Tito Ferradans Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 I shot a small narrative (I won't call it a "short") mixing all 1.33x anamorphic adapters with various taking lenses. The goal was to test out if all that talk of "this adapter is good, this one is bad", to see if we can actually notice the difference between lenses when there's a story being told. I included both well lit and low light shots to evaluate performance with different apertures. The camera used was Kinefinity's Kinemini 4k, and I shot it all raw for more flexibility in post. Taking lenses were all Russian, from 28 up to 135mm. The blog post has a cheat chart with all the data for each shot. Can you tell when this or that lens is being used? Is there anything in particular that bugs you? Do you think this test makes the difference between 1.33x adapters easier to notice? Lenses used were Century Optics WS-13, Panasonic LA7200, Isco 16:9 Video Attachment I, SLR Magic Anamorphot 1.33x-50, Century Optics 16:9 (the small one). http://www.tferradans.com/blog/?p=8333 There's more info on the blog post above, but if you're feeling lazy, here's the video. elgabogomez, funkyou86, Timotheus and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweak Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Nice one Tito! Overall I'd say I agree that story is far more important than lenses/ gear. If it's captivating you're not focusing on the quality too much. I think that the night shots also helped hide some of the lenses imperfections better than broad daylight would have. There were a few shots in there that I thought "well that looks really soft", but as I said it didn't stop me from watching it. At a guess I would say it was the small Century, but I couldn't be sure on that (I don't own any of them). Tito Ferradans 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Plagaro Mussard Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 Yes, there is too much tension to focus on the anamorphics! ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tito Ferradans Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 17 hours ago, tweak said: Nice one Tito! There were a few shots in there that I thought "well that looks really soft", but as I said it didn't stop me from watching it. At a guess I would say it was the small Century, but I couldn't be sure on that (I don't own any of them). Thanks! :D Well, you can check your guesses at the blog, every shot is labeled there! 14 hours ago, Xavier Plágaro Mussard said: Yes, there is too much tension to focus on the anamorphics! ;-) Goal achieved then! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew mcmillan Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 oh my the slr magic didnt do so well, i thought those fuzzy shot were one of the dv adaptors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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