tony wilson

bernie is  a great man and a fine old school  movie film camera and lens  repair guy.
he has rebuilt more bolex moller than anyone alive today  more than 6 just from me.
he is quicker than all the big companies around the bolex moller is treasure the grease needs replacing and he can tune up the x y alignment.
 
what can delay things is sometimes retention lock screws can get seized up so they need to be worked loose over time.
sending something like moller to a regular  repair guy is a sick idea .
some of my lens  i had where  owner damage  or attempted repair  3 where in pieces  all where rebuilt in less than  a month from scrap  bits and bobs to lovely usable condition.
 
bernie and his wife can answer any of your questions by email or telephone

itsa whatta yer calling delaminations innit
itsa what yer happenin when you droppa der ananorfink lens when yer usin a cheaps campa clampa
it drops or knocks der metal reverbs true der tubei housing init 
it sens shocka wave inder glasses matrix a delaminating occurins in der complex cemented doublets init
it impact seperation damages from poor owner abusings
  slapping  banging opticals violent likes init
like harvey weistein knockin on yer hotel doors at night creatin waves of tesla ocillations vibrations
it looks bad doctor bones maybe terminulls
ask for a refunds quick likes

i once shipped a box of iscorama parts a  rare zeiss baby focus iscorama the first ever iscorama and 2 baby moller 1.5 optics to super 16
5 optics all the metalwork mixed up the glass protected it had been sitting on a shelf for 2 years at one of the demon money grabber repair places.
 i stuffed a note for bernie that simply said sorry about this can you see if you can rebuild parts maybe missing 2 weeks later an email saying ready for shipping
no moaning no huffing and puffing he just did  the best he could
  i wish i had yaken a picture of that dustry old pile of germanic junk  before the bern and after.

do not give it 2 van demon  the logo speaks for vandiemen
a little forked devil check it out a devil with a big smile
 
the greatest company in the world for lens works is truelens uk same town as cooke expensive in the movie lens world repair biz you have panavision la then true lens
then p&s technique germany slow   and van demonics slower uk
 
truelens has many folks that have worked at cooke so that small town has some mighty talented lens repair guys probably the lead in the water.
repairing rehousing spherical and anamorphics
 
 
i was the clown that first used that company with the devil logo they solved some problems on an iscorama rebuild project that i started.
they then started  offering an iscorama  rehouse before even finishing my prototypes.
very dubious i could say more but i will not
 
bernie o is a great man the problem is in bernies day he could leave a lens soaking for months today the pressure is on turn around .
the old cooke speed panchro from ww2 often got seized up in the brass housings sometimes the raf would paint the metal again causing problems years later.
sometimes you would have too put the lens aside and go back try again weeks later.
bernie is indeed an old gent i am sure it was frustrating for him as hans says if it is know open  and you feel he owes you a favour email him.
 
john at focal point lens repair is another great old geezer based  in the usa  east coast like bernie also maybe able too repair optics i have done jobs using bernie and focal point working on the same lens in the past.
focal point is great with optical decay bernie breakdown service rebuild..
 
failing that an iscorama is still worth good money for spare parts no matter what the condition  optics and mechanical.

red stan's sage wisdom and advice on good and shit anamorphics.
1.small optics give you an easier life and nice close focus.
2.focus test your anamorphic as soon as you get it if you cannot get a sharp picture get a refund or a discount.
3.do not take any crap bull from a seller especially if he has sold you junk costing over 250 dollars.
4.if your lens has major damage it may be beyond economic repair meaning it could cost 2-5 times it's value for the repair.
5.with repairs expect a wait from 6 weeks to 3 months any good repair guy is always busy.
i had a nikon lens take 6 months for a complicated repair once.
6.explain to repair guy clearly what you think is wrong it saves time and money.
7.except the fact that some anamorphics are just not worth saving or repairing
8.many ebay anamorphic optics are the same optics being purchased fiddled with then sold on.
if in doubt walk away.
9.if your seller can take a foto of the lens and put a lengthy cut and past bull shit discription with a price tag of a 1000 dollars plus.
ask him why he has not bothered to shoot through the anamorphic is it because it is soft : )
10.at least 35% of anamorphics need servicing why do you think rental companies and studios had camera lens service depts.
11.main problems optic to optic alignment issue giving soft picture.
dried out focus helicoid grease.
dirty internal optics, fungus and external coating problems.
lens separation.
a lens clean and service should optimize the system allowing use of faster taking lens.
why get stuck in the 1950s hollywood rut of f8-16
12.remember repairing a car after a major crash is gonna cost a lot more time and money than a simple service.
13.quality shipping box within a box method is a must.
bad shipping with several impact drops along the journey will give you a bad lens.
14.i did not like ending on 13.

