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So there's this particular type of lens flare that I've been meaning to try to recreate without having to use post-production editing (all in camera). While we all have a general idea of what one of the more common generic anamorphic lens flares look like (basically has the two long horizontal star points along with varying degrees of elements depending on the camera and lenses, but this one has always been the most appealing. You may have seen it from some movies mostly in the 70's and 80's. To give you an idea, I've myself have seen it in Dirty Harry (1971), Magnum Force (1973), Aliens (1986), Jurassic Park (1993), Encounters With The Third Kind (1977), Blade Runner (1982), and the first Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979). While it is generated from numerous light sources, including direct and reflected sunlight, it is often mostly associated with flash lights/torches (I've often called it the flashlight flare, though it may already have been pre-established as something else). While I will provide some example photos, its general shape is round with bright center (obviously) and with a thick outer rim that is colored, sometimes having various number and size of star points which i'm guessing is determined by the lenses aperture and number of blades. But the most dominating feature is a colorful ring around the whole flare (the whole thing often takes on an orange/reddish color when associated with flashlights). I'll leave a link to a mediafire folder containing the pics. If it doesn't work I'll embed a few in the page. I also have included a video recorded on my iphone of a similar flare but not exactly the same. Anyone have any idea how this particular flare is made? https://www.mediafire.com/folder/3asu9mdrur73u/lens_flare also if you can access the mediafire, I've also included a still from E.T. The Extra Terrestrial that is a shot of what im guessing is a certain area/suburb of Los Angeles, to which I've noticed is quite a common view used in many movies and I've reason to believe it is a common tourist site. Anyone know what that view/spot is?
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Hi Guys, does anyone have experience with shoting Sony FS7 + anamorphic lenses? Is it doable technicly- I mean like a desqueeze option in the menu, or is it done in a difrent way? I have a choice to shot a project with Alexa and prime lenses, but I woud rather go for a cheaper camera with S log and use more expensive anamorphic lenses for their look. Thanks for any advices
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Hey everyone, I'm looking to rent an anamorphic viewfinder for my Moviecam Compact MKII. I've been asking around but can't seem to find one! I believe the Arricam viewfinder extensions work with the Compact MKII as well. If you have access to one or know where to rent one, I would love to know. Thanks!
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Hi everybody! From my general understanding usually for 35mm lenses the sweet spot of the lens is usually 2 stops down from the widest aperture. I wanted to know if anamorphic lenses have the same features or where the sweet spot of the lens usually is. Thanks in advance!
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I’m not sure if this was posted here or if it’s of interest to anyone, but I’ll give it a try: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/thewire/cooke-optics-teases-specifications-second-new-anamorphici-zoom-lens-nab-2016/155584 Could I ask what is the “Cooke look”? How can it be described? -
I’m not sure if this was posted here or if it’s of interest to anyone, but I’ll give it a try: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/thewire/cooke-optics-teases-specifications-second-new-anamorphici-zoom-lens-nab-2016/155584 Could I ask what is the “Cooke look”? How can it be described?
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For sale is my personal Lomo anamorphic round front set: 35mm Lomo Anamorphic T2.4, PL-mount 50mm Lomo Anamorphic T2.4, PL-mount 75mm Lomo Anamorphic T2.4, PL-mount All lenses are optically and mechanically in perfect condition with smooth aperture and focus operation. All have stainless PL-mounts, and focus gear rings. No scratches, no fungus, The lenses are ready for shooting. Also included: 2 Cases, front and rear caps. New York City checkout can be arranged. Price: $25,000.00 Contact woftam@erols.com
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Does anyone know if using anamorphic lenses on S16mm was common before the release of the Hawk V-Lite16 lenses? I'm looking to shoot a project on these lenses soon and am hoping to use an Aaton XTR, just wondering if it will be easy to find an anamorphic viewfinder attachment for the camera. Or if it would be better to go with a SR camera. A 416 seems to be out of the question for now due to budget reasons. I believe this camera shares the viewfinder design with the SR cameras anyway. (the 416 I used just had SR ground glass in it.) Alternatively what other (if any) Anamorphic 16mm lenses are available in Los Angeles. - M
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This is the first part of a shot movie I´m working. I got to stop for job,part II coming soon. I hope you like it.
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I am selling Lomo anamorphic viewfinder for Konvas camera. Works perfect, glass is clean, no scratches, no fundus. Price 130USD(120Eu) + shipping 35USD (25Eu). email: martinsacha7@gmail.com
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I am selling famous Russian round anamorphic lens 35mm/2,2 35BAC-27-1 ser.870025 made in 1987 PL mount, iris and focus gears. Can be changed to black colour. glass is glean, no fungus, iris clean. more pictures: http://picsurge.com/g/hF1oxN Price is 7400USD + shipping 100USD. Located in Prague.
