Bold

Hey guys!
I wanted to share my latest project and there's no better place than here, where I started! The price of scopes on ebay only goes up. To counter that I spent the last two years researching and testing out ways to achieve the anamorphic look WITHOUT actually using scopes - which I call "anamorfaking". Then I turned all of the research into a 170pg guide and put it up on my blog.
http://www.anamorfakeit.com
I get a lot of suspicious (not to say dismissive) looks when I say I'd rather shoot anamorfake than use most adapters out there. Many folks think that REAL anamorphic will always be superior and better. I'm here to challenge that perspective. If you go on the link above there's a quiz featuring ten images that mix anamorphic, anamorfake or both techniques. See how well you can tell them apart! If you get all correct, there's a discount for the new guide.
You can also check the first few pages for free here: http://www.tferradans.com/anamorfake/TFerradans-AnamorfakeDemo.pdf
Have you ever used any tricks to craft the anamorphic look?
Lens mods, oval cutout filters, fishing line, letterboxing, etc

I wouldn't recommend buying a thing from that guy under any circumstances.  His products are overpriced and in some cases appear to be of poor quality.
I'd recommend taking a look at Rapido Technology's clamp selection instead. I have one of his clamps. He doesn't mess around - the quality of workmanship is great and the prices are reasonable.

I wouldn't recommend buying a thing from that guy under any circumstances.  His products are overpriced and in some cases appear to be of poor quality.
I'd recommend taking a look at Rapido Technology's clamp selection instead. I have one of his clamps. He doesn't mess around - the quality of workmanship is great and the prices are reasonable.

If you’re delivering to cinema, it hardly matters. Most festivals still ask for 2K DCPs or even Blu-Ray. 
On a good cinema projector, a 2K DCP looks exceptional if you master it properly.
I’ve been shooting 2X for almost a decade, before there were affordable monitors, 4K/high DR DSLRs, or single focus solutions. Composition rules apply even if the image is squashed. 
Wether you crop the sides or not, stretch 2X or 1.5X, the vertical lines of resolution remain the same. Perceived resolution is a funny thing.
It’s infinitely more important to get a sharp scope and a taking lens that works well with it... and then to nail your focus.
I prefer a 2X scope for the look, and the potential inconveniences are easily solved. The single most helpful tool with any anamorphic is a good monitor that can desqueeze and crop your image. Do yourself a favor and grab a SmallHD that runs the latest firmware. It’ll desqueeze and crop to any configuration. 
Anamorphic is just something you have to jump into and learn for yourself. It’s comparatively easy to do these days. Pick a scope and start experimenting, learn your rig and adjust your setup as you encounter things you want to improve.

good thing you replied i had forgotten all about it, only the website notifications reminded me lol,  yep it is up just checked it out. personally i think you have too much white space, i think you need to covert that white space into anamorphic images or even cropped pics to approximate anamorphic proportions, sell them a pictorial story, give them some wow,  you want to include them and take them on a journey not just what their options are . a realtor once told me when selling houses that your not selling sausages your selling the sizzle, if that any makes sense to you,  just  my 2 cents ?
when i  saw the bham for some odd reason i thought straight away of the flinstones, not sure how that works lol

Site's working great! Thanks @Bold 

inspired by bolds thread on the b&h projector lenses i'm making a thread on the russian 35 nap series of lenses. these are big beasties indeed and quite heavy. my two cents worth of opinion is from my ebay searches these seem to be the cheapest anamorphic 2x stretch projector lens option at the moment the caveat being size, weight, make them unpopular choices i think  and that front element size would make for a expensive not to mention massive single focus solution probably. however my curiosity knows no bounds except when it come to mains line voltages lol.   so with out any further mucking around lets pull this beastie apart. the lens comes apart quite easily. the front cover i guess you would call has one small flat head screw in it then it just unscrews. i guess they didn't have locktite back then as none of the screws seem overly difficult to undo.

the ring with the measurements on it has three small flat head screw which hold it on. once there undone the ring falls off and you can either unscrew the focus ring backwards till it comes off or screw it forward and it will drag the front element with it. i did it backwards first then struggled to get the front element out put the focus ring back on and screwed it forwards till they both fell off the front. 

im kinda stuck at this point as i cant find my lens wrench and i think i need it too undo the back element. there is 6 small flat screws positioned around the back element on the housing however undoing them doesn't free the back element. i was hoping that the back element might fall out if i tipped it upside down but no it doesn't. if you saw my desk you'd understand how a lens wrench could go missing  ?   thats it for the first installment hopefully i will have more to share soon.

