AF100 + Lomo Square Front or Round Front Anamorphics

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filmfan222

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Has anyone tried this?

Also, trying to figure out this. If Anamorphics act like 2x field of view horizontally (50mm is more like 25mm)...on the m43 sensor would it just essentially be like a 50mm?

Thanks!

Chaz
 
In terms of width, yes -- but everything will be squished to a massively wide 3.56:1 aspect ratio. Not really what you want.

Ideal anamorphics for an AF100 (or any HD camera) would be a 1.33x squeeze, rather than the 2x of cinema anamorphics.
 
Barry_Green said:
In terms of width, yes -- but everything will be squished to a massively wide 3.56:1 aspect ratio. Not really what you want.

Ideal anamorphics for an AF100 (or any HD camera) would be a 1.33x squeeze, rather than the 2x of cinema anamorphics.
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Thanks for the reply Barry, I was interested in the Lomo's for their relatively low cost of entry into the PL and anamorphic world.

Any other suggestions for lower crop factor anamorphics that arent the price of hawks?

Is there any downside to cropping out the edges (other than some resolution loss?)

Thanks!
Charles Wood
 
There pretty much aren't any viable lower-cost smaller-crop-factor anamorphics. I mean, you can start playing with projector lenses and their various 1.5 to 1.75x crop factors, or you can try to dig up a nasty old DVX100 anamorphic adapter and use that, it's at least a 1.33. Or you could try to find a Century anamorphic that was made for something like the XL2 and stick that on the front of your lens, at least the Century had a focusable element on it so you're not stuck with the severe limitations of the Panasonic LA7200 (which focused horizontals at a different plane than verticals, and the only way to get them both in focus was to stop down the iris substantially)...

What the world could really use is an affordable set of 1.33x anamorphics. They'd be ideal for the AF100, the FS100, the F3, the Alexa, the Red, everything...

Cropping the edges will get you back to the 2.35:1 ballpark, yes, but you'll be throwing away something like 1/3 of your resolution...
 
I don't know that I would consider Lomo anamorphic lenses low cost when it comes to real world use.
A set, even the older square front Lomos can get pretty pricey now for a truly useable set.
And if you were to purchase a lesser set with the intentions of having then serviced, it would literally cost you thousands to have them brought back to spec.

Good Luck!

Dave
 
The Iscorama and Isco 36 adapters will give you a 1.5 with excellent anamorphic artifacts. They were designed with a taking lens for still use with a slide projector . I use my Nikon primes from 35mm up to 105mm focal lengths clamped to the front end adapter with great results. 50mm 1.4 and 1.8 Nikkor's will do just fine. Isco's can found for about $2 1/2K.
Close up focusing is the problem so diopters need to be used. I just switch taking lenses but that can slow the filmmaking process somewhat.
 
ryancglover said:
I've played around with my squarefronts on the AF100.

Night EXT test, with the full 3.56:1 ratio:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?240715-Anamorphic-night-ext.-test

Dusk INT test, cropped to 2.67:1:
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?243867-You-ain-t-goin-nowhere.
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Ryan, thank you so much for posting! I love these tests. I think early 90s/late 80s action flicks got me hooked on the anamorphic flares, breathing, and small defects that make these lenses unique.
 
filmfan222 said:
Ryan, thank you so much for posting! I love these tests. I think early 90s/late 80s action flicks got me hooked on the anamorphic flares, breathing, and small defects that make these lenses unique.
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No problem. It was John Carpenter films that got me hooked on the look haha.
 
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