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Saw this and thought I would share: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/media/12082238/British-production-firms-spend-big-on-vintage-lenses-to-profit-from-period-drama-boom.html -
Hello, I study Cinematography at the DHB in Berlin and I’m currently writing my Bachelor Thesis about Anamorphic Lenses. I’m focusing on the special Look which they create and it’s effect on fictional films, in particular the film „Ex Machina“, which is an example for shooting with anamorphic lenses on a digital Camera in my Bachelor Thesis. I was wondering if you could answer a couple of questions due to the fact that there is not a lot of quality literature available. There is an attached questionnaire. It would be really helpful if you could answer me these questions, in order to get the most accurate information about anamorphic lenses to write my Thesis. I'm looking for people with experience in working with anamorphic lenses, not necessarily manufacturers (even though this would be pretty good) There are two Questionnaires attached, one for users and one for manufactioners (just in case...) It would be a huge help to get some more information for my Thesis! Thanks a lot in advance and let me know if you have any questions. Fragebogen Anamorphoten_USERAnwender.pdf Fragebogen Anamorphoten_MANUFACTURERSHersteller.pdf
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Hi guys, hope I caught the right space to ask this info.. I was wondering if somebody knows wich anamorphic lens is best suited for my Nikon D5200. I'm looking for a 1.9x - 2.0x sqeeze, cheap one if possible. I found this model on ebay: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Schneider-ES-Cinelux-Anamophic-2x-MC-35mm-cinelux-2-0-67-5-UK-SELLER-/201480808707?hash=item2ee9312903:g:gkAAAOSwI-BWICri Is this one ok? Do I just need some clamps to attach it? Thanks, Ale
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Bridge Of Spies Trailer IMDB Link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3682448/ "During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers." Director Steven Spielberg Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski Written by the Coen Brothers and Matt Charman, Spielberg brings us a great movie where he shows, again, the reasons why he is one of the greatest storytellers nowadays. The first act of the movie could be considered a little bit slow in the way that it is kind of vague but once the movie enters the second act, it finds the flow. I personally think that the whole movie is perfect as I like "lawyers" movies a lot and it reminded me a bit of "Zodiac", directed by David Fincher in its tone. The actors are absolutely great as in every single movie that Spielberg has directed and Kaminski shines completely through Tom Hanks' journey. Regarding Bridge Of Spies' cinematography, I have to say that some moments in the movie were very similar to "J. Edgard", photographed by Tom Stern and as I enjoyed that movie loads, it was something extra to add to the visual enjoyment! :) Ah! I almost forgot, the Hawks have not been used as well as Kaminski used them in this movie ever. Amazing use of the wide lenses in some moments. It was a pity not to see David Devlin's name on the credits though! :) Have a good day. -
For sale: LOMO anamorphic BAS23-2 75 mm f2.3 round front lens, Pl mount, ARRI rings 0.8 for focus and aperture, lens clean and clear, LIKE NEW! Lens adjustmentment by service spbsale.com and ready to shoot. Very smooch focus and aperture, clean and clear, no fungus, no durst incide, no scratchers. Included two lens caps: front and rear. S/N: 810026 Price: 8000 USD (worldwide shipping included) email: schubert@ngs.ru -
Hey guys, Just wanted to see if anyone's shot on the Cooke Crystal (Xtal) Express anamorphics before. Considering them for an upcoming job. It's between them and the Cineovisions. I've used the Cineovisions before and had a great experience with them, but was thinking about trying these crystals out. Panavision has a few more focal lengths available as opposed to their cineovision package which is a plus because this is a multicam gig. Thanks! Appreciate the help -Ben J
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Beasts Of No Nation has just been released worldwide on Netflix today and will be in a few selected theaters in the US as well, I've seen it this morning and found it to be absolutely outstanding. Contrary to Fukunaga's previous projects (except his Sleepwalking In The Rift short shot on a 5D), this wasn't shot on film, but rather, as he said it in an interview on Hitfix, on the Alexa with Panavision C-series lenses, he talked about shooting it on super 16 at first, but there were no labs around and it would have taken a week for them to get the dailies back and it was just impossible, so he chose the Alexa. I wanted to know what you guys think about it, it looks absolutely gorgeous, very naturalistic, with those characteristic anamorphic flares, blue streaks, and barrel distortion, the Panavision anamorphic look, it also had some beautiful bloomy qualities on whites in one scene in particular, also, Fukunaga not only wrote and directed the movie, he also DPed and operated the camera himself as his camera operator pulled his hamstring one day in. Quite the astonishing feat ! See this movie.
