Matt Holder Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Thought i would share some initial Focus test results with my first foray into anamorphic. I got the tape measure out and trialled some distance and f stop settings at the limits of wider apertures that might work. I used a zhiyun crane v2 on a gh5 to keep movements conttolled as it seems anas dont lend themselves well to handheld work. (unless you are trying to create tension) I am only finding my way with focusing 5 ft and further out seems pretty easy as you just focus through the NORMAL setting. It feels like i found some limits in the 2-5ft range using the NEAR setting. It feels like f1.7 ish might be useable at times (not in very close though) f 2.0 seemed ok from 3 ft and out. But as a newbie to anamorphic (but with 15 years of cinematography experience) there is a lot i am sure i dont know. It looks like the compact 40 MAY punch above its weight with sharpness relative to its cost. I hope this video helps others out there with this popular adapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Holder Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 Some more shooting action on this combo - this time covering Greyhound racing (these were extra shots on the side in between interviews and race intros which i was covering) - I can say that focusing at distance 5ft and out was reasonably straight forward. I was mostly at f2.8 and NORMAL setting for these shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Holder Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 A bit of run and gun at f2 and f2.8 at around 5 ft from the camera (mostly on Near setting) webrunner5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Holder Posted March 22, 2019 Author Share Posted March 22, 2019 My first full run on the gimbal - yes it is hard to hold focus when moving on an anamorphic adapter! webrunner5 and TurboRat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboRat Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Hi! Also got the anamorphic compact 40 but I'm gonna switch soon to a sankor. Thanks for sharing your footages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Holder Posted March 29, 2019 Author Share Posted March 29, 2019 My first proper shoot with this adaptor. I am pretty damn happy with this adaptor for the price. It has its limitations but they are easily worked around. Gh5, voigtlander 25, slr magic compact 40 1.33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 nice work. like the plane speeding up and slowing down. i know its done alot these days but for some things its cool but that might be just me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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