Wow, that time of the month again?
For anyone actually interested you can get a custom clamp from Raf made almost exactly the same as a Redstan for far less. You will also get good customer service and a better than 50/50 chance of it turning up. Just email him if you want details (email on website), he's a super helpful guy.

arriscope are movie lens
iscorama is not
arriflex  and zeiss where pretty crap at anamorphics  for years zeiss  used moller for making anamorphic projection optics
 arrii used a famous super talented designer from denmark jan jacobson for ultrascope system using fast zeiss optics ultrascope where designed as  movie optics
later arri used a couple of folks from zeiss and isco for the arriscope
arri is a massive rental house and maker of millions of metal  parts plus thousands of cameras  they had to work faster than say leica or zeiss.
a movie might be starting in 6 months 10 months sometimes 3 months
so they had to cut corners because of  time issues
isco understand bent glass many issues where engineering related
but like the todays crummy iomo systems modern rebuilds can transform everything
the arri isco  glass is  designed movie glass vintage used on many cinema releases
iscorama maybe amazing and unmatched even today in the sub 10 thousand dollar realm but is was never designed as a  proper movie lens.
it was used on movies like the battle of britain for crash cams and aerial work but kowa 8z was used on crash cameras on many movies in the 1980s even movies like rambo  where he takes on the russians. better blowing up a kowa than a panavision,jdc or technovision 40 thousand dollar optic.
 
iscorama was not used or improved for movie  productions because the movie industry is a tight nit thing probably isco did not think to bribe the correct rabbi in hollyweird at this stage panavision dominated
arriscope ultascope have expensive 1.4 or 1.7 movie optics inside which are worth money alone.
you could use a proskar on a movie today it would not make it a movie lens.
 iscorama is such an abused term now every turd is iscorama
 
vintage anamorphics suffer from imperfect engineering assemblies and even more so, bad strip down and reassembly over the years
arri isco and zeiss the weak link will be arri engineering  instead of leaving that to moller or isco arri built  assembled themselves.
arri camera engineering is superb but you cannot rush  without losing something
as i said arri had very little experience in anamorphot area even though they made test  lens with zeiss isco in the 1950s  always sub contract
arriscope is rare ish as is ultrascope
isco getting a little with all the hipsters dropping them on the floor
 
some of the arriscope ended up in india then faded away rarely rebuilt  the glass is good that is what matters.
a man wanting an easy life will look for an iscorama or the cheaper options
a man with spunk will grab some movie arri optics
 
the new zeiss anamorphics are probably the bigeest leap forward in design since chretien as close to state of the art as it gets  today
vantage hawk are hiring out sets of fake vintage optics which is the opposite of what zeiss is doing hawk are building in the error from the past and charging serious big bucks for a rental
 
 
 
zeiss
arriscope is worth a lot  more than iscorama
i would think a little finger for iscorama
a kidney for the arri
 
