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At the beginning of the IFA show in Berlin, Andrew from SLR Magic dropped by at my studio and dropped off the V2 and V3 anamorphic prototype lenses the company are working on. As long time EOSHD readers will know I am a passionate advocate and shooter of anamorphic. The SLR Magic anamorphic is the first new lens of it's kind to be announced in many years. [url=http://www.eoshd.com/content/11138/introducing-the-slr-magic-anamorphic-lens-hands-on-with-new-v3-prototype]Read the full article here[/url]

Here are some x-ray pictures of Hawk and Lomo anamorphic lenses. That can maybe help you to see more whats going on there. :) http://www.reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?75869-FS-LOMO-Anamorphic-Roundfront-set-F-35-50-75-NEW-PL-mount-ARRI-gear-rings&p=974248&viewfull=1#post974248

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Clinton Harn of Newsshooter.com wrote an article about a new anamorphic adapter by Letus35:     http://www.newsshooter.com/2013/09/10/letus35-launch-high-quality-anamorphic-lens-adapter/   Sounds interesting and affordable. What do you think?

I'm parting with my beloved LA7200 and all that goes with it: adapter rings, diopters set (+0.5, +1, +2), Cinetactics mattebox, the whole shebang.   Everything is in perfect working order, as new.   I bought it after reading Andrew's ultimate guide on anamorphic and must say I've been really pleased with it AFTER I managed to get my hands on the +0.5 diopter that is. It now focuses from infinity to about 20cm with a 14mm pancake.   Have been using it with my GH2 & following lens combo: 14mm Panasonic pancake, 24mm & 35mm Nikkor.   All pics are available on http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=171124778730   Get in touch if any question...   & while you're at it, check out the trailer I shot last month for a feature thriller film noir THRILLER FILM NOIR I'm prepping: https://vimeo.com/72806937   Cheerio, J.  

Unfortunately I looked at the image they posted (the truck) and it still has problems on the edges, left and right.  I wonder if they just figured rehousing the LA7200 glass is enough.  I figure it's easy enough to replicate the shape of the glass, and considering it looks to be the same size, I guess the same problems persist.  At least the glass from SLR Magic doesn't seem to have this.  I wonder if a shootout is in order here - LA7200 x Century Optics x SLR Magic x Letus35!!!

Ok, i understand everything :-) , it's nice to taxe the time to explain. I am looking for a sankor 16c , if i find one, i Will post a video of it on my BMCC. Thank you Pierre

They mention two or three different levels of multi-coating, with the fully multicoated having the highest resolution and still some nice flares and a single coat for the flare junkies.   And realistically, I could see, quite easily, shooting just about everything with two or three of these.  I would almost bet they intentionally made it so that you couldn't get one adapter to cover the 50-85mm range.   70mm seems like an odd focal to be designing around.  That third adapter should have been 35-85mm, IMO.

Sounds like a rather killer product.  Integral matte box plus the focusing mechanic and what appears to be a large rear element...I'm thinking the market is going to be getting really soft on the ebay lenses.   edit: oh, if you go further through the links it looks like this isn't one adapter but a range of adapters based on focal length and not all of the adapters will have (or need) the near/mid/far focus adjustment.     ...makes sense since they're going for total quality.  Hopefully the $1700 represents the more complicated, longer lens versions and the short focal length models will be cheaper.

So that's a grand they've lost from me, and from pretty much everyone else who uses SLRs primarily for video.    That stablisation is unique  in IL cameras, yet they hold the camera back by not allowing a lower frame rate....   Totally, bizarre decision!

I loved it, I cant wait for mine to come in so I can add a 1.5X oval aperture with the 1.5 isco and make my iscorama a 2X. Going to be very sweet indeed.