brucker Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 One of these popped up on the local auctions here, and I cant find much info about the lens itself. I did find quite a bit on how the anamorphic element in alot of the panavision anamorphics were made by Shiga which made for some pretty interesting reading. any experiences with, or opinions on the lens? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickHitRecord Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 From what I remember, it is installed [i]behind[/i] a cine taking lens (and this is something that needs the touch of a professional, so it can't be easily swapped out like a front adapter). Also, it eats up a lot more light than the front adapters; I seem to remember three stops. Tony will know more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony wilson Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 shiga was a very small company only working with cylindricals. many great scope movies of the 70s and 80s used his optics. mainly massive handmade front mounted types. he started out in the 60s making cinema copies of hypergonar for the japanese market but could not compete with mass production of other companies. the lens you mention would need to be remounted to use on a camera today expensive rebuild. it would of been used with mega cost cooke and angenieux zooms. lovely idea but big investment of time and money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucker Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 hmmm, could we be talking about two different things? this one looks like a regular "mount infront of lens" lens. i forgot to mention that its for an 8mm camera and/or projector, says it on the body. and according to the seller it came with an adapter so that it could be attached to a D mount nikkor taking lens, on an 8mm camera i presume. here's the link: [url="http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w79691947"]http://page18.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/w79691947[/url] pretty certain you guys wont be bidding against me :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuickHitRecord Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 I've never seen that one before. It does indeed appear to be a front-mounting adapter. I hope that you win so that you can tell us more about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucker Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 fingers crossed! should be my last one for a while,... gotta stop shopping and start filming :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony wilson Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 i was referring to ebay canada back mounted adapter. the one with the link that will be small and very yummy : ) very interesting recipe a hypergonar design with a 1.5x compression Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucker Posted October 19, 2012 Author Share Posted October 19, 2012 sweet,... it shall be mine :D just had a look at that ebay canada one,... $2,500 above my budget :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucker Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 it is mine! for the princely sum of US$80 shipped :D should be here in a couple of days. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucker Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 it got here today,... and like tony said, it's tiiiiny. but it looks really sharp. B) this might be the one i decide to keep :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
septemberdawn Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 Glad it found a good home. Keep us updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucker Posted October 23, 2012 Author Share Posted October 23, 2012 so i went for a stroll after dinner, took a few stills and a bit of video. first time fiddling about with an anamorphic at night so quite a few shots were out of focus,.. my fault entirely :ph34r: as it is very sharp. here's the sharpest one straight out of the camera. the taking lens was a 50mm takumar f1.4 and this was shot wide open. [img]http://www.eoshd.com/comments/uploads/inline/21346/50869081b79fe_shigascopetaxirank.jpg[/img] it focuses down to just under 3ft. about 2.75ft and it's nice and sharp. of the three that i've recently acquired, this lil shigascope is by far the easiest to focus with, and this was handheld. the kowa prominar anamorphic-8 and the elmoscope-16 (for 16mm) were harder to work for some reason,... its like on those two the sweetspot is harder to spot clearly. there's a bit of ghosting so the "infocus" point seems to tiny even at f3.5 on a 2.7 crop sensor. or maybe i'm doing something wrong. i even had the elmoscope mounted on a velbon spt1 to keep it in place. it may only be my samples as well. but on the shigascope the sweetspot seems to be easier to determine. and even at f1.4 it was easier to figure out when i've gone over or under . it flares a lovely orange and a little green,... so not too sci-fi-ish. the shaky handheld footage i shot tonight looks promising, nice and cinematic. so much so that i;ve decided to macgyver it to my lens and take it out on a tripod through out this week,.... tonight's shaky handheld footage, while not bad, would do this lil lens a disservice i reckon. tony wilson, you were spot on, it is rather yummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucker Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 [img]http://www.eoshd.com/comments/uploads/inline/21346/5087b07098d07_lazywednesdayafternoons.jpg[/img] one more still from an afternoon spent at the bay. i'm loving how easy this lens is to work with :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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