 

arriscope are movie lens
iscorama is not
arriflex  and zeiss where pretty crap at anamorphics  for years zeiss  used moller for making anamorphic projection optics
 arrii used a famous super talented designer from denmark jan jacobson for ultrascope system using fast zeiss optics ultrascope where designed as  movie optics
later arri used a couple of folks from zeiss and isco for the arriscope
arri is a massive rental house and maker of millions of metal  parts plus thousands of cameras  they had to work faster than say leica or zeiss.
a movie might be starting in 6 months 10 months sometimes 3 months
so they had to cut corners because of  time issues
isco understand bent glass many issues where engineering related
but like the todays crummy iomo systems modern rebuilds can transform everything
the arri isco  glass is  designed movie glass vintage used on many cinema releases
iscorama maybe amazing and unmatched even today in the sub 10 thousand dollar realm but is was never designed as a  proper movie lens.
it was used on movies like the battle of britain for crash cams and aerial work but kowa 8z was used on crash cameras on many movies in the 1980s even movies like rambo  where he takes on the russians. better blowing up a kowa than a panavision,jdc or technovision 40 thousand dollar optic.
 
iscorama was not used or improved for movie  productions because the movie industry is a tight nit thing probably isco did not think to bribe the correct rabbi in hollyweird at this stage panavision dominated
arriscope ultascope have expensive 1.4 or 1.7 movie optics inside which are worth money alone.
you could use a proskar on a movie today it would not make it a movie lens.
 iscorama is such an abused term now every turd is iscorama
 
vintage anamorphics suffer from imperfect engineering assemblies and even more so, bad strip down and reassembly over the years
arri isco and zeiss the weak link will be arri engineering  instead of leaving that to moller or isco arri built  assembled themselves.
arri camera engineering is superb but you cannot rush  without losing something
as i said arri had very little experience in anamorphot area even though they made test  lens with zeiss isco in the 1950s  always sub contract
arriscope is rare ish as is ultrascope
isco getting a little with all the hipsters dropping them on the floor
 
some of the arriscope ended up in india then faded away rarely rebuilt  the glass is good that is what matters.
a man wanting an easy life will look for an iscorama or the cheaper options
a man with spunk will grab some movie arri optics
 
the new zeiss anamorphics are probably the bigeest leap forward in design since chretien as close to state of the art as it gets  today
vantage hawk are hiring out sets of fake vintage optics which is the opposite of what zeiss is doing hawk are building in the error from the past and charging serious big bucks for a rental
 
 
 
zeiss
arriscope is worth a lot  more than iscorama
i would think a little finger for iscorama
a kidney for the arri
 
 

if you have to ask the question you should
get a kowa 8z or an iscorama 
 
movie optics where mede in sets the historical and filmaking value is in the set
complex assemblies need old men to repair or improve just because google is shit with a lack of information  means nothing.
just means some hipster blogger has played with some old beat up lens and he says that it was not good.
rushed past engineering bad past repair or patch up can be sorted today
jan jacobson did not mess about if he was around today he would be working with christopher nolan
the later arriscope used similar designs to the earlier ultrascope but with more help from zeiss and isco
 
without testing the optic who knows what it is worth  is it pl,bncr arri bayonet some russian mount does the optic have chips rainbow compression
 
the focus helicoid  may be good now for gentle  landscape work but not for aggresive  movie use   but will never be great without a big expensive rebuild
that is why the rental companies buy them up cos they can throw big money  at a  modern rebuild.
if these things are turds why have vantage hawk spent a million dollars reverse engineering back in all the bloody past optical error
the past stuff is good cos those old farts cared and did not cut costs it cost whatever it cost  they tried to out do each other  they where proud
today it is all idea theft and trading on the past and undercutting
 
if the optic is local test an iscorama test a kowa then go and test the 3.5 kg heavy beast arri arm flex
 

