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    Yeah that was useful to me too, thanks rich.
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    The threads are of different tilt so they will only turn a couple of times, then get stuck, while ruining the soft brass threads on your lens, so when you say its worth a shot, it is, with a gun, at the birdie. Until the Chinese start making decent low cost 16U to MFT adapters, the only place to get good ones (not cheap) is here: http://rafcamera.com/en/adapters/mft/kiev-16u-to-mft-mount-adapter
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    Wow, now that is the coolest thing I've heard as i just ordered one of those Rafcams adapter rings for $65!!!! what a burn, this is way better, and now I can have three instead of just one. i got that same set of 16U lenses, cant wait to use them....
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    The one thing i will say is that after finding out which lenses vignette on what sensors, you could look at what step up rings to get. If you have a 52mm prime lens, and it need to be stepped up to 62mm depending on if you are using a Bell & Howell or a 16H/8Z, get onto ebay and order the right step up ring that steps it up in one ring. The alternative is to use a 52-55mm ring, then a 55-58mm ring, then a 58-62mm ring, by then you have used three rings instead of one, and your anamorphic lens will be one centimeter further away from your prime lens than it needs to be. They need to be as close as possible for best sharpness results. You can order 49-62mm step up rings on ebay, and also 52-62mm, there are also several others they may coma useful, it is always best policy to order more than you need as they are cheap, and if you dont get the right one you could be waiting for up to three weeks to get one. Better spend the extra couple of bucks to have them 'on the shelf'.
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    Forgive using this thread for this off topic question but I really can't find somewhere to post it. Perhaps i should start a new thread? (except i dont know where the 'start a new thread button is', they dont make it easy for you to find) I am thinking that there is money to be made out there for someone who can come up with a really simple anamorphic clamp for the Kowa 16H, or Bell & Howell anamorphic lens (or other makes like bolex, sun, sankor, isco ect. etc.). It is this simple: you get an adapter ring made that goes from your taking lens (49mm, 52,mm, 55mm or 62mm whatever) which screws directly on to the outside screw of the anamorphic lens. Now the only snag is this: you cant turn the lens around till you get the squeeze going in the right orientation, soooooo, what you do is use a lens that needs and adapter which can be rotated, for instance the M39 or M42 adapters have three small allen screws on the side than can be simply loosened so the whole lens can be spun around. This would not only ensure getting closer to your taking lens from the back of the anamorphic lens, but it would make things much easier and cheaper, buy three or four of these rings for $2 each (which is less than it costs for any adapter ring) and you have a load of lenses covered, including the famed Helios 2/58, Sears 55mm F1.4, Pentax super Takumars, Canon FD F1.4, Schidt Optiks, Yashica, and a whole bunch of other ones.......Any takers for why I may be talking crap?
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    Also FilmConvert is great for playing with grain or imitating old favourite film stocks.
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    What about shooting with the GH2 anamorphic hack in Mjpeg? that way you don't have to piss around with changing the aspect ratio in post? look here: http://www.eoshd.com/content/3515/2-661-for-2x-anamorphic-on-gh2-rebooted
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    Bought these, and saw your post 5 minutes later, strange.......
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    Wow Tito, you really are a mine of information, this is better than going to college. :)
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    Iti, Your Kowa Prominar is best with the FD35/2......and its not too wide? what F-stops? and when you say "28mm is my favourite FL on MFT with anamorphic, 35mm + 0.71 speedbooster on BMCC." what do you mean, and what is FL?
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    Doh! I sometimes feel like SUCH a nube.......
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    To do this one would need about $1000 worth of ring adapters, lens clamps & kits, for every different diameter lens "in ones' arsenal" to try out with a 16H/8Z lens.
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    That looks lovely, i could almost live with the vignette, which could be even devignetted in post.
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    Again, I'm confused. "85mm is what is needed" to avoid vignetting, then Vid atlantic say a 50mm lens gives 'a little' vignetting, while saying the Helios 58/2 is a good match for the 5D. So how can the Helios 58/2 be a good match for the 5D and also be the 'recommended' lens for anamorphic use with M43 format? I mean one has twice the crop factor of the other and people are recommending the same lens? I am missing something, and brains is only a small part of it.
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    OK ,so some are saying for M43 the minimum focal length is 35mm, others 42mm. There is a big difference between these (between 70mm to 84mm equivalent of M43). Can someone confirm which is right please? As i said I just want to know all these BEFORE I go start ordering lenses that may not turn out to work well with the 16H Kowa anamorphic lens. Thanks
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    I just bought this Jupiter 9 from eBay from your recommendation, but it looks different to the other ones i see on eBay that look a little like a Helios 58/2 this one looks straighter, is it a cheaper model or am i good with this? I dont seem to see an aperture ring on it, could it be fixed wide open? That would be no good with the 16H would it? The others that seem pricier look like this though:
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    Thats interesting, why is the Helios 58mm lens the 'lens of choice' if the limit (even stopped down) is 42mm. This does not make sense to me Dhessel.....Or does that mean that 58mm is OK because its over 42mm? Also does that mean that instead of a Helios 58 44M one could also use a Jupiter 3 or Jupiter 8? (both 50mm).
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    Cool Chris, and for M43 anyone?
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    Hi guys, I am new to the anamorphic thing. I have just bought a Kowa 16H (2x) but I am waiting for the lens clamps so I have not used it yet, very exciting......One thing i wanted to know is what are the minimum & maximum recommended focal lengths for use with a 5D and also for MFT? as i have 5D mk II,III, GH2 and BMPCC that i would like to use this system with. This way I will know what lenses in my artillery I can use for either full frame or MFT format anamorphically, and I can start ordering the right diameter clamps for the recommended lenses now to not waste any more time.
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    One of the easiest ways to get the footage into a Mac is the following: 1) Install Final Cut X 2) Open a new event and name it 3) Open a new project and name it the same 4) Put the SD card in the side of the Mac 5) If it hasnt asked you if you want to import something then hit apple+i 6) Choose the files you want to import and click 'import' 7) Depending on how much footage you have this may take quite a while to process it will convert the files into ProRes422 8) To find the new processed ProRes422 files: a) get a new finder window b) under movies go to final cut events c) one of the files has 'high quality media' these are your ProRes422 files copy them wherever you want and use them. Easier still use Final Cut X and edit it in there, it has finally become a very good program. If you are using CS5 or CS6 (both better than Final Cut 7) the new converted files will work great.
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    Well that is just spastic then. Lets make a camera with a super big sensor, great lens quality, fast speed, all the bling, and then the video is crap. In that case i am off somewhere else and will keep on using my SONY DSC-HX9V camera and my 5DII. You just lost a sale Canon....idiots. Cant believe you would do this  ???
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    Is there a chance that the aliasing/moire/pixel downscaling problems could be fixed by firmware updates?
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