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Hi everyone    I´m a young video director from Madrid-spain, (www.MauriDGaliano.com)   I want to share with this great community my passion for  vintage Anamorphic Lenses.   I´ve been reading this forum a lot of times, but is the first time that i write something.   Allow me the honor to share my last Anamorphic video, a Drum cover for the Artist "Deivhook",the best Drummer in Spain.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13zPG1ebHlo     I shoot this video with my basic set: Panasonic GH2 Flowmotion v2.2 + fd50mm 1.8 + Bolex Anamorphot 16/32 1.5x.   The Bolex is the little girl of all my lenses...the "jewel of the crown",   The  rare 1.5x ratio suits perfect for almost everything, and its super-easy to make the double focus with it, in this video theres no flares, but this lens have the best flares  i´ve seen. Flare sooo easy, blue-deeply flares like Panavision C series. Mindblowing.   Now i have a clamp, from VidAtlantic,but im interested in upgrade to Redstan, i´ve seen that redstan have a custom Clamp for the little brother of my lens, the 8/19 1.5x, And im asking myself if he has one custom clamp for my lens.   Someone can give me the contact of Redstan?   I hope that you enjoy the video!   If someone have a question about the lens, ask me!   PD: I already knows that i suck writing in english, sorry!

lovely work dere fella : ) opening wide shots are amazing i keeps tellin folks about dem mollers anamorphical lens but people tink i is talkin shit. lovely flat filmic tonality looks superb very nicely framed as well. filters are important my favorite are heliopan of germany brass mounts and schott glass which is the same glass as zeiss use. they do a very big range of nd and also do a vari nd the only problem is they is german they do not mess about and they are much more expensive than the china junk. you can sometimes find then used on ebay uk,us and germany. great looking clip. poor monkey his ears must have been bleeding with that racket.

I've been using Super-Takumars recently - they all match up nicely & are sharp when used with an Iscorama. The only downside is that the best 35mm is f3.5 (there is a f2, but too soft), 50mm f1.4, 55mm f1.8, 100mm f2.8 & 135mm f3.5.   I've heard good things about Yashica ML lenses (there's a 28mm, 35mm etc.), but they don't always come cheap.   If you've already tried the Russian lenses & rejected them, then you might be after the Holy Grail!   Best combo for me: Mir-1b 37mm Helios 44-2 58mm Jupiter 9 85mm or Helios 40-2 85mm (both are too soft wide open, so useable J9@f2.8 & H40-2@f2) Tair 11a 135mm

One option to consider to avoid the crazy pricing of this admittedly rather attractive beast is to get it on a finance deal, quit your job, and sell the your 4K footage as stock. 4K stock footage is in demand. Also I am pretty sure you could undercut a lot of Red shooters for a job which specifically demands 4K material.   The image on this camera is lovely. The pricing is indefensible though, but business is business.

Just thought I'd share this also on the anamorphic forum specifically. Gotta love the Kowa image!   http://vimeo.com/56519741

yeah i'm in no hurry really, so i might just wait a bit. not like i'm doing this for a living  :P cheers for your input!

  What gets me is people still snatch these Canons up like they don't care.... lol. 

I'm convinced that with the proper marketing, moire can become an aesthetic like auto-tune became a "sound" lmao.. Rainbow bricks beeeotch!!