Hi All,
I thought I'd better introduce myself to everyone. You all seem a mostly friendly bunch here!
I will try not to bore you too much with my background.....
My name is Leighton and I'm from the UK (West Midlands).
I have had an mild obsession Photography for around 11 years, and 'Videography' for around 4-5 years now.
I'm not a professional Photographer or Filmmaker, having only done any real work on a few local projects such as multi-cam theatre productions, dance shows and the odd promotional video for local businesses.
Currently I use a canon 5D (MKII) and a variety of different Prime lenses (nothing too spectactular from 50mm up to 300mm - yes prime!) for both Photography and Videography projects.
I like tinkering with non-standard ways of using my equipment - my last project was an 8mm Cine to HD convertor ( ).
However, recently, not having done much in the way of Video projects, I started looking at new ways I can capture video, and came across anamorphic lenses.
I love the look created by these lenses, and have seen a few tutorials on how to make my footage 'Look' anamorphic, however I really don't think it compares to the real thing - at least from the results I've seen.
All googling lead me to here, where I found the Anamorphic Guide, which I have purchased, read, and hopefully understood now.
I've also enquired via PM to a couple of guys on here regarding Lenses for sale, and I have to admit I was very shocked at how much they go for!
I'd love to be able to justify spending 000's on one of the top lenses, but as I don't do this kind of thing for a living, I not ever likely to re-coup the cost.
So really, the question I'm putting out there to you experts is, is there an 'entry-level', moderately priced, moderate quality lens make or model that exists, that one of you kind people could point towards please?
Best regards,
Leighton