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1920x810 -- the new "Cinemascope (2.35:1)" alternative.
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  • johnnymjohnnym

    Thing is : you can shoot in AVCHD 2x anamorphic right now, and you wouldn't have less resolution than when it was 4:3. But it seems such a waste, doesn't it? Cropping down from 3.56 to 2.4 aspect ratio. What would be really cool : AVCHD 4:3 with higher vertical resolution say 1920x1440 or 2560x1920. That way maybe part of the softness of shooting anamorphic could be compensated for (given your lenses are sharp of course) I hope the BMCC will be able to shoot at full sensor resolution which has a 1.18 aspect ratio. That way we can shoot 2x anamorphic and arrive at 2.36 and have the vertical resolution of 4K (actually even a little more).

  • LPowellLPowell

    @JayB38 Yes, the 100Mbps MJPEG settings I developed for the GH2 work fine at 1920x810 with the latest version of PTool. You can find it in either of these patches:

    http://www.personal-view.com./talks/discussion/479/gh2-mjpeg-100mbps-low-light-1080p-settings/p1

    http://www.personal-view.com./talks/discussion/2099/100mbps-flow-motion-v1.11-failsafe-patch-with-hbr-25p-50p-modes/p1

  • bwhitzbwhitz

    @jeffharriger "Many top notch filmmakers have shot Super 35 and opted for faster spherical lenses cropped later, Scorsese with "Age of Innocence" and "Casino", Tarantino with "Kill Bill", and so on."

    Robert Rodriguez does this also. Once Upon a Time in Mexico was shot on 2/3" Sony HD and cropped to 2.4:1.

    It makes sense for some things. You lose resolution, but if you shoot a bit wider than you would for 16x9, it's really flexible for re-aligning shots in editing. It's almost the only way I shoot now.

  • stoneystoney

    I don’t have anamorphic lens, but if I had 1.33x one, I would imagine 1.33 times wider FOV with my bare eyes because the camera’s LCD would display vertically stretched image instead of normal looking view. E.g. imagine 35mm horizontal FOV when using a 50mm lens.

    Invert the logic. I could treat my lens 1.33 times longer than what it really is. E.g. treat a 25mm lens like 35mm focal length. Then I would frame based on the extended focal length without using anamorphic lens. Or I could frame with a 35mm lens first then swap it with a 25mm lens from the same standing point. After the cropping, it wouldn’t look like cropped.

  • symphsymph

    First test with the Angénieux anamorphic zoom lens adapted to M43 Its a heavy lens end rare to find, 1:1.4 to 16 and closed diafragm. 5.6 to 78.5mm ( 11,2-157mm 2 times extender covering the m43 sensor)

  • symphsymph

    Did anyone encounter or worked with this Angenieux lens? The type is Angenieux AN.H 14x5.6 P.ESM. I could find nothing about this lens. Guess its from the eighties, B4 mount 1/2" I made an B4 to MFT mount and a support arm cause its a heavy lens. Thanks for watching and reading, with regards

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  • CFreakCFreak

    @symph Nice job making that lens work!

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