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2 hours ago, valery akos said:

seems similar to Proskar, Sun, Eiki for 16mm. they"re all good, you can't go wrong

similar to Proskar, Sun.  Eiki(16F, same as Senkor) is more recent lens, sharper.

13 hours ago, Zalem said:

Cool, I guess there's no one answer to this question. As mentionned above, stretch factor could vary from close focus to infinity, or perhaps some copies simply have a different stretch factor.

Definitely a sharp lens, but fyi to my surprise my Kowa 16-D has produced sharper images than the Isco. Comes with its flaws however.

IMO, they have the same sharpness for all these size lens.   The difference is the view angle.  ISCO can use 100mm without vignetting at infinity on FF camera.  16-D needs 135mm.  

20 hours ago, Zalem said:

I had this lens for a while (and regret selling it).

I used to apply 1.75x stretch in post. Definitely not a 2x lens but it produces great images nonetheless.

Cheers.

I don't think so.  Definitely a 2x lens for me to use.  Here are 3:1 pictures from 3:2 sensor camera.

IMO, this lens is sharp enough and true 2x at infinity.  But it is the least flare lens.

Dose your lens like this lens?

23 minutes ago, Timotheus said:

I think the first two are the same actually (although the price differs significantly at B&H, must be a mistake, same type number).

The third one is the new, compact one.

With or without rangefinder 

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/SANKOR-16C-2X-ANAMORPHIC-LENS-BMPCC-GH4-GH3-DSLR-/201206666734

 looks same as sankor 16c

11 hours ago, michael.dsilva said:

i cant get that bit to budge looking in side it seems to be on a normal thread but some how stuck.interestingly, with my camera zoomed in enough to remove the lens barrel it actually sticks out of my camera lens adapter by around 6mm and the distance from the isco glass to the edge of the lens is 20mm, so yes there is a (safe) gap.

Any tips on how do remove it?

7 hours ago, import antigrav said:

I found this Kowa 16D:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-KOWA-Prominar-Anamorphic-16D-16-D-w-Screw-Thread-Japan-DSLR-Mirrorless/112382832644?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D40130%26meid%3D9118f243b7bd4b08bbeced48d19d9f9f%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D142360729387

 

Is this the same as the Sankor 16D, just sold by Kowa?

KOWA 16D is different lens from SANKOR(SINGER?) 16D,  smaller. 

Looks flare is stronger than moondog lens.

To be safe, I think you can take out front lens then cut lips with saw, not so difficult.  I disassembled other new type lens, but I think it is similar.

FF is about 75mm.  Other format, just counted as 35mm equivalent FL, max down to 70mm of equivalence.

On 3/20/2017 at 5:45 PM, redimp said:

Is there such thing as a common negative diopter? -0.33 or something like that?

I have -0.25, -0.5, -0.75, -1, -1.25...etc. from optical.  

For closer shooting, add +0.25~1 diopter at front.  SLR's 0.33 &1.33 Diopter set is for the job.

9 hours ago, Dude_ger said:

Thanks man, i love you

Yeah i already tried the calculator, but with not being sure about the first point, it was let´s say.. difficult. So there´s no 2x adapter Lens which will allow to go under 80mm FF equiv. ?

 

 

lomo 35mm 

4 minutes ago, Dude_ger said:

What do you think of the Schneider? http://www.ebay.com/itm/Schneider-Kreuznach-FL-70mm-Super-Cinelux-35mm-Cine-Projector-Lens-/282363288310?hash=item41be29daf6:g:H5wAAOSw3v5YpgDS

A local Cinema seems to get rid of one, seems like it has other focus options than these knobs on other Schneiders

The list is just a projector's lens, not including anamorphic lens.

On 2017-02-21 at 6:23 PM, Mike Needs said:

Cheers Tito!!..saved me from a wrong purchase!...btw great youtube channel!!....

Basically, no single focus lens less than $2k nowadays.

4 hours ago, PhilipV said:

is the look of the kowa 16H noticeably different from the one of the kowa 16s?

16h/8z/b&h/Elmoscope II are the only 2x lens with its diameter size bigger to its length, except LOMO 35mm.  So compared with 16S, shorter in length, bigger diameter,  which means wider angle, or less vignettes when uses with the same prime lens. 

don't you see relisted?

I think Schneider Cinelux WA 35 is a big lens, even if I never own it.  Not suitable to use with focus unit.

SLR magic 2x is about twice price as 16H or more.  So if not better a little bit, who would buy it?

What is this lens? http://www.ebay.com/itm/272520471090

Many cheapest lens seller claim as LOMO, like this http://www.ebay.com/itm/282323819986

Are they really made by the same manufacturer?  

On 2016-12-30 at 3:49 AM, funkyou86 said:

Depends on what you're looking for. I personally would avoid Cinelux, it's almost impossible to focus on the set via the screw. Both Isco and Sankor got great IQ. The Isco is larger i think, has no flares, but you can get it cheaper than the Sankor, which is smaller and got flares. Do some research in the Tito's anamorphic lens collection google documents where you can find pros and cons.

Otherwise, I still use my t3i as a B-cam. It's only problem is that you can not record raw video to the SD card.

Actually, ISCO integrated lens is smaller then Cinelux.  There are more other ISCO made big lenses.  To say flares, they all have different version of coating.  And Cinelux new and old version are different too.  But basically they are all belong to quite week as flares.

44 minutes ago, ARVA said:

I am fairly sure everything is still blurry when both set to infinity.

I'd so much prefer that it is just me. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it is my understanding that I should first focus the anamorphic lens and then the taking lens. I am by no means good at it. If you know of any tips, please do share.

Dual focus is pain.  I think you can try using auto focus taking lens to test anamorphic lens as semi auto focus system to see whether it has problem.