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Hi everyone, i am in pre-production for the short film we will be shooting in Caucasus mountains this winter. We are shooting 35mm 5222 black and white film, and i want to get Hawk anamorphic lenses with 2x squeeze from Paris. The camera they have in a local rental is Arri 435 Xtreme (4 perf). I'm in touch with the local AC and what he says is that the camera doesn't have an anamorphic viewfinder, also it does not have anamorphic matte glass and arri glow. I'm trying to figure out how to solve this issue, maybe somebody can help me out? If the lens squeezes the image into 4:3 academy frame - then what should be the matte glass/ground glass/ gate installed inside of the camera? And if it doesn't have an anamorphic viewfinder (we are shooting steadicam anyway) - can i get an unsqueezed image on the monitor and playback just through the monitor? I would appreciate any tips and help. Thanks -
Todd OA... Who has experience shooting on the Todd OA T2.3 Anamorphic set for the big screen? Alexa 4:3 Arri Raw I would love more deteiled opinions about these lenses. Western style feature film shot mostly in day exterior.. Anybody? Thanks, Lennert Hillege NSC
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Hi, first time posting here. Has anyone tried to shoot 2x anamorphic lenses with 16mm film (let's say kodak 7219 stock) and how did it go? From what I knew, 16mm has 1.37:1 ratio. So use with 2x anamorphic lenses it's gonna be 2.74:1 which wider than 2.40:1. So I have more room to readjust a frame in post right? What about the image quality, does it look good? I did a research online but I haven't seen any decent one yet. FYI: I'm planing to shoot on Arri SR-II, Kodak 7219 and Kowa Prominar anamorphic prime set. Thanks in advance. -
I am playing around with anamorphic adapters, and obviously am limited by what sort of taking lenses I can use. I wanted to use a Zeiss 35mm but found it vignetted very slightly, so I moved up to a 50mm. This is on a GH4 with a Speedbooster, so fairly fairly close to simulating a Super35 sensor. Also shooting 4:3. For Super 35, ~35mm-ish seems like a standard for a "normal" fov on spherical and 50mm seems a bit tight, better for close-ups (imo). But since the 2X anamorphic stretches the horizontal focal length, I am a little unsure of what should be a go-to focal length for anamorphic. I myself usually compose based on the vertical size of the frame, which doesn't change, but obviously I wouldn't want so much more negative horizontal space so I'd probably move backwards to compensate. I don't have many other great primes that will take the anamorphic adapter, so I am trying to avoid too much trial and error by seeing what others think. -
Hi everybody, I'm 2nd ACing a project with Red Dragon and cooke anamorphic and I'm having troubles with the RED LCD on board monitor. The problem is that after setting the 6:5 anamorphic 2X desqueeze the DP sees the frame on his RED LCD kind of cropped. It's like he's seeing the 2:40 aspect ration only in a frame inside the monitor while the rest of the space is just black, and it's not eveng shading like when you shoot 1.85 and you just wanna set the frame guides for anamoprhic, it's just like if only portion of the monitor is used to show the image but the rest is not. It's like seeinga smaller rectangle inside the monitor that shows the image while the rest of the space is occupied by the other infos like media, battery etc etc. Does anybody know if there's an option in the monitor control I can use to fix this problem or if this is normal when shooting 6k anamorphic? (and I'm sorry if the description of the problem might not be clear). Thanks so much in advance, Davide -
Straight Outta Compton Trailer IMDB LINK http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398426/ "The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood." Director F. Gary Gray Cinematographer Matthew Libatique Absolutely amazing movie! Just go to your nearest theater, grab a ticket and enjoy a "biopic" mixed with urban culture, grittiness, music and Matthew Libatique's phenomenal cinematography, the best movie he has photographed ever under my point of view. The production designing is really really mind blowing! Shane Valentino understood how the movie should look like and the approach that he took elevated Libatique's cinematography quite a lot, with all the practicals and designs. The cast is just out of the world and they really believe they are the people who started NWA! There is not too much to say about the movie itself as everything that you might want to know is in the current (September) American Cinematographer's issue, very good article by the way. Very serious Oscar candidate (as every other biopic I suppose), in terms of Cinematography now Chivo has another contender! :) Go to the movies and get a ride! :) Have a good day!
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"28th Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy Trailer: The Proposal." I had an quite interesting opportunity to shoot a promo trailer for the Helsinki International Film Festival (Love & Anarchy) with a really interesting theme: Superheroes. Not an everyday assignment! I also got a chance to try out the set of old Lomo anamorphic lenses, and play with an Arri Alexa XT. I would greatly appreciate your comments and thoughts, and would be happy to answer your questions as well. If the Vimeo embed won't work, you can view it here (my website).
