Lenses & Lens Accessories

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1. Any known movies shot on old lenses because of their distinctive look?

   By Petr Berger, April 17, 2013
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   • Albion Hockney
   • December 11, 2014
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3. Lens choices for BMCC MFT

   By Jan Tore Soerensen, April 4, 2016   

   • blackmagic
   • bmcc
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   • Jan Tore Soerensen
   • April 25, 2016

4. Aliens (1986): Panavision or Canon K35?

   By Frank Poole, April 14, 2021   

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   • canon
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   • Tyler Purcell
   • November 28, 2021

5. Effective Use of Warming Filters and Cinematographers Who Love Filters

   By Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos, August 17, 2016   

   • filters
   • warming filter
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     • coral
     • straw
     • antique suede
     • tobacco
     • gold
     • yellow
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   • Phil Rhodes
   • March 2, 2020

6. Super 16 Lens Query - which way to go

   By Julian Fletcher, June 23, 2013
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   • Julian Fletcher
   • June 25, 2013

7. Why So Much Hate For The RED Lenses?

   By Max Field, August 3, 2017
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   • Max Field
   • August 21, 2017

8. RED lenses

   By NEVILLE KIDD, January 30, 2008
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   • Hal Smith
   • February 24, 2008

9. Leitz lenses

   By Zack Spiger, May 17, 2008
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   • Leo Anthony Vale
   • May 22, 2008

10. Super 16mm zooms that don't breath

    By Albion Hockney, November 6, 2015
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    • Kenny N Suleimanagich
    • November 9, 2015

11. Master Primes...too delicate for normal use?

    By matt marek, December 8, 2008
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    • Michael Lindsay
    • December 23, 2008

12. New Shift/Tilt idea...

    By Brian Alan, February 14, 2012
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    • David Mullen ASC
    • May 7, 2022

13. Reverse diopter

    By Paul Bruening, August 21, 2008
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    • Paul Bruening
    • August 30, 2008

14. Cine VS Still lens on HDSLRs? Indie Films

    By Deji Joseph, July 9, 2010
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    • Brian Drysdale
    • January 3, 2011

15. What S35 lens would yield these framings?

    By Karel Bata, July 14, 2011
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    • Karel Bata
    • July 15, 2011

16. macro lens

    By Christian Tanner, July 15, 2008
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    • David Auner aac
    • July 21, 2008

17. Prime &/or Zoom Lenses with filter sizes less than 52mm

    By Kane Arcadia, January 18, 2009
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    • Kane Arcadia
    • February 23, 2009

18. Advice on lenses for indie documentary

    By Yurena A De Dios, September 27, 2016   

    • Documentary in nepal
    • Sony a7s ii
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    • Yurena A De Dios
    • October 11, 2016

19. What lenses for 35mm adaptor?

    By Ben Brahem Ziryab, December 8, 2008
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    • Atthar Ahmadi
    • March 7, 2009

20. What would happen if my squeezed anamorphic lens occupied the whole recording area of a sensor?

    By Abdul Rahman Jamous, July 21, 2020
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    • Satsuki Murashige
    • July 22, 2020

21. Inherited A Bunch of Cine Lenses, Need Help!

    By Gregg Hull, July 21, 2010
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    • Dom Jaeger
    • October 16, 2018

22. All the anamorphics

    By Phil Rhodes, April 13, 2022
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    • Shawn Martin
    • August 29, 2022

23. still lenses?

    By Edgar Nyari, June 2, 2015
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    • Satsuki Murashige
    • June 6, 2015

24. Does anyone know the formula for using 2/3 lens on 1/2 cdd?

    By Jason Davenport, July 11, 2008
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    • Guest
    • July 13, 2008

25. Lenses and Red.

    By ryan knight, March 26, 2009
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    • Jamie Metzger
    • July 13, 2009

26. Depth of field issues

    By David Mullen ASC, January 29, 2008
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    • David Mullen ASC
    • January 30, 2008