roccoforte

It's fun and yields a lovely vintage image. My goal is to rock it on a Blackmagic.

Congrats on the buy! (I think I was just watching that on eBay ;o) ha.)

I can mount mine in two ways, shown in the 3 photos here:

http://imgur.com/a/3EAOy

Your small rear ring is 24mm, so what ever you do you need to be able to connect 24mm to your main lens.


OPTION ONE: Clamp kit. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ANAMORPHIC-LENS-CLAMP-KIT-KOWA-SANKOR-SINGER-ISCO-/300569782054?pt=Camera_Lenses&hash=item45fb5ae726

This you can see in photo one and is the option I most use (because of the issue below (otherwise I'd use option 2)). You need the right step up rings to connect. This example is a 40mm Canon lens with a 52mm thread, and it works super easily. Now, because the rear ring on the Bolex is 24mm (quite small); you will most likely need a step up ring like mine (24-37) to attach here.


OPTION TWO: Step up rings only. See photos 2 & 3. I use a 24mm to 37mm step up ring. If you look at photos 2 and 3 you'll see a 50mm Canon lens with a 58mm thread. You can also see a 58mm - 37mm step down ring which connects this lens to the bolex. Now there is a downside to this method which is that I can't quite "twist" the bolex all the way into the 58-37 so that its perfectly aligned because the threading "stops". I use an elastic band between the rings to help here. If anyone else can help with this, I'd appreciate the input. In other words: if you look at photo 1, you can see a white line. This white line must be properly aligned with the top of the camera, unlike a normal spherical lens where you can just pop it in. So that's why option 1 works best.

My explanations above are a little convoluted but it's all super-simple though. Good luck.

I'm considering the new Panasonic Lumix GH3. Will the following set up work? Or am I likely to see significant vignetting?

- Zeiss 35mm 2.0
- Moller Bolex Anamorphot 8/19/1.5

Typically a 35mm lens would vignette, but will a 2.0 crop factor on the GH3 affect this?

Thank you.

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In terms of anamorphic lenses, it looks really good. I wouldn't call this lens soft at all.
[/quote] GREAT! I'm stoked to hear that. I'm new to this and had some problems before, but I think that was all down to me sucking at focussing the two lenses...

Here are some stills - http://imgur.com/a/iv8oD - from video taken in ambient light. On second thought, it's sharper than I realized, now that i've done a few tests.

Thanks for the replies. I'm new to this, so any info is extremely helpful.

Upon further inspection, I think I am the problem and not the lens (thankfully) but here are three stills from video I shot in my kitchen with ambient lighting and some post color correction. Aprox 2 feet away, 50mm can't recall the f stop) - http://imgur.com/a/iv8oD - That's as sharp as I can get it, and from these stills they don't look too bad actually. Any thoughts?

I have a Bolex Anamorphot 8/19/1.5 in front of a Canon 50mm 1.4 on a T2i. I can find an OK focus in good lighting conditions about 2-3 feet from subject, but under closer inspection it's always a little soft.

What are my options for sharpening? I've been looking at diopters (close up lenses) on Amazon and they're pretty cheap for a set of four, but what are the reliable brands? I'm already going through two lenses, and I don;t want to screw everything up by having poor quality diopter.

So any help there is appreciated, or any other suggestions... THANKS