[Konvas] Anamorphic Question

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 Mike-- are you thinking of shooting STILL frames with your DSLR, or using one of the HD shooting modes? 

As for the question of "will it work like a true anamorphic" the answer is "if you get things fitted right" yes, if not, no.  I used a Foton anamorphic front in front of a Schneider 28-65mm Arri B lens, and have used several prime sets on the Arri 2b/2c series with perfect success, and did tests for the effect with the Canon 10D for stills with a 35mm "old type" front on a 50mm and a 35mm Canon prime.

I expanded them to 2x in GraphicConverter and cropped to get rid of the extra edge.

I went to RAF and did not find a 150 dollar front anamorphic unit.   What I saw was, shall we say, quite a bit more-- but he has some diopters for the anamorphic for around that price, which is a small fraction of what those close up diopters have been bringing on eBay.  I suspect the buyers are not Soviet camera people, and just haven't found him.  At least, that's the difference between $600 to $700 each on eBay and his price.  If you need, get them now.

One point-- the original Cinemascope was an adapter front element set-- the EFFECT of cylindrical lens capture is true anamorphic, cropping and enlarging a spherical image is not.  

 


 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Mustafa Umut Sarac <mustafaumutsarac at gmail.com> 


This is a good question , if you look to the RAF CAMERA website , there is
foton anamorphic attachments for 150 dollar. Do they work for me or Mike ?

Best ,

umut

istanbul


On 1/17/10, Mike_Wilkins <mikewi at mac.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> This might be a really stupid question, but is there a way to put an
> anamorphic adaptor in front/or behind standard Oct19 mount Lomos to get the
> same or similar result to a true anamorphic lens ? Or is this the way Lomo
> anamorphics work anyway ? If this is possible would the bokeh and flares be
> also similar ?
>
> Years ago I used to have a Century anamorphic adaptor so I could shoot 16:9
> on my old Sony PD100 which was a 4:3 native camera; until it took a bath in
> salt water with it's pelican case and water proof housing sitting within a
> metre....but that's a story for another time :( .
>
> I'm thinking in terms of the feasibility of shooting 1:2.35 on DSLRs.
>
> You may have already covered this, so apologies if you have.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mike
>
>
> Mike Wilkins