shooting with an oval aperture taking lens and an Iscorama36

[richg101]

I wanted to shoot a few shots using the 'Rama in partnership with an oval aperture - as has been discussed in recent topics here.  

 

 

http://vimeo.com/73911861

 

 

So we have a sony nex5n, sped booster, 2x f3.5 oval aperture on 58mm, and 1.5x squeeze from the iscorama (with 3.5ft close focus mod).  the result is a 2.5x oval bokeh which is rather pleasing indeed.

 

thoughts? 

[Bioskop.Inc]

Nice Rich - if people were ever wondering why so many of us like Anamorphics, then you've just hit the nail on the head.

The out of focus areas look so creamy & the extra stretched bokeh looks fantastic compared to the 1.5x bokeh!

[Tito Ferradans]

It seems like the Iscos are the hot subject of the week! hahaha

Many threads featuring them recently.

 

I like the bokeh, but I believe it would be more noticeable at night time... Also, i felt the clip to flat, almost as a "cinestyle thing", which didn't please much.

 

The last shot though, is brilliant. It's a timelapse, right? The guy's movements are extremely awkward and this added to the cemetery surrounding makes him like a ghost AND a zombie at the same time. hahahaha. If it's not timelapse, then maybe you should be careful around this buddy! hehehehe

[Gábor Ember]

These shots made me realize that my SUN is not that crappy. For my taste these ovals are too much.

[Julian]

I agree that it is a bit too much. Would like to see some more DOF, that would make the effect a bit more subtle. Anyway, nice experimenting!

[Rob Bannister]

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. 

[Hans Punk]

The guy at the end of the video is a wanted man...he has been caught digging up graves and taking the bones home. Nice work in catching him on camera mate.

[Tim McC]

Here are some stills with a nearly identical set-up: http://www.eoshd.com/comments/gallery/album/95-new-mexico-ghost-town/

[Paulio]

Nice job Rich, keep experimenting with these. 2.5 is a bit stylized for my tastes but very interesting. I really loved the look of the last batch you posted, the "deliverancy" looking test.

[Sean Cunningham]

Rich, when I originally read the ASC Magazine article on Killing Them Softly I thought immediately of the FF58 when the article gets to the discussion of their acquiring Panavision's HS50, that special lens that was used for some of the extremely dreamy segments.  It's shown to its greatest effect in that sublime slow-motion shot of Brad Pitt walking through the street with all the fireworks and sparklers going off.

 

 

http://www.theasc.com/ac_magazine/October2012/KillingThemSoftly/page1.php

 

...I'm re-reading it and it made me think of this topic (since you didn't chime in on the other topic here related to the film) that in addition to modifying the optics to exaggerate the background falloff they purposely exaggerated the extremity of its elongated bokeh.  Neat.  

[Rudolf]

Nice experiment. And interesting atmosphere.  :)