Michael Landon

People seemed too mad at me. An update: I decided to return the camera as per the conditions of the buying house I signed with. I did have to pay a "rental" amount equivilant to how long i had it (2 days / 1200$)...but I decided that perhaps blowing all my change in one basket where Technology is known to be outdated is not the best bet. In either case, getting hands on with the ALEXA was a nice experience. I myself am looking for a more modest RED camera than the ALEXA. I will rent it first and see if I may buy it...but it seems like Renting is the way to go for me.

Hahahahah. After 400 frames, i may actually get 16 seconds. now that's living!

The reality is I don't think I'm that technically knowledgeable to do any project on ACTUAL film....not even sure how I would go about scanning that into a PC and editing it etc. As much as I love the authenticity of that process, it's not for me in the slightest. Computers I at least have somewhat of an idea about. Btw I am going to be getting the Arri Plus 4:3 now.

I don't think canceling my order will get my head around it any more or faster. I'll keep my order and just learn as all film-makers do. I'm going to be renting ana lenses soon.

Right - this is what I meant. If one just uses a spherical lens on say a 16:9 sensor camera - using a more shorter focal length and cropping the top and the bottom - then would you not effectively have the same image as an anamorphic? Because the way I understand it from your point is "pretend it's a wide-angle adapter" which makes sense to me. I know you won't get the flares, etc - but I mean purely from a aesthetic standpoint - would it not be possible to just get a 16:9 video at say 25mm, film a bit further from your subjects, and crop the top and bottom - thereby making it appear to be the same as a 50mm anamorphic lens? Just wondering, sir

Thank you all. I just spoke to the sales rep and he said he would be able to do an equal trade to the 4:3 for me. He said he had no idea I intended to do anamorphic. He said something about anamorphic on 4:3 sensor having a more horizontal resolution in the final desqueezed image. Michael

Okay all. I will go ahead an rent the lenses. The money was inheritance to me - so no - I'm not quite well off enough to afford a lens that is $20,000 yet. I will go ahead and rent the Angieux Optimo and Carl Zeiss Master Anamorphic 2x lenses and decide. I don't have a 4:3 Alexa so at this point that's out of the picture. For anyone else who needs answers and stumbled upon this on the web - i got these links that helped me a lot in addition to the wisdom of people here willing to put up with my beginner questions: http://blog.abelcine.com/2013/10/02/go-anamorphic-with-the-arri-alexa-plus-43/

Yes - I did read it and did not get my answer. It seems to talk about the film process...

Hi Yeah maybe not but no reason not to futureproof myself until I become more knowledgeable in this subject. What does the 4:3 sensor do for anamorphic? Heard it has to do with resolution or something

Cole thank you! You understood my badly worded question perfectly. Guess I am going to go with a more wide angle lens to mimic the anamorphic look and crop the top and bottom...will be trcky...still considering anamorphic lens however to make my life easier.

Hi Bryan Im just trying to figure this out....if a spherical lens does not have the same horizontal field of view and an anamorphic does and allows a 2.39:1 then how on earth can one get their spherical lens to reproduce a scene like anamorphic ratio with the same framing vertically without cropping or use of anamorphic lens? Wide angle lens surely does not seem like a good solution...please note I am using a digital camera with a 16:9 sensor

Hi bryan But anamorphic captures the same vertical frame as spherical does it not?

So is it possible to use a spherical wide angle lens and effectively emulate the same vertical dimension as an anamorphic? considering anamorphic doesnt increase vertical field of view does it? Basically...would it be possible to get a spherical wide angle lens and emulate an anamorphic look without cropping the top or bottom (since anamorphic lenses do not crop the vertical)....im assuming anamorphic lenses capture the same vertical frame as a spherical wide angle lens?

Sir, Thank you for your wisdom. This was just what I needed to read. I am so thankful you reminded me of a tidbit i forgot about anamorphic being halved in its field of view horizontal compared to spherical wide angles of the same focal length

This isn't what I want