Javier de Usabel Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 I'd like to know if you could help me out with those filters filmakers use when they want to get the well-known anamorphic flares while shooting super35. I would be grateful if you could tell me their name and the way they work. Thanks in advance!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Teulon Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Hey Javier, I've used them before and you have to be very careful with them. They are the type of filter that can make it all look really naff. In the UK they're called Streak filters they come in different grades. http://www.camerafilters.co.uk/page116.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Here is the real deal for S35. http://www.vantagefilm.com/en/news/news_2005-09_01.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier de Usabel Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Well, thank you very much for the information! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javier de Usabel Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 "They are the type of filter that can make it all look really naff." Do you mean like this? "The Orphanage", Juan Antonio Bayona, 2007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Teulon Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 No, not really....can't find an example to show you. My advice is do some testing prior to using it. Maybe you could post your results and thoughts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Metzger Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Bad Idea to use a 5.5mm (s16mm) lens with a streak filter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) Bad Idea to use a 5.5mm (s16mm) lens with a streak filter. Unless that is what you want... Edited October 9, 2008 by David Rakoczy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Teulon Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 There you go Javier. Jamie has hit the nail on the head there.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Clunie Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I have been looking to recreate anamorphic flares and those streak filters look pretty promising, although i have never heard of theme before. I am from UK. Is there any place i can buy them for dv cameras apart from the link that serge has posted? Or am i just not looking hard enough :) thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I have been looking to recreate anamorphic flares and those streak filters look pretty promising, although i have never heard of theme before. I am from UK. Is there any place i can buy them for dv cameras apart from the link that serge has posted? Or am i just not looking hard enough :) thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) Serge did not post the link. The Vantage Blues deliver a true Anamorphic Flare so when you say you are looking for an 'Anamorphic' Flare... in Spherical lenses.. Video or Film... Vantage Blue is your only choice. Edited October 9, 2008 by David Rakoczy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Teulon Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Hi Andrew, The link is for South London Filters http://www.camerafilters.co.uk/ You could also look in hire places such as Panavision, Take 2, Arri etc... Most of them will do a large array of filters. But to date I have found that the unusual ones that aren't used often are normally available at SLF. The guy you want to speak to there is Ceri. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Clunie Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Thanks Serge. Ok, i was wondering, do these streak filters just screw on to a normal camera thread? At the moment, i use a HV30 with 35mm adapter and was thinking, could i screw a streak filter directly onto my hv30 and my 35mm adapter onto the front threads of the filter? Also i use FD lenses (due to the price), is there some sort of anamorphic lens (or something that produces similar flares, i'm not particularly after the aspect ratio, although its cool) that i could directly attacth to the fd mount? I'm assuming this is impossible. Again, thanks for your help on my rather newbie questions, cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted October 10, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted October 10, 2008 I'm 99% sure these filters are square filters for matteboxes only. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 They also come in 138mm Round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted October 10, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted October 10, 2008 that's the 1% ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 (edited) my apologies Serge, you did post a link. Sorry. As Jaimie points out, Streaks are for Long Lens use... Unless you like that (naff) look. Edited October 10, 2008 by David Rakoczy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Clunie Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Oh, so i can only buy this filter with a 138mm thread? Well thats fine, now i need me a step down ring :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Oh, so i can only buy this filter with a 138mm thread? Well thats fine, now i need me a step down ring :) I didn't say anything about threads. They come in 4x4, 4x5, and Round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Clunie Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Well what do you mean round? What do you attach a round filter to? And i was talking to the staff at camerafilters.co.uk and she asked me what size my camera threads were which led me to believe you can buy them with threads.... So if i get a matte box, i can buy a streak filter to slot in and that will get the effect, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 A 138mm Round Filter fits in the round slot in a Chroziel Mattebox and is secured with a threaded Retention Ring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted October 12, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted October 12, 2008 David et al. What would any of you say the benefit of the 138 round filter is? I had never particularly seen a good reason for 'em, (hence why i often forget the exist), when a 4x4 or a 4x5 seems more universal to matteboxes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Clunie Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 David et al. What would any of you say the benefit of the 138 round filter is? I had never particularly seen a good reason for 'em, (hence why i often forget the exist), when a 4x4 or a 4x5 seems more universal to matteboxes? Thats what i was also wondering. Also, is it me or are 4x4 filters extremely expensive?? Could anyone point me to cheap 4x4 filters? I saw an ND grad set for £400!! The price of things are ridiculous... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted October 12, 2008 Premium Member Share Posted October 12, 2008 400 is a bit much. . . they got for around 200 here for tiffens. . . http://www.filmtools.com/ti4x4socofi.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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