https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC6cIXP3lb0 Passing, which is in contention for an Oscar uses the LOMO round-front vintage anamorphic lenses in an interesting new way. EOSHD on YouTube looks into it.
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[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/40844162[/vimeo] A guest post by director Roberto Miller. Andrew asked me to write a brief article for EOSHD about the experience of making my feature film, Mandorla, now in post, with a pair of GH2s and LOMO anamorphic lenses. I’m happy to do so because, truth is, it’s Andrew and the EOSHD community that inspired me to go the GH2-anamorphic route, which achieved a cinematic look and vibe that I never…
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/54261970[/vimeo] Get Dreamleaver by Herdwhite on iTunes Embedded video not showing? Click here to view or download on Vimeo A big thanks to Ciecio7 for donating his superb OCT19 to E-Mount lens adapter for this shoot. This is available on eBay. We shot this with the young German movie actress Lili Zahavi (IMDB) and theatre actor Niklas Brubach. A big thanks to both of them for their performances. This is a music…
Above: Lily & Niklas magic hour amour, shot with OCT 19 LOMO 35mm anamorphic The OCT19 mount is a Super 35mm cinema camera mount from Russia, essentially was their equivalent of PL mount. Long time EOSHD readers will know I am in love with the look of OCT 18 mount lenses, but mechanically speaking they are very basic. OCT 19 lenses are improved mechanically, much more solid.
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/26115801[/vimeo] Learn all about anamorphic shooting – the EOSHD book is now on eBay for just $19.99 The new GH2 hack is in its very early stages but has a helluva cool feature for anamorphic shooting. I thought I’d try it out. One of Vitaliy’s initial patches puts MJPEG video into a 4:3 aspect ratio, the same as 35mm film. I can then use a 2x anamorphic lens to convert…
Buy it now I’ve been shooting in Berlin this winter with my LOMO anamorphic cinemascope lens. This is a Russian anamorphic used by Andrei Tarkovsky, who shot Solaris amongst many others with it on Konvas 35mm film cameras.
(Links to buy on eBay are at foot of article) It’s easy to forget that Russia used to be a real technological force in the world, with some of the best engineers and scientists on Earth, huge natural raw material resources, massive labour forces…
[vimeo]17210647[/vimeo] Lomo cinema primes were used on Konvas 35mm film cameras during the cold war and beyond, here EOSHD brings them into the digital filmmaking age. LOMO cinema primes on eBay (make sure it is OCT-18 mount, not 19) Get the necessary OCT18 lens to Micro 4/3rds adapter Back when Russia was a technological force, the government had industrial and optical design down to a tee.