Hello, I'm new to the world of anamorphic lenses but I've been wondering about the possibility of one sort of solution to the double focussing problem: pairing anamorphic lenses with their taking lenses by the distance of their focus throws. The idea would be to measure in degrees the total throw of the anamorphic, and see whether any possible taking lens possessed that same throw measurement between infinity and the minimum focussing distance of the anamorphic as measured on the taking lens.
Given the very great variety of taking lenses, and the vast number of variations even of particular models, I wonder whether any combinations of taking lenses and anamorphic lenses might, by luck, exhibit this feature. I expect even then it's probably unlikely, with anamorphic lenses often having longer throws than usual, and the throw distance of the taking lens having the start at the minimum focussing distance of the anamorphic, thus some way round already. But perhaps if there are any possible taking lenses with especially long throws, then perhaps we get our hopes up.
I would imagine that if such a thing were found, it would mean that if one calibrated the two lenses and connected them via something like a rod, one might have a single focus solution without having to introduce any more glass. Unless I have overlooked that the focal distance of the two lenses could diminish at different rates as their respective rings turned (I don't know if this is possible, but somebody with better knowledge of physics will put me right if I am wrong, I am sure).
Anyway, just an idle idea I had. I would be most interested to know if and why it was a bad one. Or whether anybody had tried this before and what he or she had found.