arriscope are movie lens
iscorama is not
arriflex  and zeiss where pretty crap at anamorphics  for years zeiss  used moller for making anamorphic projection optics
 arrii used a famous super talented designer from denmark jan jacobson for ultrascope system using fast zeiss optics ultrascope where designed as  movie optics
later arri used a couple of folks from zeiss and isco for the arriscope
arri is a massive rental house and maker of millions of metal  parts plus thousands of cameras  they had to work faster than say leica or zeiss.
a movie might be starting in 6 months 10 months sometimes 3 months
so they had to cut corners because of  time issues
isco understand bent glass many issues where engineering related
but like the todays crummy iomo systems modern rebuilds can transform everything
the arri isco  glass is  designed movie glass vintage used on many cinema releases
iscorama maybe amazing and unmatched even today in the sub 10 thousand dollar realm but is was never designed as a  proper movie lens.
it was used on movies like the battle of britain for crash cams and aerial work but kowa 8z was used on crash cameras on many movies in the 1980s even movies like rambo  where he takes on the russians. better blowing up a kowa than a panavision,jdc or technovision 40 thousand dollar optic.
 
iscorama was not used or improved for movie  productions because the movie industry is a tight nit thing probably isco did not think to bribe the correct rabbi in hollyweird at this stage panavision dominated
arriscope ultascope have expensive 1.4 or 1.7 movie optics inside which are worth money alone.
you could use a proskar on a movie today it would not make it a movie lens.
 iscorama is such an abused term now every turd is iscorama
 
vintage anamorphics suffer from imperfect engineering assemblies and even more so, bad strip down and reassembly over the years
arri isco and zeiss the weak link will be arri engineering  instead of leaving that to moller or isco arri built  assembled themselves.
arri camera engineering is superb but you cannot rush  without losing something
as i said arri had very little experience in anamorphot area even though they made test  lens with zeiss isco in the 1950s  always sub contract
arriscope is rare ish as is ultrascope
isco getting a little with all the hipsters dropping them on the floor
 
some of the arriscope ended up in india then faded away rarely rebuilt  the glass is good that is what matters.
a man wanting an easy life will look for an iscorama or the cheaper options
a man with spunk will grab some movie arri optics
 
the new zeiss anamorphics are probably the bigeest leap forward in design since chretien as close to state of the art as it gets  today
vantage hawk are hiring out sets of fake vintage optics which is the opposite of what zeiss is doing hawk are building in the error from the past and charging serious big bucks for a rental
 
 
 
zeiss
arriscope is worth a lot  more than iscorama
i would think a little finger for iscorama
a kidney for the arri
 
 

arriscope are movie lens
iscorama is not
arriflex  and zeiss where pretty crap at anamorphics  for years zeiss  used moller for making anamorphic projection optics
 arrii used a famous super talented designer from denmark jan jacobson for ultrascope system using fast zeiss optics ultrascope where designed as  movie optics
later arri used a couple of folks from zeiss and isco for the arriscope
arri is a massive rental house and maker of millions of metal  parts plus thousands of cameras  they had to work faster than say leica or zeiss.
a movie might be starting in 6 months 10 months sometimes 3 months
so they had to cut corners because of  time issues
isco understand bent glass many issues where engineering related
but like the todays crummy iomo systems modern rebuilds can transform everything
the arri isco  glass is  designed movie glass vintage used on many cinema releases
iscorama maybe amazing and unmatched even today in the sub 10 thousand dollar realm but is was never designed as a  proper movie lens.
it was used on movies like the battle of britain for crash cams and aerial work but kowa 8z was used on crash cameras on many movies in the 1980s even movies like rambo  where he takes on the russians. better blowing up a kowa than a panavision,jdc or technovision 40 thousand dollar optic.
 
iscorama was not used or improved for movie  productions because the movie industry is a tight nit thing probably isco did not think to bribe the correct rabbi in hollyweird at this stage panavision dominated
arriscope ultascope have expensive 1.4 or 1.7 movie optics inside which are worth money alone.
you could use a proskar on a movie today it would not make it a movie lens.
 iscorama is such an abused term now every turd is iscorama
 
vintage anamorphics suffer from imperfect engineering assemblies and even more so, bad strip down and reassembly over the years
arri isco and zeiss the weak link will be arri engineering  instead of leaving that to moller or isco arri built  assembled themselves.
arri camera engineering is superb but you cannot rush  without losing something
as i said arri had very little experience in anamorphot area even though they made test  lens with zeiss isco in the 1950s  always sub contract
arriscope is rare ish as is ultrascope
isco getting a little with all the hipsters dropping them on the floor
 
