au8ust Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 I think we can request for the features we need with him. By the way, he adds a focus gear by default. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tito Ferradans Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 My Iscorama is coming back to Brasil. It spent almost 90 days at Van Diemen, and I was almost sure they would miss their deadline, but fortunately they didn't. Can't wait until it arrives. Lucian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucian Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 congrats :) Tito Ferradans 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
au8ust Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Hey Tito! Can't wait for the review! Tito Ferradans 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch_d Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Sent mine to Van Diemen about 2 weeks ago ... Hate to shoot the next projects "un-anamorphic" :ph34r: Three reasons why i did this: a) with the close focus mode (i did it myself) there is a chance of getting dust inside the lens when the lens is set to very close focus. b) protection c) focus gears Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaquet Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 You get a more robust lens but you loose a bit of flexibility – because of it`s design (as mentioned before). It becomes a real "fat lady" after the mod. And with the close focus mod done you'll need a FF with a faster gear ratio (2:1 like the Arri Cine FF). And this FF isn't a lightweight at all!! When I got my ISCO back from VD, I decided to mod the mod. A friend of mine – "SFX Lange" based in Hamburg – did the following: - we made it noticeable lighter (the mount is the heavy part of it) - we've added a solid lens support (Vocas) - we attached a torque motor on the lens support (redrock micro remote) The ISCO is held by the lens support and is just "pushed" in front of the lens (not screwed!) Now I can change the taking lens within seconds, without a recalibration of the ISCO is necessary. Have fun! Zmu2, Lucian, Tito Ferradans and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucian Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 That is truly awesome. You should actually send these pics to van deimen as it's quite an improvement on their mod. Well done sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
au8ust Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Well done jaquet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch_d Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Now I can change the taking lens within seconds, without a recalibration of the ISCO is necessary. It would be great to add a rotating filter thread to the lens so you an screw the Iscorama onto this thread without rotating the Iscorama. This rotating filter thread could look like an Variable-ND filter. One part remains fixed on the takting lens and the other part is rotating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaquet Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I don't need to fix the ISCO with the lens. The beauty of my Leica Summicron's (35, 50, 90) is that they have a moveable sunshade. I can move the sunshade over the ISCO`s thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaquet Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 like this … Lucian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch_d Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I don't need to fix the ISCO with the lens. The beauty of my Leica Summicron's (35, 50, 90) is that they have a moveable sunshade. I can move the sunshade over the ISCO`s thread. Ah nice! Mine arrived today: Maybe i´ll try your trick with my Leicas :) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Btw: VD did a great job. Very solid. And i was lucky because i just waited about 3 weeks ;) Lucian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucian Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 Does anyone find that due the weight difference of the isco and the taking lens that sometimes the taking lens focus + whole isco rear section of the isco rotates when trying to focus the isco? I run into this when using smaller taking lenses sometimes and want to create some sort of collar that locks the taking lens at infinite, any ideas? It doesn't usually bother me but I recently bought a custom focus gear and am trying to get follow focus going so the taking lens can't be wobblin round! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBarlow Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 I don't need to fix the ISCO with the lens. The beauty of my Leica Summicron's (35, 50, 90) is that they have a moveable sunshade. I can move the sunshade over the ISCO`s thread. a Rubber lens hood should work fine as well ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch_d Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Do you guys feel like when the Iscorama 36 is set to very close focusing that the anamorphic factor is like 1.33x and not 1.43 or 1.5? (I´ve read somewhere that the 1.5x is just for infinity ...?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucian Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 It does change a bit across the range I think, I usually unstretch to 1.5 regardless and tweak the odd shot. If you are keen for specifics you could do the ball test across different focus points. ch_d 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 With this ISCORAMA, still need to adjust both focus? Is it single focusing possible? If no, which ISCORAMA possible, how to tell? Ah nice! Mine arrived today: Maybe i´ll try your trick with my Leicas :) ------------------------------------------------------------------- Btw: VD did a great job. Very solid. And i was lucky because i just waited about 3 weeks ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucian Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 iscorama 36, 54 and some others are single focus. Look on wikapedia or in Andrew's anamorphic guide for specifics. ch_d 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ch_d Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 - we've added a solid lens support (Vocas) can you give me the exact parts of the Vocas lens support? What is that ring around the Iscorama? Thanx ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I thought about something like an adapter for my swing-away-mattebox. So you can swing away your Iscorama and just change lenses. Here is my Tilta Rig: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Vallejo-Sanderson Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 I second the above question: What vocas lens support is that? ch_d 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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