Henrik Efskin_57493

As far as I know there are no C mount anamorphic solutions readily available out of the box. There exists anamorphic adapters, like the Iscorama David pointed out, that you fit to your taking lens with a clamp that lets you focus with the adapter while the taking lens is set to infinity. A similar but much cheaper solution popped up recently: https://www.facebook.com/774607322559772/photos/pcb.865370990150071/865370676816769/?type=1&theater It works like the Iscorama, but it isn't actually an anamorphic lens by itself. It slides over an actual anamorphic letting you rack focus, while the other two lenses are set to infinity.

Alright, thanks a lot for the reply David! That makes a lot of sense and is very helpful, I will definitely be going the grey card route with a lower base iso. Just out of curiosity, how far do you think one could safely overexpose this stock? Like I mentioned before, I've had good results with rating 400 film at 100, but I'm curious if two stops over would be too much for such a harsh and bright setting like this. What are your experiences with rating stocks lower? Is this something you generally do? Thanks again for your input!

Hi! I'm doing a shoot in a few days with the Arri 416 loaded with Fuji 8646 Eterna Vivid 250D and I'm in need of some advice. I have shot Fuji motion picture film before during a film school assignment a few years back. I rated the film at box speed and the image came out ok but not as appealing as I wanted to, mainly do to exposure; the image came out slightly underexposed and a tad too grainy. I've previously had great results exposing still film like Kodak's Portra series up to three stops over, and being really impressed with the results. The shadows are inky black while still retaining a lot of detail, the grain is tight and more balanced throughout the image while the highlights still hold the same amount of detail. The image just feels more robust and has a lot more omph to it overall. Not wanting to end up like before, I'm thinking about rating the 8646 at 125 or perhaps even lower. For a general overcast-ish day this would probably work well, however we're looking to shoot on a sunny day with a fair bit of contast between the areas in direct sunlight vs the shade. Did a reading today and the meter showed f22 in the sun and f8 in the shade. What do you guys think about this, should I generally rate everything at a lower iso, or rate it at 250 but meter for the shade? I'm just worried the highlights will blow out if I meter at a lower iso for something in the shade. I've attached two images, one is a corrected raw still and generally how I hope the stock captures the contrast difference, the other how I'm afraid it might look if I'm not careful. What do you guys think I should do? Would really appreciate your help!