andy lee

because the adapter for micro 4/3 has a nice area in the back you can put an oval apperture and vertical fishing line - then you just shoot as normal and swop the lenses over on the front of the adapter - I cant think of another system that does that , this simply - thats why - it works well

you can get a very very good anamorphic effect using Pentax 110 lenses add an oval aperture in the micro 4/3 adapter back and a vertical piece of fishing line and then just shoot as normal - it looks great and you just swop out the Pentax lenses on the front of the adapter as all the gubbins is in the adapter , you have 18mm,24mm 50mm and 70mm lenses at f2.8 to play with frame to 2.39 add black bars in post - and most people will never know... cheap and looks nice!

thats Lomo is a brick - its massive very hard to rig up as its barrel is so wide and it weighs a ton , hang that off the front of a Nikon 28-70 and you will rip the front of the Nikon lens clean off The Nikon front is delicate as it extends 1 inch when zooming and you do not want to hang anything heavy off it , NDS are fine just not massive Lomos I would advise you against even buying the Lomo to try shooting a feature film , it will take you x4 longer than normal just to use the Lomo as its duel focus and huge . - avoid Shoot spherical and frame for 2.39 and add black bars in post - thats what they did on the last James Bond film Skyfall and the Bourne films too and so many Arri Alexa shot films these days , its accepted industry practice these days -

nice find will have to get one to try out , how sharp is it?

that's not much use on a jib arm, btw none of our cameras have straps on them as we don't wear them round our necks ever.

why have you removed the rear part of the lens? front and back elements are no longer now aligned at all!

it looks like you have removed the rear element of the anamorphic lens ! which is critical to make it work if this lens was supplied to you like that then some idiot has unscrewd the rear of the anamorphic lens thinking they dont need it !! that's not a spherical taking lens on the back its the rear element of the anamorphic lens. send it back its a load of bother to re align the rear element it has to be critically set to make the lens be sharp

I think its because a standard lens on Super 35 (human field of view ) is a 35mm lens , so a 40 mm lens is just that bit tighter but not getting telephoto , Gordon Willis said its good for shooting in rooms , and he actually got Panavision to make him a special 40mm lens to his specs.

we have 2 G6's out there so we where down to one for a day after it's swimming lesson .

I don't like the look of Full frame at all , ...they dont shoot movies full frame in Hollywood! (Vistavision is dead!) I shot with Canon 5ds for 2 years then stopped and switched to micro 4/3 I personally do like the look of the Nikons with a speedbooster on micro4/3 it looks pretty stunning to me, as its closest to Super 35mm film cameras -

they dont float haha!!

thats for that will buy new one tomorrow !! big thanks

I need some urgent help from forum members , we have dropped a Panasonic G6 off a bridge while filming in Italy - its dead!! 40 feet into a river....no way of getting it back So does anyone know of a good Panasonic Camera shop in Rome Italy where we can buy a new one tomorrow as this a 10 day job overseas..... Any help appreciated. thanks Andy Lee

just as a point of note on lenses for films : David Fincher shoots most of the time with the same lens focal lengths even when he changes his DOP so even if it is Jeff Cronenwerth, Harris Savides or Darius Khondji on camera for him he is still using a 27mm 40mm most of the time and a 75mm for the close ups , at f2.8 with nds and at f2 at night , thats about it , most of the film is shot on those 3 lenses thats all he needs (page 162 of the book 'New Cinematographers' gives you a look at Harris Savides note book for the film 'The Game' he lists scene by scene what lens he uses and its f stop ....its mainly all 27mm 40mm 75mm at f2.8 or f2.... The late great Gordon Willis shot 90% of The Godfather series for Francis Ford Copolla on a 40mm f2.8 lens - if you get this months American Cinematographer magazine OCT 2014 its a special edition all on Gordon Willis - The Prince of Darkness and it reveals all on how he shot these great films . Then you have Paul Greengrass who uses long zooms all the time and the late Tony Scott who shot almost always on long lenses and used x2 extenders too, thats his 'look ' And then the great Sergio Leone shot all those Clint Eastwood 'Dollar' series films on a single Angenieux 25-250mm f3.5 zoom So my point is you dont always need very wide lens to make great films ..... as long as you have in Super 35 field of view a 28mm. 40mm and 70mm which the Nikon zoom gives you ,you can make a film.....what camera you use to get those lengths is upto you , you may need speedboosters or adapters but those are the numbers that work for me most of the time.

glad you like it , I love these lenses , if they had a PL mount on the back you would be paying 15k for a lens this good !! get the Nikon 80-200mm f2.8 to go with it that lens is insane its so good , I do prefer the long lens look as the subject separation / bokeh you get looks great , Im really not a fan of shooting with wide angle lenses , I rearly ever go below 20mm on Micro 4/3 camera most of the time I shoot on the longer end of a lens , I prefer the look.

