< < BACK TO CHAPTER IIIE - DAMAGE AND SERVICING DIOPTERS, OR CLOSE-UPS For a proper result when working with anamorphic adapters, the constant use of close-up filters is required, thus many anamorphics need some modification to their front part, since they don't have standard (or any) filter …
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< < BACK TO CHAPTER IIID - CINEMA LENS (2X) DAMAGE AND SERVICING Just to be clear: all the anamorphics taken into account for this research are no longer in the making. The last batch, for the digital video market, was discontinued around the year 2000. Before these, most of them come from sometime …
< < BACK TO CHAPTER IIIC - DOUBLE FOCUS (2X) D - CINE LENSES (2X) The final group of anamorphics described here: the best was saved for last. Anamorphic Cine Lenses still exist in great numbers abroad (remember, this article was written in Brazil), and by 2012-2013, are being announced by many major …
< < BACK TO CHAPTER IIIB - ISCORAMAS (1.5X) DISCLAIMER: This article was written way before the announcement of the FM system. I haven't had time to study it properly, so some information here is probably outdated already. C - DOUBLE FOCUS (2X) Entry point for many anamorphic users, these lenses are …
< < BACK TO CHAPTER IIIA - FOCUS THROUGH (1.33X) B - ISCORAMAS (1.5X) Back in 2009, an Iscorama could be bought for little over a hundred bucks. Currently their price ranges between US$2500 and US$3500. It takes a lot of effort, patience and time to get better deals. Iscoramas were made between 1970 …
< < BACK TO CHAPTER III - LENS RESEARCH A - FOCUS THROUGH (1.33X) The most subtle lenses, when it comes to stretch factor are also the newest ones. Between 1999 and 2004 the standard screen size switched from 4:3 to 16:9 and, the same way it happened in the movie industry, would be too expensive to …
< < BACK TO CHAPTER II - INTRODUCTION LENS RESEARCH After the first weeks of research, reading, watching tons of test videos and getting to the core of the anamorphic squeeze pros and cons, there were still plenty of questions unanswered. My curiosity got the best of me and so I decided it was time …