M Joel W Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 I'm planning to shoot something with very old lenses (1950s/1960s Schneider Cine-Xenons and Cinegon) and there is a lot of green screen work mixed in, too. Would it be smarter to rent Sigma Art lenses or Rokinon lenses or something for those days and then achieve a "vintage look" in post? Would it make sense to shoot briefly with both so I could re-recreate the look in comp? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted February 27, 2022 Premium Member Share Posted February 27, 2022 Good greenscreen composites are about getting clean edges free of flaring or chromatic aberration around the foreground subject, so I wouldn't use old lenses -- or modern lenses if they have CA problems. Yes, shoot a reference frame with the old lens for matching purposes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Joel W Posted February 27, 2022 Author Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, David Mullen ASC said: Good greenscreen composites are about getting clean edges free of flaring or chromatic aberration around the foreground subject, so I wouldn't use old lenses -- or modern lenses if they have CA problems. Yes, shoot a reference frame with the old lens for matching purposes. Thank you, David. I've also considered stopping down the vintage lens to t8 or t11 if I can get enough light on the stage so that the optical characteristics will be intact but the "softness" can be added in post. Then shooting a reference at t2.3, which is where I anticipate I'll shoot most of the show. The lenses have horrible curvature of field and a lot of flare but very little CA. But the curvature of field is so intense on the 28mm cine-xenon it might be worth renting a Sigma Art. I recently worked on a show with some green screen second unit inserts that I noticed were shot on anamorphic lenses to match anamorphic plates and spherical lenses to match spherical plates. I guess the single coatings on the cine-xenons would be my concern, that there would be a green cast over the entire image. Of course, I could also just not over-expose the green screen. What do you expose your green screen at? 18% gray through a spot meter? Edited February 27, 2022 by M Joel W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 Can't you just test this all? No budget for it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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