I'm using it with a speedbooster and it gives a Super 35mm field of view like on a Panavision/Arri camera on a GX7 , G6 , as I said the glass is future proof and when he gets a Red Scarlet it will still be superb - these lenses are great, stick some Tiffen NDs on the front shoot wide open at 2.8 its looks great . if you want even wider while retaining the great Nikon glass look these lenses have slap a Schneider /Century x0.7 wide adapter on the front and you get the wides I have 2 schneider /Centrury wide adapters I use a x0.7 and x0.55 both have 77mm rears so they cover the front glass nicely .

yes thats the lens - it is superb on micro 4/3 cameras GH4 , G6 GX7 etc , 80% of Bourne Ultimatum was shot on this lens , also used on Captain Phillips and Green Zone all directed by Paul Greengrass - Its a very very good lens it has fully manual apperture , which you need , as all the later Nikons are neutered and have electric fly by wire appertures .....like the 24-70mm and the 70-200mm all useless with no manual apperture , this 28-70mm is fully manual apperture as it is Nikon mount it is future proof as it will adapt to almost all cameras like Red / Arri etc

if you want lenses you can keep long term then dont buy micro 4/3 Rokininons I would get a Nikon 28-70mm f2.8 IF D , it is a steller lens as used on THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM, CASINO ROYALE, QUANTUM OF SOLICE etcetc no focus breathing , very sharp and covers the range of 4 primes , 28, 35, 50 and 70mm plus if you put it on a speedbooster it becomes a 20-50mm f2 monsters lens !! very fast for night shooting and even sharper and wider . I have 2 of these and they are now my main go to lenses !! you can shoot wide open at f2.8 all day long an it is pin sharp with a superb bokeh and very very filmic look this lens is the closest you can get to a £15,000 Carl Zeiss 28-80mm f2.8 cinema PL mount lens http://***URL removed***/articles/4439044609/carl-zeiss-presents-28-28mm-t2-9-cinema-zoom-lens AND it has less focus breathing than the Carl Zeiss.....it is an amazing lens get one it will last a lifetime. its sister lens is the Nikon 80-200mm f2.8 IF D also used on Bourne Ultimatum - this the is killer!! with these 2 lenses and a speedbooter you can shoot 90% of a feature film! all with a constistant glass look and matched colours so no issues in post as its all the same great Nikon glass !! it works !

Ive not seen it yet I hear that Andre 3000 is amazing in it - as Jimi - cant wait to see it.....I wonder what camera they used haha!! here is me on a video shoot - have strat will travel ! https://myspace.com/andylovetoinfinity/mixes/profilemix-143650/photo/1157698

thank you very much Cosimo for introducing yourself , I too am a big Jimi Hendrix fan! and a stratocaster player! Maybe everyone should use their real name on here ! ....now that's a thought .... Kind regards Andy

thanks for that I was beginning to think mine was faulty as its soooo saturated the EVF , looks like they are all like that then!!

I do think if you are sending money in advance for this item collectively as a group on this forum to get some form of discount, then you should find out exactly who you are dealing with. I have said this before no one knows who anamorphic shop are. I personally believe people should post under their real names if money is involved. You all know my name as I post as me - Andy Lee - from day one on here. As one of the Mod team on here just be cautious and know who you are dealing with when you send money.

Comurit :- I think you have just revealed your hand : my suspisions are now confirmed I do think you are involved with theanamorphicshop.com and you are the proxy on this forum for them.

yes there is a big mark up on these - they wont cost alot to manufacture

well this is a can of worms - I had no idea Canon did 24p this way Im sticking with Panasonic !! (we will probabally find out soon they do it as well!!)