[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/29524740[/vimeo] Buy it now (in US) Grab the new EOSHD Anamorphic Shooter’s Guide 2nd Edition just $19.99! The Cinemorph adapter is a very simple custom built filter for $140 + shipping with a cat’s eye front and flare generator. It is designed not just to simulate the flare of anamorphic lenses but the stretched bokeh. Here, EOSHD tests the adapter against a real $3000 anamorphic lens for widescreen cinematic images…
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View the full resolution flare gallery here One of the most essential styles of anamorphic shooting ahead of the aspect ratio, shallow depth of field and oval shaped bokeh is flare.
[vimeo]13004933[/vimeo] Here is my footage shot with the Isco Centavision anamorphic lens (link for iPad) When I first used a 2.35:1 anamorphic conversion lens on the GH1 I thought 16:9 was dead. It looks more cinematic, without doubt. Anamorphic lenses are cinema on a stick.
A few months ago on EOSHD I did a series of articles on the Panasonic LA7200 anamorphic lens. Since then it’s strangely disappeared from eBay. Who snapped them all up? Was it you? There must be a lot of people out there without one too! It’s a great lens, gives footage bags of cinematic feel, and I absolutely love it. Yet still, the LA7200 cannot quite compete with the expensive…