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Yeah, just get one made. I think Tito has done it before.

I actually have one cap here with me but I'd rather keep it for future use.

"I have more pictures that I can link you to via PM."

LOL

Well done jaquet!

Hey Tito! Can't wait for the review!

For me, I don't think it worth the investment. Better stick with BMPCC and SB.

I don't really think the price will be decreasing, at least not for LOMO, Iscorama and some other big names.

If I recall correctly the different is just the rear thread size. The S has smallest rear size and then C, D, F and H which has largest rear size.

Chances seem to be low. Instead of looking for the Cinegon version I think you can also look for the 36 version. They seem to have the same 36mm rear glass.

Wow... 40mm wide!

Oh I see.

My current battery solution is this 4800 mAh battery. It costs just $21 and comes with a cable but not the one for BMPCC. So bought an adapter like this. Total cost is just $25. It works like charm, keeps the camera for at least 8 hours (on and off between each shoot).

I have one of these, albeit for playing ingress all day on my phone.. Sweet....

 

I believe this is the one: http://www.amazon.com/15000mAh-Portable-Ultra-High-Capacity-External/dp/B00D5T3QK4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1393350981&sr=8-2&keywords=anker+battery

(I got mine as a gift)

$50, 15000mAh.  It even has an LED flashlight for digging around in your bags at night!   :D

 

Recharges via micro-usb, but I've found you have to use the cable they use as standard microusb cables are a little too loose and will fall out.  Hrm, two of these charged up will more than do a day's worth, and keeping a couple charged batteries would give you options for running without it...

Hi Shane,

I have a similar one. How do you connect the USB cable to BMPCC's 0.7mm connector?

Hi Sergey,

Those are super amazing stuffs! I'm very very very interested in buying your items but honestly since you're very very slow at replying emails (and sometimes just disappeared) and have a lot of bad reputations at REDUSER.net. I can't really think about buying directly from you.

Is there any way you could prove yourself?

With all regards!

Pretty good. I have 3 PL adapters from 3 different sellers. The one ciecio7 is the best you can buy and funkykoval2001 is the the second best IMO.

Hi Julian, I have TL installed on my 50D but my card is too small to record 3:2 continuously. Anyway, it looks quite good so far :D

Chris, the adapter I'm using is this one http://www.ebay.com/itm/370801963984?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 I sent him and offer of $135 and he accepted it ;)

Just want to share this moment :D

I used to ask this about a year ago whether it's possible to use a Lomo Roundfront Anamorphic lens in PL mount with a Canon camera with a PL adapter. Most people said that can't be done due to the mirror, the mount size, etc... So I've decided to order a PL mount adapter to give a try and... it works! Even with the squarefront one but just the 80mm.

There is no need to remove the mirror for most roundfront lens like 75mm, 100mm and 150mm and even the Squarefront 80mm because they have short rear part. But for the 50mm it has a bit longer rear mount so you need to tape the mirror.

Sample stills from the Roundfront 75mm can be found here.

Too bad, I don't work full time for filmmaking now. Otherwise, this would be even more exciting for me :(

You're right about the resolution. You don't gain any resolution by using an anamorphic lens especially for 1.5x or 2x anamorphic lenses. And that's because your camera's sensor is not 4:3 format like film cameras in the past that anamorphic lenses are built for. That way, they get beautifully anamorphic widescreen ratio without cropping the top and bottom of 4:3 aspect ratio.

If you're shooting a 16:9 sensor and just want to get 2.40:1 then just crop the top and the bottom a bit then you're fine. If you need real anamorphic artifacts like oval bokeh, horizontal flares and barrel distortions then you have to sacrifice some (a lot of) pixels.

I've seen an introduction video just once so I'm not remember the focus correctly. Do you focus on the anamorphic lens or the taking lens?

Not sure about the 5D Mark III. I used it once but if I recall correctly it's same as 7D and 50D that it's like you're looking on a monitor running at 14-18 fps. Very disturbing for me.

You can set 1.25, 1.33, 1.4, 1.5, 1.66 and 2x. However, I found it's has some delay so better stick with external monitor with anamorphic mode.

Looks great!

First of all I have seen the exact listing on eBay long time ago with the exactly same photos used. Unless the buyer from that eBay listing decided to put his lens on CL, it's probably just a scam. So pay attention there.

Second, from what I see the anamorphic adapter on the lens above is a rear adapter. A rear anamorphic adapter won't give you any anamorphic artifact like flares or oval bokeh but just squeezing the images.

Using the 20-120 lens as a spherical lens only should be great. It's one of the most fine LOMO zoom lenses so far.

Hope that helps.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iscorama

The first of the early 1990s sealed anamorphic monobloc Iscoramas. These were the spiritual successors to the original Iscorama, but were much more limited in their range of possible applications due to their sealed construction and fixed anamorphic optics. Ironically, some of the 2000 series lenses were also optically inferior to their 1960s forebears.

Like all the lenses in this series, the Iscorama 2001 was a strange hybrid of ISCO anamorphic optical elements and components cannibalised from another manufacturer’s prime lens. In order to keep these new monobloc anamorphics as compact and lightweight as possible, and to minimise vignetting effects, ISCO were obliged to craft them from 50mm prime lenses with relatively small diameter front lens elements. This ruled out the use of high-end, fast maximum aperture primes, and all but one of the 2000 series anamorphic were constructed from inexpensive, entry-level donor lenses; in this case, Nikon’s F-mount 50mm f/1.8.

The 2001 was produced in both single-coated and multicoated versions, and along with the 2004, is the only 2000 series lens to sometimes feature a serial number on the front lock ring. These appear to be rather random, covering a range from 00002 to 73892.

Rob, are you trying to contact Sean? His email is helicoptersean at gmail

I've been sending some emails back and forth with him for a few times since Nick posted the eBay link. He is a bit slow at replying but he does reply.

I think we can request for the features we need with him. By the way, he adds a focus gear by default.

Would anyone send their Iscorama 54 or the similar for conversion? I have an Iscorama 16:9 video attachment 1.42x (one like the 54 version with a different squeezing ratio) that I might send to get a conversion, purely for aesthetics. Christopher at Van Diemen replied me: