Shooting NATIVE anamorphic 2:35:1 with the XL2!

[Four Eyed Monsters]

I just recently got the Panasonic Anamorphic Adapter as a gift. As most of you know that lens was made for the DVX cameras to let the DVX100 shoot was the Xl2 already shoots natively, but in my experimenting and research i found that if you attach the anamorphic lens on a native 16:9 camera of any kind, you can get the aspect ratio of 2:35:1. Here is my method for shooting and editing it.

1.) When filming you will see that ur image is anamorphicly squeezed into the 16:9 frame so focusing may be a problem in some tight shots. Also note that you can only zoom in about half way then after that the focal lengths are just blurred.

*I USE FINAL CUT PRO 5 FOR EDITING!!!*
1.) Import the clip as u would a 16:9 image

2.) Depending on what frame rate you shot it at, drop the footage in the --fps timeline which should be set for 16:9. Now in the motion tab, go to distort, aspect ratio, and set that to -36, and there you go, proper 2:35:1!!!! Now because say on a DVD it cant properly show 2:35, i just export the clip as i would a 16:9 file! Looks great and is amazing.

Best of luck,
Mike

[ROCKST*R Films]

Yeah i saw your video on youtube. 2:35 aspect ratio on the XL2, thats pretty wicked stuff.. Thanks for the info Mike!

[Four Eyed Monsters]

No problem man, always here to help. I was pretty excited on this discovery and had to share it with you guys. I think Panasonic should change there ad for the anamorphic lens to include a line that would read something like. "You can also get true anamorphic 2:35:1 with a natve 16:9 camera". i think they would have those lenses sell like hotcakes!

The funny thing is that not many films are shot anamorphicly anymore. its all crop the 2:35 images off a super 35 square frame. I think the last film i saw in the cinema that was actually shot anamorphic was the directors cut of Donnie Darko, and that was in summer of 2004 i believe!

[ROCKST*R Films]

umm i think The Departed was? or was it 1:85:1? yeah it was 16X9 nvm duhh.. anywho i'm so gonna save up for that adapter, whats it goin for these days like $600?

[Four Eyed Monsters]

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/282865-REG/Panasonic_AGLA7200G_AG_LA7200_Anamorphic_Lens_Adap ter.html

its 750 new, 600 used at B&H:thumbup:

Also, the departed was shot super35 and its ratio is 2:35:1.

Incase you dont know How anamorphic works with film is what it does on the XL2, it anamorphicly streches the image, then later is corrected and u get 2:35

but with the super 35 format, all u do is crop the 2:35 image off the square frame. I like the looks of anamorphic films better, there very wide, etc

DEPARTED is a fantanstic film!