https://youtu.be/jopt-5x32dU How much of the look is attributable to the lenses, how much to post-processing? We could be mistaken, but the lovely video showcasing Viltrox's new full frame T2 1.33x anamorphic primes, which has received a lot of praise - it looks like there's a lot of video effects added to the footage, making it... Continue Reading →
Mavo Edge 8K Anamorphic Lens Tests
A pretty comprehensive test with the Mavo Edge 8K where you can check out the sharpness, breathing, chromatic aberration, distortion, color, contrast, vignetting, flares and bokeh of many of the high-end and budget anamorphic lenses available today, from the sublime to the atrocious, including Arri Master Anamorphic, Atlas Orion, Cooke Anamorphic FF, Great Joy, Laowa... Continue Reading →
Why Aren’t More Cameras Optimized for Anamorphic?
The popularity of anamorphic lenses seems to be skyrocketing now that affordable sets from the likes of Atlas, Sirui, Venus Optics and Great Joy are becoming plentiful and receiving excellent reviews. Unfortunately for anamorphic shooters, it would appear that most camera sensors aren't optimized for the lenses, with Panasonic, the Kinefinity Mavo LF and ARRI... Continue Reading →
HDR: Lens Choice Critical
When it comes to HDR, two issues stand out from the rest if a cinematic look is what we're after, the first being 24p judder, a characteristic of motion pictures that cinephiles embrace and which worked well enough in theaters with 2K 48-nit projection but which becomes extremely objectionable on today's higher brightness, higher contrast... Continue Reading →
Great Joy 85mm Reviews Coming In
https://youtu.be/DUPLPDAnYqI Tito Ferradans says it's the best budget anamorphic option. We just preordered the RF mount Great Joy 85mm T2.9 1.8X full frame anamorphic cinema lens over at Indiegogo. The mirrorless mounts are just $1,189, a price that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, but sales of the ever so slightly more... Continue Reading →
Great Joy 85mm T2.9 1.8x Anamorphic Full-Frame Cine Lens
The anamorphic lens of our dreams just came true! The size and weight, squeeze factor, angle of view, mounting options, bokeh, and price check all the boxes. Here are the specs: Constant squeeze factor, 0.7m min. focus distance, focal length and angle of view 84.2mm (16.2°) vertically and 45.5mm (44.8°) horizontally, covers full-frame sensors up... Continue Reading →
Brian Caldwell Designing New Anamorphics
Brian Caldwell, designer of the Metabones Speed Booster, revealed today that he's at work designing 1.79x anamorphic lenses. This news, sure to please owners of the Lumix GH5, comes on top of yesterday's announcement by Panasonic that the massive firmware update v.2, due out in September, will have in-body anamorphic de-squeeze. At the moment however,... Continue Reading →
The Daejeon Chronicles 