Andrew Russo Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Anyone have any experience shooting anamorphic lenses on the Alexa then cropping to 16:9? I figure I'll shoot 2.35 on the XT then crop the sides so I can preserve 2K resolution, but is there a better way? What are the other pitfalls beyond the operator not loving working off vertical lines in the EVF for framing? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted March 24, 2015 Premium Member Share Posted March 24, 2015 You mean you'll record 2.88K raw or 3.4K Open Gate raw so you can crop the sides to 2048? Another option is to use the 1.3X Hawk anamorphics to squeeze 16x9 onto 4x3. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Russo Posted March 25, 2015 Author Share Posted March 25, 2015 Not totally sure, as I didn't know of the 3.4K Open Gate option. Definitely intriguing. Good to know that about the Hawks. Those are always fun lenses (and fun to try and get a hold of on a budget!). Thanks for the reply, David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Greene Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I haven't done this myself, but I did see a film a few weeks ago that used anamorphic lenses for 1:1.85 delivery. And my impression was that it didn't help the film at all. Just looked like good photography using bad leneses. It is a pain in the neck to film this way, so I'd suggest testing this idea fully before committing to this workflow. In the film era we gained a lot of image quality exposing a larger negative with anamorphic lenses. With an Alexa, not so much, and the lens characteristics might become more of a distraction than an enhancement. I will say this: the director was very proud of his DP's "original" approach, and so the marketing points here are real, in this competitive business :) Good luck with the shoot, and make a great film, above all else! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Greene Posted March 25, 2015 Share Posted March 25, 2015 I should add that DCP spec for 1:1.85 is 1998x1080 pixels. So for your tests, follow through to this size and project your test on a 2k projector. All this re-scaling really softens the image a bit, and you might be surprised, in the end, how soft the image looks in a theater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Echevarria Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 On 3/25/2015 at 12:48 PM, Bruce Greene said: I should add that DCP spec for 1:1.85 is 1998x1080 pixels. So for your tests, follow through to this size and project your test on a 2k projector. All this re-scaling really softens the image a bit, and you might be surprised, in the end, how soft the image looks in a theater. Could you share what this movie was? I’m working on a commercial and we are entertaining the idea of shooting anamorphic and cropping for 16:9 so I’d like to see a reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Ian Vu Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 12/27/2023 at 9:54 AM, Joshua Echevarria said: Could you share what this movie was? I’m working on a commercial and we are entertaining the idea of shooting anamorphic and cropping for 16:9 so I’d like to see a reference He was likely referring to the 2012 film Promised Land, shot on the Hawk 1.3x lenses by Linus Sandgren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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