GH4 Camera Test with Anamorphic Filter

Zak Forsman

Major Contributor
Finally had an opportunity to take the camera out to play. Over the last week, I went through a little trial and error to design an anamorphic filter that was laser cut from .8mm plastic. I attached it to the Nikon side of my Metabones Nikon/MFT Speedbooster so it would sit right behind each lens' rear element. Wanted to see how it worked on a variety of lenses. All I have are old AI and AIS Nikons. Pretty happy with the faux anamorphic look it generates and really happy that it cost less that $50. :)

CAMERA
Cinelike D (-5, -5, -5, -3)
Shadow/Highlight 0/0
iDynamic off
ISO 200
Tiffen Variable ND

FINISHING
DaVinci Resolve Lite
VisionColor OSIRIS LUT - DK79
FilmConvert Pro - Kodak 5207 (grain at 33%)

Shot DCI 4K, scaled to Scope DCI 2K (2048x858), then uploaded a 1080p version to vimeo.

https://vimeo.com/94944067

Will continue to rent for larger projects but am going to have a lot of fun with this camera. Love that the 96fps doesn't have the same smeary video-y look that my AF100 had.

EDIT: tried to embed it but wouldn't work. probably because the uploaded video isn't 16x9?
 
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