Daniel P Redding
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1 hour ago, Bold said:
This video cites several films which switch (or otherwise play with) aspect ratios.
This is great! Thank-you!
1 hour ago, Hans Punk said:Interstellar and The Dark Knight Rises are two obvious modern examples....there have been many over the years where 'traditional' scope formats have been intercut with Imax material , or simply for use as a creative device in the narrative. To minimise Aspect 'jump' - many home video transfers slowly expand the black bars out to reveal a 'taller' (often center cropped) aspect. (for when film is conformed for 16:9 being fullest image area to showcase letterboxed and 'square' Imax or 4:3 archieval format material
You'd probably be able to outfit that Inspire 1 with a small focus-through 1.5x or 1.33x anamorphic, and get some pretty good results...if I had a drone, it would be the first thing I'd do
Just found another one too!
I remember watching that film and not even noticing that...
It's actually not my drone, but a mates, but I'll definitely look into that.. Got any examples of people doing that?
26 minutes ago, tweak said:I'm generally not a fan of changing aspects.
Yeah, I gathered there was a bit of a stigma to it...
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So I took my GH4 anamorphic rig along to a beech at 5am to film some of my mate setting up to do some drone stuff... Here's the outcome of that little excursion and I really like the 2.35:1 anamorphic intro contrasted with the big wide 16:9 shot, but I wondered if anyone has any good examples of projects where aspects mix in one sequence/edit? Hope that makes sense. So letter boxes appear and disappear and what people think of that?
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thanks to everyone that contributed to this post. I went out and brought a Zeiss 1.8 pancolor and shot this with it last week. Much happier with the flares I getting now, although I think I could probably find something a bit sharper. Been looking at a few Nikon 50mm ai 1.4 lenses, but not sure my addiction to buying taking lenses will end there. Thanks to everyone for their great advice! I want to shoot everything in anamorphic right now!
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Brilliant, thanks!
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From watching your video it appears that your taking lens might be flaring up too much and actually masking the effects from the Kowa. I'd be tempted to suggest looking for a optically perfect helios 44-3. like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-MC-HELIOS-44-3-2-58-58mm-f-2-M42-Vintage-Soviet-SLR-USSR-Lens-s-n-9059248-/172052522469?hash=item280f2125e5:g:Jb4AAOSwLN5WiSiW
these are multi coated. most are green in their coatings but don't tend to show this in the flaring and the overall contrast from this version will compliment your kowa. and since it won;t flare up as much as your current helios 44-2 you'll seem more of what the kowa is adding to the party. a pair of clean uv filters positioned up front as well as between the kowa and the taking lens will also help to promote more streaks from the kowa.
finally, be sure to clean your lenses thoroughly with some alcohol based lens cleaner. the cleaner the optical faces the more obvious the flares will be from the kowa.
ok, I'll get some lens cleaner and add the 44-3 to the list! If you have any suggestions for longer focal lengths (80 and 135 maybe) then please let me know!
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Yep - that is a '74 and should be all good. It must be the light source in the scene that is not pokey enough to flare. Makes sense if it is a LED brick light with multi points of light - especially if diffused. If you are ever looking for another Helios to try, I'd recommend the 'Zebra' Helios 44 with glossy black finish - it's a variation on the theme but can give some nice alternate flare artifacts. Sometimes even getting a cheaper/older Helios that is beaten up a little and has coating wear can actually increase the effects without affecting sharpness.
richg101 on this forum is the guy to talk to regarding all the flavors of Helios 44 and the nuances of every year and factory release.
In addition to recommending the 30w par-36 pinspot, if you want something less powerful yet really lightweight are portable - the Ikea Jansjo LED is a very handy light to rig to fire into the lens and get the results that you were after in your example video.
Thanks again! I've just brought the pin shot par 36 and will do an experiment with it to see how it matches with my usual set up. Not sure the colour temperature will match, but we will see. When I get another lens I'll try and buy something else a bit older and more roughed up... Looking forward to trying out that light, thanks for the advise!
Looking for other anamorphic shooters with rig
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Hi Guys
I'm looking for a few contacts for projects that I want to shoot live with 2 x anamorphic rigs. Anyone up for work in the London area (between £200-400) for a day with their own anamorphic rig with follow focus? Got one date that I need to book someone for right now, but hopefully will get more soon. Drop me an email here: danreddingvideo@outlook.com
Only shot one project like this before using multi cams with vintage lenses and two moving cameras and that came out like this (PLEASE DON'T SHARE AS THIS ISN'T RELEASED YET) :