Ryan Glover

That is simply an awesome aspect ratio, Ryan! Call it Super Cinemascope. Are you local to Toronto? You apparently utilized Justin's transfer system (Discrete Frames) here in TO.

Yep, I'm here in Toronto and Frame Discreet did the transfer.

Here's a look at the whole 3.56:1 image;

Then it isn't necessary to go the S16 route. Or is the image significantly better if you lose the blurry sides?

s16 is not necessary for anamorphic, that's true. And the lenses are for 35mm so the edges of the shot are fine. But it does give me a chance to reframe in post, which is helpful because the viewfinder isn't great. But I can easily shoot 16x9 spherical and scope with a super 16mm camera so the versatility is appealing.

Great test footage, Ryan!

 

What is the final calculated aspect ratio, i.e. 16x9 + 2x compression? It is definitely wider than 1:2.4 a la cinemascope.

Thanks! 16x9 x 2 is 3.56:1. What I did here was squeeze down to 2048x576 (3.56:1) then crop the sides to get 1536x576 which is a 2.67:1 image, an aspect I really like.

Great work, Ryan!

 

I was just about to post a few questions on the k-3...

 

-Did you modify to s16 yourself?

-Is it worth the mod? I've seen some regular 16mm k-3 footage which look great as well.

Thanks Chris!

I bought the camera with the s16mm gate already installed, same as the PL mount.

I guess it all depends on how important the wider aspect ratio is to you.

It looks rather underexposed to me !

Some shots are for sure, I think most of the neg looked pretty okay though. Maybe my flat grading makes it look under? I was giving all my ratings an extra 2/3rds, maybe next time I'll give them a full stop more.

Thanks to all who gave it a watch!

Sorry, messed up the link:

Hi folks! Got my first two test rolls through my new super 16mm K-3, thought I'd share:

http://http://vimeo.com/23733714

Transferred to 2K Cineform RAW.

Transcoded to Apple ProRes 4444 for cutting/grading - was going for a soft retro look this time.

Camera: Krasnogorsk-3, s16mm, PL mount

Lenses: 35mm, 50mm Lomo 2x anamorphic

Film: Expired Fuji Eterna 250D and Kodak V2 200T

Processing: Niagara Custom Lab

Transfer: Frame Discreet

Thanks for taking a look!

We're in post on our feature that we shot on a hacked Panasonic GH1 with Lomo 2x anamorphics.

A 2.4:1 final image will mean cropping and squeezing to 1296x540.

It's definitely not a crisp, fullHD image, but that's fine by us and we got the look we were after: HILLS GREEN teaser

Great work! Loving those lenses.

Thanks a lot!

Really nice work with the format, besides for one or two shots with practicals i would never have guessed that it was digital

Thanks! That's great to hear.

What is it about? It looks great.

Thank you! It's about the tension that builds between two friends while on a road trip away from the city at the end of a trying summer.

Just 3-way colour correct in FCP.

ryan

 

WOW!

 

i think it's THE best shoot i ever see with the GH-1

 

if you wouldn't tell i wouldn't guess

 

very cinematic and yet very natural look and feel

 

i hope the movie live up the expectation the trailer put

 

what was you post workflow?

 

no Q the lomo has a big + for the look

 

great job

Thanks very much Ram.

Natural yet cinematic is exaclty what we're going for. We don't want people to notice the colour grading really. And the anamorphic lomos add lots of magic for sure.

Our workflow has been;

Transcode to ProRes in FCP

Remove pulldown in JES Deinterlacer

Squish video vertically by 2x

cut in a 1440x1080 timeline (letterboxed, does not need rendering)

export 1440x540 files (sticking with the 2.67:1 raito for now)

Thanks again!

Hello everyone.

I would love to get some feedback on the first teaser trailer for our debut feature film;

http://vimeo.com/18766884

Any comments/thoughts would be helpful as we work on the edit and get ready to cut the 2.5 minute trailer.

Thanks in advance.