Cosimo murgolo

Thanks Cosimo!  I got an Isco blue ultrastar.  It fits perfectly.  However I'll be doing surgery on my Sankor (like you did) to test it out.  I'm not liking the Isco because it doesn't flare as well.  Sharp, but I want more flares.

​Here's a comparison to the other anamorphics.  Size is an issue, as is the massive weight.  I normally shoot with a rig anyway, but this thing is easily noticed.

Happy New Year!!!
I'm finally happy with this setup.  Not perfect but it works so far.  I'll try and shoot some tests this weekend.
 

Happy new Year to all the FM users 

Happy new Year!
 
 
 

Happy new year!

I decided to put the Sony A7S and Atomos Shogun to use shooting some of the snow over Christmas. Shot in Derbyshire (North of England) in 4K with family and at Chatsworth House. Music by singer-songwriter Anne Haight of Berlin (hear more on SoundCloud here)
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Happy new Year to all the FM users 

Happy new Year to all the FM users 

​Sorry, I am not sure if you are asking me, but anyway if you are, I will try to explain.
Once the Sankor is naked from his metal focus ring I've placed it in the FM, I then placed the metal tubeI that comes with the FM inside, and only a part of it was sticking out of the FM, almost the same size than the black collar that come with the FM.
 So I placed the black collar on the top of the metal tube, drew the holes to be drilled. 
 I drilled three holes through the metal tube to let the white plastic screws go through the black collar and the metal tube, this way the white plastic screws reached the sankor and stopped it.
 Now I can align the anamorphic the way I want and I can exchange taking lens easily, and since your taking lens needs to be set to infinity to work, you don't need to attach it to the anamorphic the way I did before, you can shift the FM only if you are using zoom lenses and want a different focal length.
This way the anamorphic is very close to the taking lens and I have seen improvements in the images.
I hope I helped you out, any other questions feel free to ask, i will try to answer.

Meanwhile I found a better solution for the FM+ sankor 16D combo

yeah i'm just not especially handy so even something simple like "drilling holes in a metal tube" scares me

Thanks for the explanation. I assume it would be a similar process with the Kowa. Not looking forward to drilling holes in anything lol

Those are mine when I used to be a musician, I did it long time ago, never went anywhere though

this 6 years ago:

and another

 

 
 

A great idea shot on an iPhone will be a far better viewing experience than a mediocre idea shot on an Arri Alexa.
Ideas, ideas, ideas.... if I don't have an interesting idea, I don't shoot. These ideas come from everywhere - music, film, locations, experiences, personalities.... all moulded into one. These influences come WAY WAY before any camera gear choices. It makes for much more compelling and entertaining content in the long run. 

Meanwhile I found a better solution for the FM+ sankor 16D combo

​lovely Hans, I am going to give it a go, thank you so much!!!!

After playing around for a VND solution for the taking lens on the FM I've found a good solution.
I've used a Cokin double-threaded 72mm VND. (The front filter thread is 77mm).
I screwed a collapsible rubber lens hood to the 77mm front and folded back to form a rubber ring grip that controls the VND spin. The cool thing is that the lens hood is also double threaded, so the internal thread ring of the hood provides a barrier when positioning to the cinelux rear or FM aluminium mounting tube (although 77-67mm step down ring would be safer to protect from FM tube rear) .
This means that there is less risk of the ND glass or anamorphic rear touching - yet it provides a very nice close alignment, without having to hard mount together.  
I've used:
72mm Cokin PURE Harmonie Variable NDX filter
Kood 77mm 77 Universal Rubber Lens Hood (nice knurled grip on outside)
49-72mm step ring (or whatever starting diameter for your taking lens)

If an additional 77-72mm step ring is inserted into the lens hood front - it is also possible to make a semi-hard linkage to the 72mm FM cinelux thread adapter ring.The VND can spin a few 360 degree rotations until the thread would eventually tighten and come to an stop. This is a good solution if you want 100% light/ dustproof connection as well as know that the taking lens is perfectly aligned. 
 

Raf is based in Belarus and offers standard or EMS shipping on his products. 
I hope to have my gear in the next few days and will be happy to confirm compatibility for anyone considering getting one. I'm 99.9% sure I measured everything correctly to get the optimum width for standard follow focus drive gear (to cover the focus travel distance) - so I'll post a mini review as soon as I can, as I'm not sure the gear has yet been confirmed or fitted to an actual FM lens yet!
The fotga dp500 setup looks like it will work well, the RAF gear will be a bit of a large beast - but I can see you can space the fotga focus drive gear to accommodate the diameter.

I've been lurking on this thread and am fairly blown away by what you guys are up to here. We seem to be reaching this convergence point between home movies and classic hollywood imagery. These are hobby shots of girlfriends and kids, but they begin to have that heightened magic of cinema. Great stuff. Think I'll be taking the FM plunge soon myself! 

I commissioned RAF Camera to make me a metal focus gear for my FM lens, he's now selling them on his site. I expect to receive mine in a few days (so I'll see if my measurements were correct!) and I'll report back when I've got it up and running...in case others here might be interested in purchasing, here's the link:
http://rafcamera.com/en/gear-fm-lens-88-107-32mm
I don't have any association with Raf other than me being a happy customer of his for a couple of years...so I'm not getting a discount or kickback for sharing this link - I just thought a few people here might be interested in getting a quality metal gear for their FM lens.
 
I'm sure AnamorphicShop will release their own focus ring in the new year in ABS or metal, but I needed to get one made before then.

The price is a bit steep I think. They go £1300-1600 on Ebay nowadays.

​Nahua, when I get more time I will show you how I did it, I will post some close photos on how I clamped the sankor to the FM, meanwhile I did one more video test.
 

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From what you have explained so far, it sounds like a FedEx issue.
FedEx will be able to check your shipment and investigate what is going on. You need to talk to a customer service member over the phone who can put out a call to halt and re-direct your shipment to the correct address. The good thing about FedEx is that they a big company who can (and will) investigate and rectify a problem if you tell them all the details. Over the phone is always much better than email.
I imagine Mindaugas may possibly be away for the Christmas period?...I would expect anyone to be slower to contact at this time of year, so I would not panic if you are not getting replies. He won't be able to do anything more than you can in relation to your shipment, it's up to FedEx to rectify.
I don't know if this is relevant but my FM delivery had a hand written address that my Fedex delivery guy could not read properly. He got the house number wrong so it kept being returned to my local FedEx depot as 'unoccupied address'. By the time I got FedEx on the phone to investigate - the delivery was delayed by almost a week, making my priority shipping not very cost effective.
As a complete wild guess - I wonder if the shipment is being rejected by unclear destination address being displayed on the package? I thought it was all done by barcodes and robots these days, but after my delivery delay was due to a short sighted delivery driver - I've learnt not to underestimate human error. A couple of phone calls to FedEx will get to the root of the problem for sure, worst case scenario you will get a refund on the PayPal or credit card payment you made.
 
 

Yes, I would definitely take action with Fedex. Call their customer support and/or send emails. Maybe Mindaugas is on a holiday. Don't worry, PayPal should give you a refund if your lens doesn't make it to your doorstep, although I guess that's not what you are really looking for.