Anamorphic Music Video shot on Canon 60D !

Intwist

Intwist

Member
So I've been a member since this community was all about the DVX100 which is still own ;-) - however with the advances in technology obviously DSLR in particular I finally made a video I wanted to share. So I've decided that a post on my part was more than long overdue. I always read everything here have not participated as much as I wish I had. I will though - that's a promise! ;-)

So I wanted to share this video with you all. A music video Shot on a Canon 60D with an Anamorphic Lens attached to a 80mm Zeiss Prime lens.

The artist is my wife - I produced and recorded the song and the video of course.

I hope you enjoy it and please do leave any and all comments. I would love to read what all of you genius video folks have to say on my vimeo page or here as well of course!

link:

http://vimeo.com/23389868

Cheers!
 
Daniel,

You're Wife is a talented singer and If she is not already a signed artist she should be. The video looked really great also, you are a talented video editor. If you didn't want to use the Full 2X stretch of the Kowa Prominar anamorphic lens, you can use a couple of aspect ratios using X:Y values;

X=117,Y=62

X=122, Y=65,

X=128, Y=68

X=132, Y=70

X=141, Y=75

You can do this in After Effects by first "clicking" on the "grey" rightward facing triangle next to the "green" colored box next to the name of your clip in the lefthand corner of the "Timeline" and going under the "Transform" properties and changing the "Scale" settings

Uncheck the White "chain link" Icon to "un-tie" the X and Y values.

Enter "117" for the X value

Enter "62" for the Y value.

Also, Change the "View" Window in After Effects from 50% to 33.3% to see the total effect.

You will notice that an equal proportion of both the left and right side of the 2X anamorphic image has been automatically removed with an "Outline" of where the 2X un-stretched image would have been stretched to. In the center you will see the new "windowed" anamorphic image with very little if any resolution loss.

each of theses X/Y values will get you progressively more and more towards a 2.35:1 screen ratio. Also, you could probably use a 50mm lens with the 60D with the (X=122, Y=65) and up stretch sizes without vignetting.

here is a test I did with a Kowa 2X anamorphic lens for Bell and Howel, a canon 7D and a nikon 50mm f1.4 ais lens using the X=117, Y-62 size.

http://vimeo.com/21371442
 
Last edited:
bleach551 said:
Daniel,

You're Wife is a talented singer and If she is not already a signed artist she should be. The video looked really great also, you are a talented video editor. If you didn't want to use the Full 2X stretch of the Kowa Prominar anamorphic lens, you can use a couple of aspect ratios using X:Y values;

X=117,Y=62

X=122, Y=65,

X=128, Y=68

X=132, Y=70

X=141, Y-75

You can do this in After Effects by first "clicking" on the "grey" rightward facing triangle next to the "green" colored box next to the name of your clip in the lefthand corner of the "Timeline" and going under the "Transform" properties and changing the "Scale" settings

Uncheck the White "chain link" Icon to "un-tie" the X and Y values.

Enter "117" for the X value

Enter "62" for the Y value.

Also, Change the "View" Window in After Effects from 50% to 33.3% to see the total effect.

You will notice that an equal proportion of both the left and right side of the 2X anamorphic image has been automatically removed with an "Outline" of where the 2X un-stretched image would have been stretched to. In the center you will see the new "windowed" anamorphic image with very little if any resolution loss.

each of theses X/Y values will get you progressively more and more towards a 2.35:1 screen ratio. Also, you could probably use a 50mm lens with the 60D with the (X=122, Y=65) and up stretch sizes without vignetting.

here is a test I did with a Kowa 2X anamorphic lens for Bell and Howel, a canon 7D and a nikon 50mm f1.4 ais lens using the X=117, Y-62 size.

http://vimeo.com/21371442
Click to expand...

Thanks! I really appreciate your in depth explanation as well and will definetely try some new methods as you described for anamorphic use, which I love! I'm checking out your vimeo channel as well! - nice :)
 
You're welcome Daniel,

I had another 2X anamorphic lens, The Elmoscope !, Which I grew tired of because of the really wide stretched image and the vignetting I got from 50mm "taking" lenses. At the time, I thought that was the only way it could be displayed and quickly got tired of it and sold it on Ebay. After a few months I tried the Kowa 2X anamorphic lens for Bell and Howell it was shorter in length and had a wider rear lens which meant that I could uses wider angled lenses with it. However, it was still a 2X anamorphic lens. So i thought of all of the ways that I could possibly get a less stretched image and I decided to try X/Y values instead of Exotic Aspect ratios that still had to be conformed to academically accepted ratios. I saw your video and thought " how long will he keep his 2X anamorphic lens before he gets tired of the extra wide aspect ratio" Ebay is full of 2X anamorphic lenses from guys who probably did. I just wanted you to know that you can get less stretched images from a 2X anamorphic lens with theses X/Y values. I also love the look of the videos I've made with my Kowa 2X anamorphic lens and I won't ever go back to shooting without an anamorphic lens just maybe to a better one like the Iscoramas.

Rand

BTW,

You can also use these X/Y values in any program that uses X/Y perimeters to resize images, just make sure you un-check any box that "Ties" the X/Y values together.
 
Last edited:
bleach551 said:
You're welcome Daniel,

I had another 2X anamorphic lens, The Elmoscope !, Which I grew tired of because of the really wide stretched image and the vignetting I got from 50mm "taking" lenses. At the time, I thought that was the only way it could be displayed and quickly got tired of it and sold it on Ebay. After a few months I tried the Kowa 2X anamorphic lens for Bell and Howell it was shorter in length and had a wider rear lens which meant that I could uses wider angled lenses with it. However, it was still a 2X anamorphic lens. So i thought of all of the ways that I could possibly get a less stretched image and I decided to try X/Y values instead of Exotic Aspect ratios that still had to be conformed to academically accepted ratios. I saw your video and thought " how long will he keep his 2X anamorphic lens before he gets tired of the extra wide aspect ratio" Ebay is full of 2X anamorphic lenses from guys who did. I just wanted you to know that you can get less stretched images from a 2X anamorphic lens with theses X/Y values. I also love the look of the videos I've made with my Kowa 2X anamorphic lens and I won't ever go back to shooting without an anamorphic lens just maybe to a better one like the Iscoramas.

Rand

BTW,

You can also use these X/Y values in any program that uses X/Y perimeters to resize images, just make sure you un-check any box that "Ties" the X/Y values together.
Click to expand...

Awesome! Your knowledge will go a long way for me and many others I'm sure. Again, thanks for sharing! I fell in love with Anamorphic look along time ago and never thought I would be able to shoot using the anamorphic ratios until the ever so popular dslr movement and affordable solutions for adapting lenses like the kawa. I had a sankor 16d before the kawa but ended up selling it since the kawa seemed more sharp and a bit smaller and lighter in my case.

I CAN say with your anamorphic tips mentioned above adding more options and my already set mind (anamorphic rocks) I will NOT be another guy selling it but rather finding more creative ways to use it. I think I'll find it hard to shoot video without at this point. I'm gonna be going through your vimeo page in a bit when I get a chance to really watch and read. I am hoping maybe anamorphic shooting may also result in a better quality image as far as dynamic range and cinematic type imagery of course.

Cheers!
 
I tried to go back to shooting without an anamorphic lens but it just looked a little video-ish to me. The anamorphic lens, like you have mentioned, just , in my opinion, makes it look more cinematic. Here are two of the videos that got me really interested in anamorphic lenses in the first place, both looked very cinematic to me:

http://www.vimeo.com/12706805

http://www.vimeo.com/9227650

Both I may add were made with a Kowa 2X anamorphic lens.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top