Jon Karr Posted July 5, 2018 Share Posted July 5, 2018 ironglassadapters.com - These guys seem to be doing some pretty cool stuff. I know it's fake, but I can see the benefits besides just price. Has anyone tried their lenses? Thoughts? This is part of their demo reel (not my work, obv): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Ash Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Andy Lee is supposed to be doing a short film using them,unfortunately he is not on these forums much these days. The guy at "Ironglass" could probably put you in contact with him. Jon Karr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 4 hours ago, Aussie Ash said: Andy Lee is supposed to be doing a short film using them,unfortunately he is not on these forums much these days. The guy at "Ironglass" could probably put you in contact with him. According to the video description, Andy Lee made that video. webrunner5 and Jon Karr 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerocool22 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Meh im not digging the look. anamorphic is all about the desqueeze for me. Flares are easily added in post. The only benefit from this is the anamorphic shaped bokeh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Karr Posted July 9, 2018 Author Share Posted July 9, 2018 On 7/8/2018 at 4:05 AM, zerocool22 said: Meh im not digging the look. anamorphic is all about the desqueeze for me. Flares are easily added in post. The only benefit from this is the anamorphic shaped bokeh. Yeah, the closer I look, the more I see what you mean. Also, from what I can tell, the oval aperture is only at f3.5. At any other aperture, the original blades take over. That being said, I went ahead and ordered a modified Helios 58mm. It wasn’t very expensive and there are some cool things about it - I just wouldn’t consider it a replacement for true anamorphic. I’ll use it for other stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Karr Posted March 14, 2019 Author Share Posted March 14, 2019 I know it's old now, but for anyone curious - I ended up getting a Helios 58, modified to be anamor-fake, from Ironglass Adaptors. **With no expectation that it would be a suitable replacement for a true anamorphic lens. They were great to deal with and what I got was pretty solid. I actually love it and have even been doing some stills work with it. We ended up shooting a video partially with the Helios and partially with an anamorphic setup using a Sankor. Here it is, for anyone who wants to see the results. Jon Karr www.thatverynextthing.com/artists Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McC Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 I bought one a while back. It's cool and everything, but no replacement for actual anamorphic adapters. I'm selling it on ebay if anyone is interested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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