[vimeo]17349932[/vimeo] Anamorphic lenses won’t just couple up with anybody and need the right partner. They’re very fussy. I am of course talking about prime lenses.
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Buy on eBay from London based Cinematographer, big version (ex-BBC stock) A few months back I said to Steve Weiss in an email, come up with an anamorphic version of the Z-Finder so we could have a true 2.35:1 screen in our eye while shooting. Well it turns out there…
Lomo Konvas mount anamorphic lenses were designed in the USSR to film communist propaganda. Later, the great master Tarkovsky shot Solaris (and other masterpieces) on these very lenses. They’re slightly soft wide open and focussing mechanics are hit / miss depending on the item but for character and authenticity they…
[vimeo]16538991[/vimeo] Here is a quick test I conducted in Berlin today… No bloody charts, just a pair of AKG headphones. The idea was to focus on the AKG badge, determine sharpness and judge the overall character of the lenses. The apertures are at a minimum for each lens – maybe…
Pictured: Unique-in-the-world (factory custom job) Iscorama with aspherical elements from a Leica Sumicron. More: anamorphic treasure on Flickr Buy: 72mm Tokina +0.4 Diopter on eBay from a London based cinematographer Diopters or achromats dramatically improve the sharpness and minimum focus distance of anamorphic lenses. A Tokina double element diopter has…
[vimeo]16106480[/vimeo] Some say Tarkovsky shot with them. Some say that even rubbish DPs can look cool with a pair. Some say a German lens company named Hawk stole the guy who designed them. All I know is – they’re Russian anamorphic lenses from the 1970’s.
Above: Anamorphic frame of Apocalypse Now in 2.35:1 HD on Blu Ray Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now is to be released on Blu Ray in the original anamorphic format with which it was shot. Shot with anamorphic lenses and transferred to 70mm for the theatrical release then came the heart…
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dweiGyjxhHs[/youtube] [SIZE=”5″>”As you know, it is only now because the digital format is sterile that you need the life put back in”[/SIZE] The video above is from ‘Mirror’, a film by Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky shot with USSR Lomo anamorphic glass which is now winding up on eBay. Director Tarkovsky…