AG-7200 (AG7200) Anamorphic Lens Discussion and Footage

I'm using the 7D and I feel so lucky to have been sitting on my LA7200G since I bought my DVX five years ago. Has anyone tried to mount it to a 77mm Canon zoom, like the '17-55mm f/2.8 IS'? That is my lens. I want to go pick up a step up ring. Has anyone found a tried and true ring that works to go from 72 to 77? I'd rather not smash a filter.

I'll be more than willing to share my results too. Thanks!
 
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http://vimeo.com/11274770


Okay, so I'd been getting a lot of questions on how to attach the LA7200 to your lenses and decided to make a tutorial about it which is now online. This is a really simple thing to do once you know how to do it, but I just keep constantly getting the same questions, so hopefully this video will make all of this clear.

Teresofblood, in the video I do have a 72-77mm step-down ring, it works fine. You can pick them up at any place that sells step-up/down rings... like ebay.

Also at the end of the video is a nice test comparison between the coverage differences between the regular lens and it's anamorphized counterpart.

Hopefully I didn't leave anything out. Enjoy!
 
Strangely enough I was the only bidder on a LA7200.
Where has all the anamorphic hype gone? :cheesy: Where are all these crazy bids at the last seconds of the auction? :2vrolijk_08:
Just kiddin', happy to have it at a reasonable price.
 
My LA7200's got a problem now - the little mounting screw you use to lock down the rotation of the lens has stopped tightening all the way. The tension on the screw increases a bit and then gives and becomes totally loose again. I've taken the screw out and there doesn't seem to be a problem with it, maybe something's gone wrong inside the adapter?

I did see they sell a replacement screw (for the low & reasonable price of $40 or so) but I'd like to know if anyone else has had this problem and if so, how they fixed it. I can deal with paying $40 for a replacement screw as long as it works.
 
Phil Bloom is testing again the LA7200. Maybe this will be a good reason for these adapters to start selling soon for more than $1000 :)
 
Well, it's the only game in town unless you want to start entering the eBay knife fights for an Isco or Kowa.

I'm very positive that I would use my Panasonic adapter more if I had one of the newer VDSLRs (5D Mark II, GH1, etc.) but with school and everything I haven't needed a camera since my Nikon D90's which I sold for more 3D animation money. Still, after finally getting some time and finding a demo 5D Mark II with the 24p firmware, I'm very tempted to jump back in. Shooting at controlled ISO ranges up to 6400 was just phenomenal and all sorts of possibilities flashed through my mind but again, I simply don't need a video camera right now, and if I did I'd give Nikon at least another month or two just to get something out there.

I used to have a lot of issues with having to stop down my lenses to f/4.0 just to get decent sharpness out of the Panasonic adapter (2.8 being the fastest I would ever go) but with these ISO options, that all just goes away. But the main thing I think people are missing with these adapters is that you have to have a reason to use them. Does every film need to be in 2.35:1? No and it shouldn't either. Does every movie need fancy flares and anamorphic bokeh? No. If you need one because your film is going to be in 2.35:1 and could use the fancy flares and such, get one. Otherwise it doesn't serve a purpose. Heck, it's fairly common to film anamorphically and punch in for a 16:9 output but would I do that with a 1080p VDSLR? Probably not, but I could do that easily with a RED One or SI-2K or, eventually, Scarlet and Epic.

I don't really want to see the Panasonic anamorphic adapter blow up for $1,000, I'd expect someone else to start making new anamorphic adapters before that happens. Plus, if anything, anamorphic adapters might start dying off because of the new cinema anamorphic lenses being developed by RED and other lens makers.
 
Apparently there is a whole market here for lens developers. But when you see the $100 generic anamorphic lens on eBay being sold for $350, you can expect the LA7200 to trade for crazy prices in the future, when it goes out of stock on B&H...
 
also forgot to ask what is the workflow in premiere pro for this adapter? with the anamorphic adapter on a 7d, isnt the ratio like 1920 x 880?
 
craven said:
also forgot to ask what is the workflow in premiere pro for this adapter? with the anamorphic adapter on a 7d, isnt the ratio like 1920 x 880?
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All I've been doing with just one test so far was vertically squeeze it 75%.
Although, I'm sure there's probably an automated preset that's preferred, in either PP or AE, just haven't pursued that route yet.
 
Yep, in Premiere you uncheck the box that scales the image uniformly (vertical and horizontal) and just change the vertical scale percent.
 
its 1920*1080 pixels with an anamorphic pixel ratio of 1.33x
which makes an unsqueezed 2560*1080 composition using square pixels.

you can autofit screensize or scale that down to a 1920*810 format equivalent to 2.37 scope.
 
ok, so if i put the adapter on, and record, then bring the file into premiere, i should choose, 1080p anamorphic 24p right? and then what do i do after that?

thanks for help
 
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