lensflaredave

Thanx.. And thax to Spielberg for the inspiration :)

Made this shortfilm last summer.. Its not a real commercial.. Filmed with a Canon 7D and a Kowa 16H and a friend made the music.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y56M1_SJe-I

Nice.. Got a spooky feeling.. i guess it could be the music. Is it graded or straight out of the camera ? /D

Is it an absolute must to use anamorphic lenses on every scene? If you get good focus from 5 feet (1,5 meter) to infinity. Why not mix lenses. Use a normal lens and crop it in post for closeups. The audience will not notice that. The Kowa B/H is a beautifull lens, but use it where it shines. And practise judging distance or use a measuring tejp. /D

I got two Kowas 16H. I been thinking of selling one of them.  /D

  My name is David, lives in Sweden. Fond user of anamorphic lenses. I actually has this place to thank for that. It was 2011 i got hold of a good Kowa 16H. After some research.   My, like everybody else's idea, was to film with it.. But it was pretty hard holding a camera and focusing the two lenses at the same time. So i had to rethink my shoots and mix anamorph lenses where it was needed and use normal lenses for faster work.   So i´ve managed to get hold of a another Kowa. My idea was to combine the two with a normal lens and a wide one, so it went faster to change lense on set. Well.. it didnt work out so good.   So far i´ve made one musicvideo and one shortfilm (with one scene) with the Kowa. Then i got hold of another anamorph lens. Looks like an Optex, except there is no name on it. And it lacks a focusring. I haven't used it so much, yet. I guess these lenses can't fucus near. This one works ok on two meters aprox.   Anyway. I've started using the Kowa more on still pictures, like this one. http://www.graphwizz.se/peking.jpg The sharpness and the level of detail is pretty awesome for photos.   Im going to take some photos of that other, no-brand Anamorphic lens. Maybe you guys here can help me shed some light on it.   /David