Hey guys,
It's been really long since I posted anything in the forum. Lately I've become obsessed with anamorphic lenses and started trying them out. At first me and a friend bought a Kowa 2x anamorphic, but it was one of those huge projection lenses. Quality is very good, but the size and weight just make it ver hard to handle. Also, the minimum focusing distance is around 6 meters, which is another reason it's not the best lens to use. Here's a picture:
After reading a lot about recommended anamorphics and best models, I found a Sankor 16D on ebay. I received it a few weeks ago and started playing with it.
This is what it looks like in front of a Canon 100mm macro lens:
It's still big, but a huge difference compared to the golden Kowa I used before. With some effort you could even use it handheld.
This is a great lens, has a lot of character to it, producing that stretched bokeh and quality is very good.
The following video was done while we were testing the lens. We did 2 shots of my friend putting some film on an old Minolta camera and that was it.
- Sound was recorded using a Zoom h4n and then synced in premiere.
- I shot both clips using magic lantern in 4:3 aspect ratio and 1600x1200 (if I remember correctly) in a 5D mkiii. I then adjusted the clips in Davinci Resolve to fit into 1920x720.
. Proxies were generated in Resolve
- Editing was done in Premiere using proxies
- Color was done in Resolve and then replaced the proxies in Premiere.
I thought this would be interested to post here. Please let me know if I'm missing anything or if you just want to know more details.
Andres
