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A little early plug of our latest product...  a slight step up from the original little FF58.  This is early sample footage of a prototype we are working on.  Single focus, a lomo-esq integrated anamorphic lens, based on our FF58 with an anamorphot we are developing.  Single focus, but using the LOMO focus method rather than the iscorama method.  this is a f2.8 50mm anamorphic lens system.  no diopters are used.  focus currently is from 4.5ft-infinity.  with lomo-like sharpness, and flares from the gods:)     http://vimeo.com/65480667 Password:- ???     CA is there at the edges.  but without it, i think the feel of this type of lens might be lost.     Lets hear some critique from you anamorphic nutters!.  We don't want to go into technicals as yet, but would love to hear some unbiased opinions on the look where getting from this first prototype.   in the movie you will see Hans using his Oct 18 square front and a FF58 in our new Bronze tint.  but all footage is shot with our newly developed anamorphot.  

warning on the c mount iscorama. check out the last picture. impact separation or as they once called it lamination. cemented doublet coming apart that will get worse over time anyone saying that the front doublet coming apart has 0 bearing on film image is an idiot or an opportunist. anyone buying should not pay silly money for it it aint perfect innit iss en nit it not broke but it not super. also looks like a crack in the plastic body near orientation button. listen eye is not dissin it man it is rare and stuff.. just sayin if ya donte like wat eye says donte reed it in it.

Looking sweet Rich! Love that you guys are making some great stuff, its like you want all my money or something?? lol Cant wait for the taking lenses to come in from you for my iscorama, maybe more lenses to make a set and dare I say one of these.....oh my I think my wife is finally going to kill me over this.

+1, try to cut some more of the CA. Other than that, I wants more pronounced ovals! Maybe you should throw an oval aperture in there just to be tricksy?  ;)   It looks great, though! I hope you offer it with similar coating/flare customization options like the FF58. I wants blue flares! (Yeah, yeah . . . I know. For some odd reason, anamorphic nutters seem to treat flares as taboo . . . loose the snobby hipster attitude, the signature blue flares are cool.)   You might also putts around with other lenses just to see if you can find one or two other focal-lenth lenses that it can synch to. I know, that's a tall order, but you never know! something longer focal length might be nice for closeups, especially if it suffers from "mumps" (y'know, if you're too close, it makes faces look fat).    I just had another idea for the FF58 too. You really should get your hands on a proper blue streak filter and do another promo video with that on front . . . I've always wondered just how close a spherical could come to looking like anamorphic with a good blue streak filter and internal oval aperture mod. I suspect that all but the most stickler wouldn't notice a difference.

Holy crap those flares. Want.

COME ON, I have to test one of these ! ;)

Thanks, hope it's any good, I bought it ;-) I found a manual for Minolta Super 8 camera's, there it mentions a close up filter that brings the focus range from [1.2 - infinity] down to [40 - 50 cm]. Any idea what the power would be based on that information?