Iscorama Anamophic Lens Test

I hate to sound like an idiot, ...I'm sure people will jump all over me for saying this, but so far I think that the D90 has the most "filmic" look of all of the DSLRs so far. I HATE the fact that there is no manual control and a bunch of other problems....which makes me HATE even more how good the over all look is, (as far as filmic goes)....I just wish Nikon would pull their head out!!! The Canon is just a tad to sharp for my taste. Make no mistake, I will most likely be buying the 7D...but I will likely keep my d90? We'll see. Anyway...I look forward to seeing more footage from your Sankor. I'll try to get out this weekend and shoot something.
 
Does anyone have any knowledge on glass and the way the focal distances change everything? The front element of the ISCO has a plano-concave lens that moves back and forth for focusing. What kind of focal length would you need to change that? I am thinking of rehousing mine with a different lens with a different focal length so it can focus from maybe 2 feet to infinity.
 
hyalinejim said:
That one is for a 35mm projector, and as such probably has a minimum focusing distance of around 50 feet.

I'd recommend anyone interested in anamorphics for the 5D to read a few resources that I found extremely helpful, listed in squig's post on the first page of the big Iscorama thread:

http://forum.mflenses.com/viewtopic....7057&view=next
http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=37554
http://super8wiki.com/index.php/Anamorphic_Lenses
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hee, hee you can even see the anamorphic test shots I made...:grin:
 
octopi_films said:
Does anyone have any knowledge on glass and the way the focal distances change everything? The front element of the ISCO has a plano-concave lens that moves back and forth for focusing. What kind of focal length would you need to change that? I am thinking of rehousing mine with a different lens with a different focal length so it can focus from maybe 2 feet to infinity.
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If I were you I would try and get a good achromatic diopter for it to change the close focusing distance and not do such experiments...
 
trying an isco on my crappy d70 yields some great results but they're all tight shots because of the 50mm focal length + crop factor.

i'm curious what wide lenses people have tried the isco 36 adapter on.

actually, i'm curious which wide lenses will work with it, given the rear protruberance of the isco 36.
 
50mm seems to be the limit, you can go for longer focal lengths - they seem to work pretty well, but wider than 50mm will result in lots of vignetting.
 
Compatible lens:

I've succesfully mounted an Isco 36 to a Vega 12b 90mm 2.8 using a 58-49 step down ring and a Pentacon 6 to EOS adapter for the lens.
 
bwwd said:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lens-Rectimas...s?hash=item5ad143b28f&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177

This one has 80mm rear diameter ,so might be useful.
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I believe I can see markings for atleast 30ft focus in the pictures...if anyones interested I would ask the seller the minimum focus distance, and of course Diopters are a path to take.

I do think the price is quite high...depending on the overall quality of the glass it could be a good lens. at 80mm at the rear you can be pretty sure that you could jury rig it in almost any way you want and you'd never see the lens itself.

Of course this is all IF someone is wanting to do a 2x anamorphic....that's a high stretch. I just got a 2x, but I only spent about $75 on it.
 
I now have another ISCORAMA 2.8/50mmn lens (the earlier one which flares so nicely) in excellent condition.

Contact me in interested...
 
It is not just an anamorphic adaptor such as the ISCORAMA-36, -42 or -54, it is the complete anamorphic lens system (f2.8/50mm), consisting of anamorph. adaptor plus lens in one piece.

You have PM (email to postmaster AT macrolenses.de is much better, since I hardly check PM here...)
 
I've had this running through my noggin' for quite awhile now, and it's started to bug me to a point at which I can't contain it, lol...

Does anyone out there have a DC(defocus control) lens and an anamorphic? I think some really cool results could be found with this kind of combination. What I think might even be cooler is the combination of a DC lens, shift/tilt adapter, and an anamorphic....call me crazy, but I like crazy optics :2vrolijk_08:
 
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