Anamorphic adapter for rangefinder camera

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Hi,
I found this forum searching for the web for an anamorphic lens and I see really cool images here.

Apology for my bad english...anyway.

I´m looking an anamorphic adapter for attached to my rangefinder lens.I would like to use it just for photography with my Leica rangefinder cameras.

I saw the Panasonic adapter but it is so huge,more than the camera and it could cover the entire visor.Also I´ve notice of the Century adapter and it looks small and it can work better,but I have a question:

These lens make focus problems with the primary lens?..This is really important to be able to make photos with rangefinder camera.

I would like to use with lens of 28/1.9 and 40/1.4 with thread of 43mm and 46mm and I think the adapter need to be short and 52mm thread to avoid the vignetting.

Which lens/adapter could recomend?

I thought about buying an old projector lens and take off some parts and fit it with a ring to my lens.......bffff..I don´t know.....some help ,please?

I would love get those anamorphic artefacts on my photos!..blue flare,oval bokeh,panoramic format.

Thanks
 
You may not be able to get what you want.

Anamorphic adapters squeeze the image. In other words, the images are compressed horizontally, which makes everything look long and skinny. In editing, the images are stretched out horizontally and restored from the 4:3 squeeze to a 16:9 widescreen image.

I don't see this working with 35mm still imagery. I guess you could un-squeeze digital still images in PhotoShop, but these lenses just seem terribly impractical for stills.
 
Yeah,I know that.

Obviously there would be necessary to edit the image with PS.
It is a paradox.Impractical for 35mm whet it was designed fot 35mm(if I´m not wrong)

Many people shot with X-Pan cameras,this ones make pics like 70mm on 35 film.could be really cool get this format with horizontal blue flares too.

Some Xpan examples:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=xpan&w=all

Thank C2V
 
I think it's possible to use an anamorphic with any camera....but I'm unsure how the results will look with that wide of lenses.

When you use anamorphics you are basically changing the focal length in one dimension:

With a 1.5x anamorphic your 40 would become 26.66 in one dimension, and your 28 would become 18.66 in one dimension...that's pushing the limits pretty far, and you'd have to go to somewhere around 11 or higher to have decent focus, and even at that point I'm sure any adapter would cause the end image to need to be cropped of upwards of 20% of the image(I haven't even tried this wide of a focal length, so it could be even worse...and this cropping is on all sides, by the way).

With a 2x anamorphic your 40 would become 20 in one dimension, and your 28 would become 14 in one dimension....this is pushing these lenses even further.

I would suggest something in a zoom that goes somewhere in the range between 30 and 100mm that is as fast as you can get(like a 2.8 or somewhere around there), setting it somewhere near the middle(60-80mm) and a few clicks from it's fastest(5.6-11)(you'll have to eyeball both), using a 2x anamorphic....this would be the best mixture of image quality and low price....and you could also experiment with putting the anamorphic on your other lenses......but in my opinion it prolly won't work out very well.

The 2x anamorphics can be found pretty cheap on ebay, and to find a list of these attachments go to this site:
http://super8wiki.com/index.php/Anamorphic_Lenses#2x_Anamorphic_attachments

I would stick to those lenses(I would suggest ones made for 35mm film projectors, but try to get one with the lowest focus ability of around 5ft or 5m), and stay away from the century/panasonic lenses, as these are designed for very low resolution, and as such can cause a blurry image.

The best option is an Isco 42, Isco 36, or Isco 54(shown in order of want)...these are very sharp 1.5x anamorphic adapters, but alas the demand on these are high, while the stock is low...so they sell for a pretty high price...if you can afford it, or can find one cheap, then go for it, but otherwise I'd shoot for a 2x adapter.

You'll also need to invest in some diopters to enable closer focus.
 
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Got it!
It´s a cheap adapter and it don´t have a great resolution but at the moment works for me,untill I find a best one.

Some examples:
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cmcapture6n.jpg

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cmcapture4.jpg

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cmcapture11.jpg

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The adapter,if some one whant one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...173173&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_1182

Best
 
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