Stefan Barkla

Hi, Thanks for your answers.   RICHG101, I tried your technique and it did somewhat work.  I think I got about 9-10 ft on the Kowa, can't be positive but am pretty sure its thereabouts..   So am I right in assuming that when using the diopter, that you disregard the focus scale?  If I can get 9-10 ft focus (on infinity on the Kowa's distance scale ) then does the same apply for all other distances between its maximum and its minimum?  For its minimum focus distance, I still set the Kowa to 5ft right?     And then everything else between its maximum focus ( 9-10 ft ) and its minimum ( about 3.5 ft ) lies somewhere on the Kowa's distance scale?     Apologies if that is a dumb question, just trying to get my head around it..   Thanks again.  

Thanks so much for the reply, much appreciated!  So do I leave both the taking lens and the Anamorphic on infinity just for the "maximum"?  For the minimum focus distance, am I using the minimum focus distance on the Anamorphic?     What about the inbetween distances?     My camera is generally on a tripod, is it really a matter of moving the camera back and forth to achieve focus?     The Kowa B/H focuses to 5ft so maybe i will look at selling it...  I find the dual focus hard enough..   Thanks again for the response!   Anyone else out there with some suggestions for my Kowa?

Hi, A while back I posted about trying to get in touch with Redstan to order some clamps and the Tokina 0.4 diopter.  I have had them for a while now and the clamps are awesome but it is the first time I have really had a play around with the Tokina and I seriously need some help in getting it to work!   :(    In my previous post, RICHG 101 posted   "  a tokina +.4 will bring you from 5ft to the 3.5ft mark and will sharpen a little at wider apertures. maximum focus distance is then about 12ft the angie +.25 will bring you from 5ft to about 4ft i recon maximum focus is probably about 18ft i imagine the angenieux and the tokina stacked would be a good investment. buy both then use the tokina for normal face shots, and both when you need the slight extra close up. i recon both together will get you around 2ft?  Ps. the tokina is amazing for adding a bit more background defocus when shooting close ups with smaller apertures. your dof is smaller I have been considering a purchase of an Angenieux +.25 from redstan for the purpose I mention above. cant quite get as close as i'd like with just the tokina +.4 "   So with regards to the minimum focus distance, I am finding this to be basically the case, I can get to about 2.5 ft or so.  To be honest, that is about as far as I can get, I am miles off from obtaining focus at 12ft and to be honest, I cannot even really get sharp focus at 5ft (which is the minimum focus of the Anamorphic).   I am using a Kowa Bell/Howell on a Canon 5DII and have tried it with an Mamiya 645 80mm lens and a Pentax 67 135mm lens.  Both lenses come from a bigger film format and are used with an adaptor.     I have been setting the Kowa's focus distance to 5 ft but have also tried going through the various distances in case I was doing something wrong.     People talk about losing infinity focus with a diopter attached but I cannot get even close to that...   Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated!     Best Regards   Stefan Like This Quote MultiQuote    

Hi, I was just wondering what options were available for viewing an "unsqueezed" anamorphic image? The only ones I have heard mentioned are the Zacuto Pro EVF and the small HD DP6.. These both seem very expensive though and probably too much for me at this stage.. I just saw that Marshall have bought out there new monitors, does anyone know if correct anamorphic viewing is supported on these monitors? I couldn't see any mention of it.. http://wideopencamera.com/category/cameras/ The 5inch at $500 or so, might be just doable if it was indeed supported.. Any other suggestions? Any apps for either Ipad or Android tablets that might possibly do this? Ok, thanks a lot! Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Cheers Stefan

Thanks so much to everyone who took the time to respond! Have put in an order with Redstan, so hopefully will hear back from him before too long.. Just another quick on with regards to diopters and distance, with a +1 diopter, Francisco notes that you can get roughly in the 50-60cm range (with 2 x 0.5 diopters) and was just wondering what the maximum focus distance is? I have a basic Hoya diopter set (+1 +2 +4) so I figure just using the +0.5 and a +1 will do for my purposes at this stage... Ok, thanks so much once again, much appreciated. Best Regards Stefan

Awesome! I have got in contact with him and am just waiting to see what is available to put in an order! Yeehah! Just quickly, does anyone know what the maths is for the difference between a +0.25 Diopter (Angenieux) and a 0.4 (Tokina)? The anamorphics I have all have a minimum focus distance of 5 feet (1.5 metres or so)? Also, what does a +1 diopter get you in the range of? Ok, thanks so much once again. Much appreciated!

Hi Francisco, Thanks for the message. Interesting to know that I am not the only one who cannot get in touch with Tony.. I am also looking to buy some clamps as well, so it is not only the diopter that is the issue.. Fingers crossed that this forum post comes up with something :) Cheers Stefan

Is this also him? https://vimeo.com/user901453 Thanks.

Hi Karim, Thanks for the response. Yep, have seen him on here and have been in contact with him in the past but all my current attempts have been unanswered.. So hoping he sees this and gets in touch :) Thanks again. If that is the case, my email is stefanbarkla@gmail.com Cheers. Stefan

Hi, I have followed this forum for a while now and I was hoping that someone might be able to help me get in touch with Redstan.. I have sent numerous emails, Ebay messages, message through his site, tried to ring the number on his site etc etc but with no response through any of those means... I am looking to buy a couple of filter clamps (Sankor 16C and Kowa Bell and Howell) as well as a +0.5 diopter. I don't really want to purchase anything on Ebay without having some confirmation from him, as well as the fact that I am not even sure if he still has the diopter in stock... So if anyone out there is in contact with him or if he sees this message himself, then please get in touch.. From what i understand, he sells a quality product but I have been trying to get in contact for over a month now and am not sure what else to do.. Any help or advice anyone could give would be greatly appreciated! Best Regards Stefan