some of the arriscope ended up in india then faded away rarely rebuilt  the glass is good that is what matters.
a man wanting an easy life will look for an iscorama or the cheaper options
a man with spunk will grab some movie arri optics
 
the new zeiss anamorphics are probably the bigeest leap forward in design since chretien as close to state of the art as it gets  today
vantage hawk are hiring out sets of fake vintage optics which is the opposite of what zeiss is doing hawk are building in the error from the past and charging serious big bucks for a rental
 
 
 
zeiss
arriscope is worth a lot  more than iscorama
i would think a little finger for iscorama
a kidney for the arri
 
 

arriscope are movie lens
iscorama is not
arriflex  and zeiss where pretty crap at anamorphics  for years zeiss  used moller for making anamorphic projection optics
 arrii used a famous super talented designer from denmark jan jacobson for ultrascope system using fast zeiss optics ultrascope where designed as  movie optics
later arri used a couple of folks from zeiss and isco for the arriscope
arri is a massive rental house and maker of millions of metal  parts plus thousands of cameras  they had to work faster than say leica or zeiss.
a movie might be starting in 6 months 10 months sometimes 3 months
so they had to cut corners because of  time issues
isco understand bent glass many issues where engineering related
but like the todays crummy iomo systems modern rebuilds can transform everything
the arri isco  glass is  designed movie glass vintage used on many cinema releases
iscorama maybe amazing and unmatched even today in the sub 10 thousand dollar realm but is was never designed as a  proper movie lens.
it was used on movies like the battle of britain for crash cams and aerial work but kowa 8z was used on crash cameras on many movies in the 1980s even movies like rambo  where he takes on the russians. better blowing up a kowa than a panavision,jdc or technovision 40 thousand dollar optic.
 
iscorama was not used or improved for movie  productions because the movie industry is a tight nit thing probably isco did not think to bribe the correct rabbi in hollyweird at this stage panavision dominated
arriscope ultascope have expensive 1.4 or 1.7 movie optics inside which are worth money alone.
you could use a proskar on a movie today it would not make it a movie lens.
 iscorama is such an abused term now every turd is iscorama
 
vintage anamorphics suffer from imperfect engineering assemblies and even more so, bad strip down and reassembly over the years
arri isco and zeiss the weak link will be arri engineering  instead of leaving that to moller or isco arri built  assembled themselves.
arri camera engineering is superb but you cannot rush  without losing something
as i said arri had very little experience in anamorphot area even though they made test  lens with zeiss isco in the 1950s  always sub contract
arriscope is rare ish as is ultrascope
isco getting a little with all the hipsters dropping them on the floor
 
some of the arriscope ended up in india then faded away rarely rebuilt  the glass is good that is what matters.
a man wanting an easy life will look for an iscorama or the cheaper options
a man with spunk will grab some movie arri optics
 
the new zeiss anamorphics are probably the bigeest leap forward in design since chretien as close to state of the art as it gets  today
vantage hawk are hiring out sets of fake vintage optics which is the opposite of what zeiss is doing hawk are building in the error from the past and charging serious big bucks for a rental
 
 
 
zeiss
arriscope is worth a lot  more than iscorama
i would think a little finger for iscorama
a kidney for the arri
 
 

heliopan germany make the best step rings in the world.
made of machined brass expensive but military spec i have some that i purchased  in the 1980s still doing the job.
 

heliopan germany make the best step rings in the world.
made of machined brass expensive but military spec i have some that i purchased  in the 1980s still doing the job.
 

mesmerizer off the scale good a very large beast.
mr kish who designed it was a very clever optics man i think he realised early on why try to beat an old isco design.
so he built his monster around early isco 54 and the very large isco inflights which would have been had for cheap from the retirement of the inflight film projection systems on  dc9 and boeing 707.
it is a great optic it is really a rehoused isco inflight or isco 54 without the 2 extra focus optics that have been copied so much in the last few years.
work out your focus zone range dial onto mesmirizers scale critical focus on taking lens.
 
