. So... I went to visit Camille and presented him with the lens. He opened the little red case, smiled, thanked me profusely, and said in his inimitable Egyptian accent "This is nice LITTLE anamorphic lens- now I show you REAL anamorphic lens". He reached under his bed and dragged out this LENS, it was the size of a LARGE deluxe microwave oven and emblazoned on its giant lens shade, in raised chrome-plated letters was "PANAVISION 70"! I immediately realized why his wife packed him in- aside form the 6 5-K Fresnel spotlights in the living room! He told me that he was keeping the lens awaiting the Film Board's disposal of the camera.
So, for those interested, you can have your very own 82mm CPL filter-only$108.55 and for a mere $18,700 (U.S) more, you can have the Magic Anamorphic Lens Set to go with it. Check it out at B&H Photo! It's a bargain!
There is a great write up there about how this cinematographic optical method worked on film and how in translates into digital photography. As you will read, the lens does not work on its own and magically produce a panoramic image. In film cinematography it requires anamorphic projection equipment. In digital still photography the compression/decompression of the aspect ratio takes place in post processing.
My good friend Camille, sadly, passed away several years ago. He was a cinematographer who worked with The National Film Board of Canada and was a full time cameraman for the Canadian Broadcasting System. He was also an avid collector of old motion picture equipment and would buy obsolete or surplus equipment at bargain prices from the two aforementioned organizations. He hoarded so much heavy "junk" that his wife divorced him.
One day, I was at a photo flee market where I spotted a cute little anamorphic lens kit designed for a Super 8 movie cameras. Knowing that Camille had a vast collect of
Super-8 gear, I pick it up- though it would cheer him up. So... I went to visit Camille and presented him with the lens. He opened the little red case, smiled, thanked me profusely, and said in his inimitable Egyptian accent "This is nice LITTLE anamorphic lens- now I show you REAL anamorphic lens". He reached under his bed and dragged out this LENS, it was the size of a LARGE deluxe microwave oven and emblazoned on its giant lens shade, in raised chrome-plated letters was "PANAVISION 70"! I immediately realized why his wife packed him in- aside form the 6 5-K Fresnel spotlights in the living room! He told me that he was keeping the lens awaiting the Film Board's disposal of the camera.
So, for those interested, you can have your very own 82mm CPL filter-only$108.55 and for a mere $18,700 (U.S) more, you can have the Magic Anamorphic Lens Set to go with it. Check it out at B&H Photo! It's a bargain!
Jan 2, 2019 18:06:36 #
E.L.. Shapiro wrote:
Cool! To understand exactly how theses lenses wor... (show quote)
Thanks for stopping by and commenting EL. This one is an Isco-Gottingen K298 2X for 35mm motion picture projection. I picked it up on ebay in really good shape for just under $100. It seems to work as advertised so far. What I've been doing is resizing from 6000X4000 pixels to 8000X3000 pixels to reverse the lens' distortion and retrieve the image.
I'll just bet that 70mm Panavision lens was large, and impressive.
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