Christina Ava

I got pretty good at it, it really is what you have to deal with on a modest budget. I would just focus one towards infinity or close focus and then the other. You get used to how the defocus works where it will kind of get sharper but before it does the bokeh will stretch out the other way and then you know to focus the other to get it sharp.
 
Unfortunately finding amazing deals on anamorphics is not happening anymore unless you are travelling around small shops in the UK, Germany, Russia I just dont think you are going to run into a great cheap find on the internet now a days.
 
Look into the Bolex Moller lenses, The kowa 16H, 8z or BandH, and maybe even get up to the iscomophot single focus anamorphic lenses. Besides that the iscorama lenses are all over priced. The only other thing I can suggest is the anamophic filters or the DSO Dog Schidt Optics Lenses. You can fit oval apertures and really get a nice fake out of them. No vignetting or anything because its back at the aperture level.
 
I dont want to keep polluting threads with samples of this but you can msg me for some or look for some of my posts using these.

Dual focus is not that bad unless you are wide open. I haven't tried yet but I believe you can set the anamorphic to infinity and focus only with the prime if you are stopped down far enough. I have had very good luck with just estimating the distance to subject and setting both the taking lens and anamorphic to that distance. I recently did a run and gun shoot of my 2 year old at an indoor play area at f2.0 using this technique and at least 95% of my shots where in focus and the rest were usable for most of the shot.
 
Also the slr magic adapter is a prototype and not available yet, there is the panasonic LA7200 but that is fairly expensive allows for single focus but is terribly soft on the edges especially on a full frame sensor. Right now if you want single focus your options are very limited.
 
Unfortunately with most adapters you will need to give up on focus pulls or spend a lot of time practicing.

I don't agree with u Paulio. I think Double focus just need some practice even if I've never used it on set.
I own a 5D MarkII with a Kowa for Bell & Howell (wich I highly recommand like John Barlow) and here is my last video, it's not Raw but H264.
On this vid, I had only a short time (like 2 hours) and you'll see by yourself that double focus is possible...
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x16on4j_ange-aux-abbesses-anamorphic-kowa-for-bell-howell_creation

Be aware the Kowa is dual focus, meaning you have to focus both the taking lens and the anamorphic.
I owned one and they create beautiful images, great minimum focus but the dual focus was totally impractical
on set, it slows things down too much and time is money on set. If it's for personal use i'd say go with a kowa
but if you making films or any sort of professional application you may want to look at the new SLR magic,
century optics, or if you have the cash an iscorama.

also the KineRAW MINI looks like a spare part from the Kaypro II,
i wonder why they dont invest in the design at all.
who would buy something that looks like it came from a time capsule of the 50s.
 

I did zero sharpening on that footage but I did shoot at 1472x1250 using ML Raw, stretched that out to 2944x1250 then down scaled to 1920x818.
 
Here are some of my ungraded shots, these are totally unmodified except for pixel aspect. I uploaded with the 2.0 pixel aspect so thay may or may not play squeezed. One thing to note is that ML Raw video is very flat compared to standard h264 so I feel that raw video always needs grading. Also I was rushed so I didn't always expose as well as I could have and may have missed my focus as well. It is difficult using the dual focus especially wide open. I can confirm the lens is sharp when I have tested it wide open using a fixed object and tripod and made sure to nail the focus.
 
Here are a few.
https://vimeo.com/78834957
 
https://vimeo.com/78834959
 
https://vimeo.com/78834964
 
https://vimeo.com/78834966
 
https://vimeo.com/78834967
 
https://vimeo.com/78835842
 
https://vimeo.com/78835664

I just posted this one yesterday, its a MKII with a Kowa Prominar 16H. Its not a MKIII but should be close enough. Also I used Helios lenses for the taking lenses both of which have swirly bokeh so some of the character of the depth of field is coming from that.
 
Overall the Kowa is a great lens, sharp even wide open, it produces a nice warm orange anamorphic flare in sunlight. An example of which can be seen at then of the video. I picked up mine for $500 since it had focus issues wide open. Turns out the front and rear glass were ever so slightly out of alignment which I was able to fix my self. Just something to keep in mind since both of the anamorphics I purchased of ebay had this same issue.
 
http://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/3811-fall-colors-5dmkii-raw-anamorphic/

Hi Christina,
 
You have a 5D3, then with Magic Lantern RAW and using the crop modes you have the perfect full height CinemaScope camera.
Full height CinemaScope is 18.6mm sensor height and the crop modes will easily accomodate this.
 
The Scope you should be looking for is a 2x stretch and the Bell & Howell Kowa 2x is a perfect choice for beginning your journey into Scope.
 
Later you may want to upgrade to the RectiluxNo5 which I am developing
 
The Kowa looks like this one

this looks heavily cc'd while its not! a great find for fans of that vintage film look. and the daughter? looks like she had fun! 
:D