 

 
 
 
 

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i'll like buy one off ebay when i find one for a reasonable amount i seen em at $ 200 -400 but that will most likely be in the new year as i pretty much spent all i can this year lol 
speaking of modding, i have an isco gottengen 2x which requires both hands to turn the focus ring got any thoughts on how to loosen it up ?
if it requires stripping it down to the helicoid or taking the anamorphics out i'm not so keen, heard they can be a pill to put back in right ?
thanks for any thoughts
edit: because i am tired and its after midnight here i pulled apart a russian 35 projector  nap lens i bought around the same time i got the isco .
it was surprisingly easy one tiny flat headed screw holding the font glass cover on then another three tiny flatheaded screws around the focus ring. then simply unscrew the focus ring backwards. i haven't taken the back lens out yet or the front element out of its holder. i will start a new thread tomorrow with some pics. but thanks for thee inspiration 

My site is finally live now.
If you're interested in my B&H mod, you can see what I offer here.
Has anyone else been doing modding or shooting with their B&H?  Please post your footage and keep this thread going!

My site is finally live now.
If you're interested in my B&H mod, you can see what I offer here.
Has anyone else been doing modding or shooting with their B&H?  Please post your footage and keep this thread going!

My site is finally live now.
If you're interested in my B&H mod, you can see what I offer here.
Has anyone else been doing modding or shooting with their B&H?  Please post your footage and keep this thread going!

Here's my old rig featuring a Kowa Prominar C35 1.5X housed in a Rapido metal jacket. I just sold the setup and am currently looking for an Iscorama if anyone's looking to sell.

Here is a video poem piece I did pairing the Kowa Inflight 1.75x with the  Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95. Shot at f1.4 on GH5 and delivered in 5k. Really love this combo.
Slight coloring tweaks with Film Convert. Hope you guys like image. I took off HCDNA to avoid vignetting. 
video > Make America Again
 
 

I'd avoid that eBay seller. Overpriced and poor quality.

Singlus prototype focus module test
Used gear:
Schneider ES Cinelux 2x (Singlus prototype)
Porst 50mm F:1.4
Helios 44-2 F:2
projector lens LETI 92mm F:2
Sony a6300
 

Rear lens - 80mm. Designed for 35NAP family and other big scopes. Can be used also with smaller scopes thru adapters.Tests and footage next week.

The B&H mod in action.



Hope you all had an anamorphic July 4th!
(or July 1st, for my neighbors to the north)

Thanks for clarifying. It's reassuring to hear that I didn't end up with a dud.
It was pretty easy taking apart the front element. Screws weren't seized or anything like that. Hardest part was looking for the appropriate tools to get them off.
Gave the glass a good clean with hydrogen peroxide and ammonia, rinsed it off then polished it off with isopropryl alcohol and it was good as new.
It gave me a good chance to check out how the thing was built and put together. I can see why you persevered with this @Bold . I'm loving the simplicity of the design! Just waiting on the series VII to 58mm adaptor to arrive. I might still go with a clamp as I'm not that assured with the smallrig lense support and rig system. The adaptor feels like it'd be a weak link in the chain from taking lense to the B&H.

$30,000 for square-front LOMOs?
I bought my square front 35mm T2.5 for 1000 euros. Ah, those were the days.

Sent you a PM

It's rare for an adapter to surprise me, and the Anamorph-X 1.33x Pro from Letus achieved that. It allows you to go super wide and it holds up image quality like very few other adapters out there.
Flares could be improved, but as these are still being made, we can just email Letus a bunch and get things changed - which is another great advantage of this lens over vintage adapters.
What do you think of the footage and the results?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GplZGXPXmS0

The B&H mod in action.



Hope you all had an anamorphic July 4th!
(or July 1st, for my neighbors to the north)

Just got my new machined parts back from anodizing.  Here's a quick tease:

The fit & finish on these things is pretty darned good.  I'll post more details once I've had a chance to kick the tires.

Some recent images through the B&H (all GH5, Minolta 55mm)

The B&H mod in action.



Hope you all had an anamorphic July 4th!
(or July 1st, for my neighbors to the north)