…produce very oval bokeh, but you can still see that anamorphic look in out-of-focus areas and it’s more prominent than that on 1.33x lenses, especially on close ups. I also find that 1.5x squeeze works great for 16:9 sensors producing a slightly more dramatic final aspect ratio than that of 1.33x lenses. Overall though, this lens produces quite clean look if compared to lenses like Proskar-16 & Sankor16F, both of which are bursting with anamorphi… Continue Reading
…worth it? Any of you have any other suggestions for vintage cine lenses around $1-2k? If yes, I would love to know. I try my best to make this website a great resource for people interested in vintage lenses for video use, so I hope you’ve enjoyed this & other posts. I sure hope they will help you save some money on your future lens investments too. I’ve joined the ebay affiliate program to help me run this website, fund my tests & lens giveaway… Continue Reading
…nts section too! Download high-res stills shot for this test here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/olcwn9uieocc15y/20mm%20test%20stills.zip?dl=0 Sharpness/Detail: As you can see in my test video above every lens has quite a different overall look and you don’t even need to look a right res stills to see which lens is the sharpest. It’s of course the Pentax, which is perfectly sharp even wide open. To judge every lens even more precisely though, I took s… Continue Reading
…going from side to side, or up and down, rather than strictly from foreground to background. I’ve used this adapter for the little web promo below and although it’s not very obvious, about 50% of shots have the selective focus effect achieved using of this adapter. https://vimeo.com/135991922 Conclusion: I highly recommend getting one! They add so much creativity for very little money. The $30 one I bought is pretty solid and woks fine as a regul… Continue Reading
…imilar to the vashimorphic40 filter effect (vashivisuals.com/vashimorphic40-free-anamorphic-effects-project/) which aims to replicate the field curvature of a 40mm Panavision Primo Anamorphic – think Wes Anderson! So I guess that’s not always a bad thing, depends what you are looking for. I guess for every optical flaw, there’s always an artistic defence! DEPTH OF FIELD AND BOKEH The main downside with this combo is that its quite difficult to get… Continue Reading
…the simple test video below was the reason I fell in love with it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UgyHDYSZVk I try my best to make this website a great resource for people interested in vintage lenses for video use, so I hope you’ve enjoyed this & other posts. I sure hope they will help you save some money on your future lens investments too. I’ve joined the ebay affiliate program to help me run this website, fund my tests & lens giveaways, so… Continue Reading
…p was to use a set of Russian taking lenses including MIR-1 37mm, Helios 44-2 58mm & Jupiter-9 85mm, but the filter thread sizes mean that I couldn’t mount them on my Redstan anamorphic clamp and will have to buy a step up ring to try this setup. For now I had to use something that would work right away, so my setup consisted of Proskar-16 mounted onto Canon FD 50mm F1.4, which is an obvious choice and the second being the widest lens I could find… Continue Reading
…s in a few different mounts, my copy has the FD mount, so I would mainly recommend it to E-mount and M4/3 users, because it’s not really compatible with Canon EF cameras. Keep this in mind when entering the giveaway. If you a Canon EF mount camera and you don’t think that you’ll use this lens, maybe it’s better to give someone else a chance who will make the best use of it. This giveaway is quite costly to me, but as long as the winner will truly… Continue Reading
…or bad, depending on what you are planning to use it for. Like the Industar-50-2 that I reviewed recently, this lens is absolutely great as a fun, holiday/day out lens. Its size and tiny focus ring will not make it popular on professional shoots, but that doesn’t mean you can’t used it for serious creative projects; One feature that filmmakers will like is the step-less (preset) aperture adjustment. On other hand something that might put off many… Continue Reading
…d diopters, but thankfully you can add a filter thread yourself by using 77-72mm step-down ring which is almost exactly the same size as the front of Optex/Century. A bit of electric tape secures it perfectly (see pictures below). Optex (with Filter Thread mod) + Mitakon 42.5mm OPTEX/CENTURY is one of the widest anamorphic attachment lenses in terms of the taking lenses that can be used with it. For majority of my test video above I’ve used a Mita… Continue Reading