the original design was mainly for tv show dream sequence commercials and many music videos of the 80s and 90s.
sold to many big camera rental houses great for the warped bent anamorph spin effect or you can lock the rotaion down and use as a very fine quality anamorphic optic.
 
i had a few one was 1.75 the other 2x one more modern coatings the other golden early 70s coatings.
the one i still have looks like it uses the original isco focus helicoid system just put into a nice big metal jacket.
because of the beyond heavy duty  quality of the exterior jacket and the rental house  buyers i would imagine this would of been a 8- 10 thousand dollar optic back in the day
if it had the isco patented 2 extra focus optics making it single focus it would be going out on rental every day for big bucks.
 
as it is now stiill very usable
slightly radioactive as is a lot of the magic vintage oldtimer  glass
 
 
 
 

mesmerizer off the scale good a very large beast.
mr kish who designed it was a very clever optics man i think he realised early on why try to beat an old isco design.
so he built his monster around early isco 54 and the very large isco inflights which would have been had for cheap from the retirement of the inflight film projection systems on  dc9 and boeing 707.
it is a great optic it is really a rehoused isco inflight or isco 54 without the 2 extra focus optics that have been copied so much in the last few years.
work out your focus zone range dial onto mesmirizers scale critical focus on taking lens.
 
the original design was mainly for tv show dream sequence commercials and many music videos of the 80s and 90s.
sold to many big camera rental houses great for the warped bent anamorph spin effect or you can lock the rotaion down and use as a very fine quality anamorphic optic.
 
i had a few one was 1.75 the other 2x one more modern coatings the other golden early 70s coatings.
the one i still have looks like it uses the original isco focus helicoid system just put into a nice big metal jacket.
because of the beyond heavy duty  quality of the exterior jacket and the rental house  buyers i would imagine this would of been a 8- 10 thousand dollar optic back in the day
if it had the isco patented 2 extra focus optics making it single focus it would be going out on rental every day for big bucks.
 
as it is now stiill very usable
slightly radioactive as is a lot of the magic vintage oldtimer  glass
 
 
 
 

bioskop is one of the most helpful and friendly posters on this site.
full of good solid information.
if this german seller is so good and friendly and the price  for this fixed focus masterpiece worth it why does mr racer not simply buy the lot?
instead of promotional activities via linkage
i have some of these mr racer it is worth 600 -700 tops you can have mine for 800 since you like a bargain
but i suppose if you purchased mine you would then have 4 to sell from germany.
 
they are nice yes sir  and good  not reaally rare rare i had 4 once upon a time
mr bioskop is correct in these pricing matters and regardings here
hare here

all of these are variations of an isco theme.
unless one notices a patent pending logo that is.
nothing new under the sun. this isco jacket sure looks nice very nice.
john the recipe i gave you was from one of my destroyed iscoramas  i cannot see why you mentioned me here mentioning  a private email.
not good no sir.
anyway you are a mod staff here so i am sure you know and understand the ethics and rules better than me. whoever this guy is he looks like he done a sweet job yes sir and i bet it will be a good price yes sir.
 
 
 
i am not an engineer but i sure likes pretty looking metal

one of the links above that was given as proof of cheap perfect optics was a kowa with optical damage.
just because someone says a rainbow like bloom across the optic has zero effect does not mean it is true.
repairing seperation is either possible or not but it will be expensive.
 
an optically  mint condition kowa should be worth more than an slr magic as the kowa is superior to 1.33 or the new 2x.
 
the kowa is a great optic one in mint condition fully tested should be valued higher than some vague ad giving false information about condition.
the massive amount of bell howells floating around dual focus issues has damaged the market for kowa.
 
optically panasonic,slr magic,optex and century are all inferior optically and analogue esthetically.
 
