Gábor Ember Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Here are two pics with the Jupiter-9 at f2.0 and f8.0 respectively. At f8.0 it is very, very sharp. I am now sure that my Helios was the culprit before. [sharedmedia=gallery:images:650] [sharedmedia=gallery:images:651] Stanley Hsu 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Malleši� Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 Hello, Gabor! Nice pics. Why do you think that using stepdowns for SUN isn't good solution? I was thinking of mating my sun permanently with FD 50mm f1.8, as I have two of them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 If you want to fix it on a lens, then stepdowns can be alright but you will have to glue it or something in the thread. Otherwise the whole thing will unscrew when you focus the anamorphic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Malleši� Posted August 5, 2013 Share Posted August 5, 2013 If you want to fix it on a lens, then stepdowns can be alright but you will have to glue it or something in the thread. Otherwise the whole thing will unscrew when you focus the anamorphic. Thx for the answer. I will surely glue it to the lens thread, either with slowly setting superglue or either with UHU like glue, so it can be removed later. One more question; what was the minimum taking distance wth your adapter? Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 The minimum taking distance is around 1.2 meters. The scale says 1.5 but I find that it can go a little closer. If I need to focus that close I use a +1 diopter to be able to focus at short distances correctly (you can see in my previous post that my Sun has a modded front to accept 58mm filters) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted August 6, 2013 Share Posted August 6, 2013 What camera will you be using for anamorphic shooting? Will the 50mm taking lens be long enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Malleši� Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 GF3 with 50mm 1.8 FD Canon, I was even thinking of grinding some thread and brass headers off a bit - to get closer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 I don't think that grinding is needed for that setup. 50mm on a GF3 should be good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 I took these tonight with the SUN on a Helios-44M that has the aperture block removed. Some minor editing. [sharedmedia=gallery:images:681] [sharedmedia=gallery:images:680] [sharedmedia=gallery:images:682] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 I'll post a video of the same place that you can see on the photos above. Until then: http://vimeo.com/73414560 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 http://vimeo.com/73882911 Canon 550D, Helios-44M without the aperture mechanism (so full on wide open), SUN Anamorphic and a buttload of CC. I really need to shoot at daytime because photos taken at 100 ISO are really nice, but high ISO-s really kill the image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Malleši� Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Really nice shots, Gabor. And wish you luck with the rehousing project! Mine now looks as this, but I'm already thinking of rehousing it (anamorphic slider focus, taking lens with focuspull). Minimum distance without diopter =100cm (from object to taking lens, where SUN is attached), shown in shortest f_length (a portion of thread and brass guides shaved off): Uploaded with ImageShack.us And there's an option of sticking Canon 2xB-extender behind FD 1.8 50mm. Regular Lumix 14-42mm still has much of vignetting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Malleši� Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Stretch goes from cca 1,8x to 1,5x, will measure it in the next few days... [URL=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/18/6nj3.jpg/][/URL] Uploaded with [URL=http://imageshack.us]ImageShack.us[/URL] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 1.8x to 1.5x sounds about right. Your setup looks great and the sample shot is sharp, was it shot wide open? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthias Malleši� Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 No, wide open is not sharp enough. These days I will check the exact stretch, with various distances. The photo was sharpened a little afterwards and will check the alignement once more (with Full HD monitor), althought I'm quite close now on alignement..... Some examples, some of them shot almost wide open, with a little sharpening in post... [url=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/405/53bc.jpg/][/URL] [url=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/689/z7pn.jpg/][/URL] [url=http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/707/dvu9.jpg/][/URL] It seems that closer objects are easier to shot almost wide open, distant objects require more closing of the blades... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oriolesma Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Hey guys, I recently purchased a sun anamorphic and I'm not sure if the lens has a defect in the focus ring. The focus does not go to infinity, it stops about 10 meters, works well in your lenses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 I think it works yes, I can focus way beyond 10 meters. Are you able to focus very close, less than 1m? If you are not able to reach infinity then the other end of the focus must be shifted as well. Matthias Malleši� 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanley Hsu Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 A project I recently shot with the Sun Anamorphic (80%) and Nikon lenses (20%). https://vimeo.com/80152537 Andrew Clunie and Matthias Malleši� 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gábor Ember Posted November 26, 2013 Share Posted November 26, 2013 Well, that was pretty awesome! Very good image (quality and composition), I like the color too. I got to watch it with sound too, can't do it at work :) This looks way sharper than Tito's Foton-A film (right tool for the right job, it did fit the gritty look) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Clunie Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Andrew, cool footage. Did you use any steadicam? Hey man, sorry for the real late reply. I used a glidecam ripoff i bought from ebay. It's not great, it's impossible to balance properly but you can get some okay results with it. And Stanley, your footage is looking reeaallly nice. So are you using cheap closeup filters, nothing like achromatic glass or anything like the tokina? I want to be able to get closeups too .. I guess I need to buy a front filter adapter thing, then buy some cheap closeup filters? Would that be adequate? Also how are you guysgetting your aspect ratio? Mine seems really narrow in comparison. You guys shooting 16:9? I'd like to get a 5d3 soon, and was thinking if it'd be good to shoot 4:3 raw, and stretch out the 2x to get 2.40:1 - right? I get pretty confused with these conversions, aspect ratios etc.. Here's a lil photo of my sun and 550d for no particular reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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