Leo Anthony Vale Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Even if there was an anamorphic lens made in Nikon mount, no still camera is going to have an anamorphic "unsqueeze" viewfinder (again, a cinema thing). There's only so much you can expect from a stills camera to replicate motion picture shooting, and anamorphic isn't part of it... An "unsqueeze" viewfinder is not an absolute necessity. One can quickly get used to viewing a squeezed image. Framing is based on proportions. Such as the rule of thirds. Something placed a 1/3 of the way across a squeezed picture, will still be a 1/3 of the way across when unsqeezed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 There's an old anamorphic lens that came in nikon F mount, the ISCORAMA.There's no way to unsqueeze the viewfinder and takes some practise to use (focusing is a real pain). The Iscoramas are attachments and came in various sizes. They they can be screwed on to various lenses. The first model which came with a Nikon mount lens is, I think, the same as the Iscorama-36. The backing lens that came with it was a triplet. The triplet is the culprit for lack of sharpness and contrast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Marc Alucard Posted September 4, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 4, 2007 The Iscoramas are attachments and came in various sizes. They they can be screwed on to various lenses.The first model which came with a Nikon mount lens is, I think, the same as the Iscorama-36. The backing lens that came with it was a triplet. The triplet is the culprit for lack of sharpness and contrast. Was there an "unsqueeze" anamorphic slide projector lens to view the images? Did the Iscorama attach to your slide projector lens? I can't imagine a lab printing anamorphic "paper" prints, but I guess it wouldn't be that hard if you wanted to. The whole anamorphic still thing doesn't make sense to me. If you want a different aspect ratio in stills you use a different format camera Cheers, Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck colburn Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Most all SLRs in the last twenty years or so have decent mounts. Nikon seems to have held the cross-over-to-cinema mount dominance for thirty to forty years. Nikon lenses are still quite obtainable used. They dumped their new lens manufacturing around a year ago. Leica is making new lenses in a Nikon mount, though. Hi Paul, Are you sure that Leica is making lenses in Nikon mount? Haven't seen anything on them yet. I do know that Zeiss with Cosina is offering a line of lenses in Nikon mount. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Was there an "unsqueeze" anamorphic slide projector lens to view the images? Did the Iscorama attach to your slide projector lens? I can't imagine a lab printing anamorphic "paper" prints, but I guess it wouldn't be that hard if you wanted to. The whole anamorphic still thing doesn't make sense to me. If you want a different aspect ratio in stills you use a different format camera You screwed the Iscorama off the slide projector and onto the projector lens. The Iscorama-54 had a bracket for use with slide projector. This is the same that one did with 8mm and 16mm home movie anamorphics. It was intended mainly for slides. There was an enlarging lens, or at least a USPatent. It used a rather thick dioptre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Are you sure that Leica is making lenses in Nikon mount? Haven't seen anything on them yet. I do know that Zeiss with Cosina is offering a line of lenses in Nikon mount. I'll second that it's Zeiss/Cosina. Hit SLR lenses: http://www.zeiss.com/photo Whoa! Also in both Pentax mounts. Which way does the focus ring turn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Marc Alucard Posted September 4, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 4, 2007 You screwed the Iscorama off the slide projector and onto the projector lens.The Iscorama-54 had a bracket for use with slide projector. This is the same that one did with 8mm and 16mm home movie anamorphics. It was intended mainly for slides. There was an enlarging lens, or at least a USPatent. It used a rather thick dioptre. That makes sense. Thank you for replying. I'm working on my own version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck colburn Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I'll second that it's Zeiss/Cosina. Hit SLR lenses: http://www.zeiss.com/photo Whoa! Also in both Pentax mounts. Which way does the focus ring turn? Leo, They rotate anti cinewise, like most still camera lenses do. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Paul Bruening Posted September 5, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 5, 2007 Hi Paul, Are you sure that Leica is making lenses in Nikon mount? Haven't seen anything on them yet. I do know that Zeiss with Cosina is offering a line of lenses in Nikon mount. Chuck You're right. I goofed the reference on that one. Here's a relevant thread: http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/in...=11372&st=0 As well: http://www.nikonusa.com/template.php?cat=1...;productNr=1435 We all thought Nikon was a goner with F-mount, MF lenses. It seems they are still offering them under circumstances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Elhanan Matos Posted September 7, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted September 7, 2007 Take a look at KEH.com, and why are you even bothering with 35mm? Go for medium format, you can get a Hasselblad 500C or CM really cheap now. I bought mine with a zeiss 80mm T* lens for about 1,000 usd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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