400-500 euros for a guaranteed optic hollywood quality seems ok to me.

one of the links above that was given as proof of cheap perfect optics was a kowa with optical damage.
just because someone says a rainbow like bloom across the optic has zero effect does not mean it is true.
repairing seperation is either possible or not but it will be expensive.
 
an optically  mint condition kowa should be worth more than an slr magic as the kowa is superior to 1.33 or the new 2x.
 
the kowa is a great optic one in mint condition fully tested should be valued higher than some vague ad giving false information about condition.
the massive amount of bell howells floating around dual focus issues has damaged the market for kowa.
 
optically panasonic,slr magic,optex and century are all inferior optically and analogue esthetically.
 
400-500 euros for a guaranteed optic hollywood quality seems ok to me.

been in jail i got into a dispute with a guy on here a budha called burnett rocky roads who seemed to think the slr magic was better than a panavision c.
 
i eneded up shattering his wanna be leica china optics over his fat head a kaleidoscopic mosaic of milk bottle optics.the destruction  seemed to improve the look i think.
the judge gave me a light setence after i showed him some youtube clips of the offending slr magic broke back flarings : )
 

those  schneider cinlux lens will blow the single element slr magic 2x out of the water.
nice look as well
no contest mr slr magic man gonna have to buy this fella out just like he did with the noktor guy : )
 
out of interest any one got a a super quality link to an slr anamorphot clip?

all of these are variations of an isco theme.
unless one notices a patent pending logo that is.
nothing new under the sun. this isco jacket sure looks nice very nice.
john the recipe i gave you was from one of my destroyed iscoramas  i cannot see why you mentioned me here mentioning  a private email.
not good no sir.
anyway you are a mod staff here so i am sure you know and understand the ethics and rules better than me. whoever this guy is he looks like he done a sweet job yes sir and i bet it will be a good price yes sir.
 
 
 
i am not an engineer but i sure likes pretty looking metal

red stan's sage wisdom and advice on good and shit anamorphics.
1.small optics give you an easier life and nice close focus.
2.focus test your anamorphic as soon as you get it if you cannot get a sharp picture get a refund or a discount.
3.do not take any crap bull from a seller especially if he has sold you junk costing over 250 dollars.
4.if your lens has major damage it may be beyond economic repair meaning it could cost 2-5 times it's value for the repair.
5.with repairs expect a wait from 6 weeks to 3 months any good repair guy is always busy.
i had a nikon lens take 6 months for a complicated repair once.
6.explain to repair guy clearly what you think is wrong it saves time and money.
7.except the fact that some anamorphics are just not worth saving or repairing
8.many ebay anamorphic optics are the same optics being purchased fiddled with then sold on.
if in doubt walk away.
9.if your seller can take a foto of the lens and put a lengthy cut and past bull shit discription with a price tag of a 1000 dollars plus.
ask him why he has not bothered to shoot through the anamorphic is it because it is soft : )
10.at least 35% of anamorphics need servicing why do you think rental companies and studios had camera lens service depts.
11.main problems optic to optic alignment issue giving soft picture.
dried out focus helicoid grease.
dirty internal optics, fungus and external coating problems.
lens separation.
a lens clean and service should optimize the system allowing use of faster taking lens.
why get stuck in the 1950s hollywood rut of f8-16
12.remember repairing a car after a major crash is gonna cost a lot more time and money than a simple service.
13.quality shipping box within a box method is a must.
bad shipping with several impact drops along the journey will give you a bad lens.
14.i did not like ending on 13.

when someone says movie i think of movie.
i repeat nobody is gonna make a movie motion picture with this new optic.
why would you.
it does not make any sense.
if your making a 1000 dollar movie ok maybe.
but that is not gonna be a film a movie a motion picture.
that is gonna be a you tube clip.
 
with the new cookes coming companies like hawk are gonna have to take a price reduction on rentals.
if you are making a cinema movie and you have a budget you rent the real magic stuff.
not the fake stuff with the name magic on it.
and plus no director is gonna wanna work around that ugly broke back flare.