With APS-C sensors, there maybe the possibility of shooting 3:2 video. (1280x1920)

This would seem a happy half way house since it would be a firmware fix rather than a specially made 4:3 sensor and more likely to happen short term.

My math says shooting 3:2 with 2xFHA and resizing back to 2.35:1 only crops out 26% of the horizontal.

@johnbrawley Have you asked BMD if they would consider a 4:3 shooting mode (or even 5:4)? That would open a lot of creative doors for anamorphic, and i guess it would enhance the sales of their cam even further. If you see the prices paid for simple 2x anamorphic attachments on eBay, then there must be quite a big community waiting to put those to good use. The BMCC's sensor is indeed perfectly suited for this and BMD would sell the only cam under 3000$ that does proper 4:3.

Just FYI - The Red one and Epic have a mode called 4K ANA and 5K ANA that record in the correct aspect ratio for use with 2X anamorphic lenses.

Look into it, it gives you more vertical pixel recording and since you are oversampling at 4 or 5k you can squeeze the image vertically rather than stretch it horizontally and receive the benefits of optical enhancement without losing digital resolution.

@thadon_calico do not worry about how many lenses are in the anamorphic design. if the lenses are optical cristal glass this does not matters. think about how many glass are in a video/cinema/photo lens and they are great image quality. what matters is the design, a great design use many lenses is better than a bad design using less lenses or vice-versa.

@mlysbakken there's no logic for 1.5x and cropping in post.....also i had to create a profile after coming across this website from frank G's BMCC blog, where he hinted theres an slr magic anamorphic in the works. I googled it and viola! the good thing is SLR magic taking inputs from the community. Its been a dream to own anamorphic for a while, but most used glass do not often resolve 4k images that i work with and they suffer from everything associated with a used lens. I've looked at adapters and dread having to suffer the resolution and light-stop loss they have, I will not gamble on a professional shoot. So i had to login and put my input as I was reading the comments and seeing 1.5 adapter requests inplace of a solid lens

A 1.3x crop LENS is the best option. Just make it resolve high resolution imagery and you've got a winner! From what I read online, Schneider and Sigma are planning theirs as well

I am in a lan house downtown. what a warm emotion and pleasant smile to meet that old partners. but in fact i feel they showed some sadness because i was away for a long time.

well, the glasses are in the lab. it will take some days to do the grinding. i did 10 diferent designs and will try them in the camcorder and in the GH2. maybe one of these designs will work. if not i will do new designs.

plastic and aluminium also in the way to become the body. I have some important considerations about the body. i will try two versions, black plastic and black aluminium. but i think the manufacturer needs to trust in its own intuition. i found plastic is better due to i can design the thread a little more tight and this way the user can align the anamorphic adapter in the correct direction to get horizontal squeeze and it will not rotate if the lens have a no rotating thread. also the plastic thread will not hurt the plastic lenses. also the plastic body will be 20 usd cheaper. good reasons to be plastic. and also it will be lightweight, important to use in plastic lenses.

i have a question for you all.

i belive the 1.33x squeeze will work great with the small camcorders. but for DSLR if i do a reduction in the squeeze factor it will be more easy to get the focus. so if i do a 1.25x squeeze factor i will get 2400x1080 resolution from the 1920x1080 sensor after desqueezing, 2.22:1 aspect ratio. and if i want 2.4:1 aspect ratio from it i just need to crop a little and use 2400x1000 pixels from the desqueezed image, using the 1920x1000 pixels from GH2 sensor. please forget the oval bokeh and horizontal flare just for a while and think about resolution. do you think this 1.25x will be average good?

@thadon_calico

So i had to login and put my input

Thanks!

From what I read online, Schneider and Sigma are planning theirs as well

Maybe we should wait and see whats to come.

@slrmagic Please do not wait if you could. I trust in your abilities to make solid lens, I have the 12mm and absolutely love that lens, so I know u guys will make an amazing quality anamorphic

@apefos @mlysbakken I'm not a hard -headed guy, if slr magic decides to go with an adapter, I still would buy it regardless of 1.3 or 1.5, I feel that being a modern manufactured glass, they would ensure the highest quality regardless

The most wanted anamorphic lens in my eyes would consist of these aspects:

1) 2x anamorphic "desqueezed" into 1.3x output. This would be AMAZING! Otherwise, 1.5x!

2) Make it into a Adapter. Suitable for 50mm and longer (ff equivalent). 35mm would be incredible. This is 25mm & 17.5mm in m43 terms.

3) Aperture at atleast f/2.8.

4) No double focus mechanism.

5) Prices would be 3000$ for adapter choice, 1000-2000$ for fixed lens.

In my honest opinion SLRmagic should compete against the Iscorama series that are available, adapter wise. Iscorama 36 is in my mind the current KING of affordable anamorphic adapters. It has low weight, ultra sharp & 1.5x squeeze for visible anamorphic characthers in the image.

The ONLY issue I see with a fixed lens, is that you lose the ability to choose between wide, medium & tele. Which I feel is VERY important. If SLRmagic decides on fixed lens, please plan on offering atleast a medium lens aswell. IMHO many of the anamorphic pronounced behaviours are not visible in a wide lens.

Lomo also offers anamorphic lenses that are highly sought after. They have them in 35,50,80mm. Being very old, the main downside with these are that they are incredible soft, however due to their anamorphic behaviour they are very popular. A set in good condition can be sold for about 20 000 $! That's more than 6000$ each for a fixed lens!

If you manage to produce a good anamorphic product that becomes a valid option in comparasion to the Iscoramas I am buying it ASAP!

@slrmagic Maybe you should do a poll about prime vs adapter as well? I would buy it either way, but it would be nice to see what option is most sought after :) Then you should probably define the limits of an adapter at the same time. How wide do you think it would be able to go?

Regarding your previous question - if a 2x desqueezed to 1.33x would be interesting: In my eyes it would be the best of both worlds!

Patent is only for a specific new designs. Front focusing like iscorama is commonly known and giving the time, I don't think those patent are still valid. Alot of patents are only protected for certain amount of years. Beside is fucking china, do you really think they care about patent?

@ gh2hacked

Beside is fucking china, do you really think they care about patent?

Yes in China we do

I don't think those patent are still valid. Alot of patents are only protected for certain amount of years.

Why copy an old design when we can come up with a new one? We are now working on the possibility of maintaining 1.5X-2X Anamorphic effects on a 1.33X design. It is only with 1.33X you maximise the use of the 16:9. 1.35X would be ideal but unfortunately it is NOT a mode that is available on HDMI LCD screens yet. Just 1.33X, 1.5X, and 2X. If we can offer 1.33X for 16:9 mode that is already available we do not have to wait for a 4:3 mode to be offered. Even if 4:3 mode is offered in the future we highly doubt 16:9 option will be replaced. Anamorphics was used to widen the angle of view while maintaining a tight crop of longer FL lenses and at the same time lot cropping out all the resolution. The are plenty of 2X in circulation already for cheap for 4:3 mode. We can see everyone wants 1.5X or 2X for reasons of Anamorphic look so we will see if we can work in that direction.