marco0782
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These are some stills from a feature I photographed over the summer. Underneath each image is the focal length and f-stop I used. Benefitting from the larger frame size possible with the Brevis I was able to get a wider field of view which helped give the film a unique look. Notice that there is no falloff in the corners and that there is good edge to edge sharpness. This is because still lenses are designed to handle larger frame sizes.
85mm f/1.8
85mm f/1.8
35mm f/2.4
35mm f/2.4
35mm f/2.4
20mm f/4.0
85mm f/1.8
85mm f/1.8
50mm f/1.4
I've posted these stills before in the forum but thought it would be appropriate to show them again in a different context. In another thread we were having a discussion about whether or not to use the Super 35mm frame size which has a smaller field of view, and I wanted to show what kind of results you can get if you use a larger frame size.
To give an example, I photographed the old woman and girl in the cemetery using my 85. If I had used the Super 35mm frame size instead I would have needed a lens around 60mm to achieve the same field of view. Or, I could have used my 85 and just placed the camera further away, but this would make the depth of field less shallow since my subject distance increases. But by using my 85mm lens and the Vista-Vision frame size I was able to get a relatively wide image that looks both flat (since telephoto lenses flatten perspective) and shallow (since I was using a long focal length at a short subject distance).
What's my point? My point is that there are other ways besides Super 35 to shoot film, so we shouldn't feel restricted when using our 35mm adapters. Depending on the needs of your project you might want the Super 35 look, or you could try something larger like Vista-Vision or smaller like Techniscope and get results that are different than mainstream.
Marco
85mm f/1.8
85mm f/1.8
35mm f/2.4
35mm f/2.4
35mm f/2.4
20mm f/4.0
85mm f/1.8
85mm f/1.8
50mm f/1.4
I've posted these stills before in the forum but thought it would be appropriate to show them again in a different context. In another thread we were having a discussion about whether or not to use the Super 35mm frame size which has a smaller field of view, and I wanted to show what kind of results you can get if you use a larger frame size.
To give an example, I photographed the old woman and girl in the cemetery using my 85. If I had used the Super 35mm frame size instead I would have needed a lens around 60mm to achieve the same field of view. Or, I could have used my 85 and just placed the camera further away, but this would make the depth of field less shallow since my subject distance increases. But by using my 85mm lens and the Vista-Vision frame size I was able to get a relatively wide image that looks both flat (since telephoto lenses flatten perspective) and shallow (since I was using a long focal length at a short subject distance).
What's my point? My point is that there are other ways besides Super 35 to shoot film, so we shouldn't feel restricted when using our 35mm adapters. Depending on the needs of your project you might want the Super 35 look, or you could try something larger like Vista-Vision or smaller like Techniscope and get results that are different than mainstream.
Marco
