Hi All,
my first post so be gentle on me :lol:
I am making a digital filter to roughly match the extended oval bokeh produced by the 'anamorphic breathing' of some anamorphic lenses. An example in a previous thread.
http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/in...showtopic=27763
These filters will be applied to digitally generated background plates that need to match live action plates from the same scene. Initially this will be for C and E series primes but I hope to be able to cover a larger range of lenses in the future.
Some questions for you all with experience shooting or testing with these lenses.
1. Is it possible for the blur shape to elongate even more than say a 2:1 ratio the further away you get from the plane of focus.
2. Does anyone know if the shapes get stretched vertically and/or squeezed horizontally?
2. I cannot find any examples of what would happen to a point light source in front of the plane of focus. Can any one let me know what shape/ orientation the blur shape will become?
2. If you shoot wide open would you start to get a cat's eye bokeh, has any one tried?
4. How does the position of the anamorphic element in the lens change this effect ie. do you still get elongated blur shapes with the Hawk lenses or adapted lenses?
5. Does it all get a bit chaotic with the zooms or do similar results apply?
Thanks for your help and thoughts,
Matt
