squeeze vs. 16:9 anamorphic lens adapter

[doondoon]

For Film out.

Pros and cons?

Cost is one for sure... the lens adapter is $800 bucks.
Light loss on the lens adapter?
What about quality?

thanks Michael

[maniero]

light loss is not an issue if you go for the pana or century anamorphics...
well you get most pixels out of the anamorphic.,but you'll loose the autofocus (if that is an issue for u...for me it's not ) and the DOF will be influenced... the pic will be sharper from the foreground to the background...

[doondoon]

deep focus. Bummer... but good to know that there is no light loss. Which would you recommend? Panny or Century ?
I would be interested to see the resolution difference... I'm sure it's relatively small (especially after a transfer to film).

[David Jimerson]

I don't think Century ever released their planned DVX anamorphic adapter, so the Panasonic one is the only one available.

[johnnylanz]

I'm preparing to shoot a doc with my dvx 100b should I get the lens if I shoot it letter box is it better then normal? should I get the anamorphic lens ? I would like to have it run on tv and on film for festivals could I blow it up in post from normal is post cheaper to film with the lens or better for letter box

[Cheesesailor77]

the best quality, sharpest 16x9 image you can get on the DVX100 is with the anamorphic adapter

[johnnylanz]

In todays HD market whats the best way to shoot a doc with a DVX100B? in squeeze or letterbox ? Id like it to be on ready for TV ,DVD and hopefully blow up for film?

Thanks+
Johnny Lanz

[William_Robinette]

Search. There are countless threads on this. And as to the original post, remember that you will not want to shoot wide open with the ana adapter. Get Barry's book if you don't already have it as there is a huge section of it dedicated to shooting with this thing.