Clairmont Anamorphics

[Jesse Lee Cairnie]

Curious who has shot with them on Red MX..

Might you share your thoughts and experience? Maybe a link to some footage?

I am especially curious about the flaring of the sun.. Is there still the black hole artifact on the MX?

Cheers

 

[Tim Whitcomb]

NO more black hole with the M-X sensor... confirmed. No idea about the Ana's though

 

[David Mullen ASC]

Curious who has shot with them on Red MX..

Might you share your thoughts and experience? Maybe a link to some footage?

I am especially curious about the flaring of the sun.. Is there still the black hole artifact on the MX?

Cheers

For anamorphics, they are incredibly small. I can't recall if the anamorphic element is in front or in back; if in back, you aren't going to get a lot of the classic anamorphic artifacts.

 

[Ryan Fitzgerald]

found this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuakVga2Kco
In the comments, it is mentioned that it was shot on a RED.

 

[David Mullen ASC]

So looking at the clip, the Clairmonts are front-element anamorphics, which is great. I used them on a short film years ago, one night of shooting... they worked fine. Not the sharpest of lenses unless stopped down a bit but good enough for most purposes. They were originally made for situations where you needed a smaller anamorphic lens, like for a Steadicam shot.

 

[Ruairi Robinson]

So looking at the clip, the Clairmonts are front-element anamorphics, which is great. I used them on a short film years ago, one night of shooting... they worked fine. Not the sharpest of lenses unless stopped down a bit but good enough for most purposes. They were originally made for situations where you needed a smaller anamorphic lens, like for a Steadicam shot.

More tests here:

http://www.claudiomiranda.com/lenstest/index.html

 

[Jesse Lee Cairnie]

Not the sharpest of lenses unless stopped down a bit but good enough for most purposes.

I seem to read this across the board.. Would you consider it to be an organic natural softness that could be incorporated into the feel of a picture? Or is it a mushy squint inducing useless soft? When you say stopped down a bit would you say T4-5.6? How does ths softness feel at those stops to you?

I am going for a softer more organic feel and the comments about the softness along with the flare test footage on Claudio Miranda's site does make the Clairemont a prime candidate for further testing.. As apposed to the solid blue line of the Hawks and the very complicated flare of the Todd-AO..

Thank you guys for the links!!

 

[Dan Kanes]

They are the "cookes" of anamorphic lenses.

Nice look.

Not super easy to work with.

They are "middle anamorphics" you will get all the flares and special artifacts.

The front barrel rotates with focus: horrible for matteboxes and a disaster for clipons.

Your assistants will cry.

Elite anamorphics are sexy. Lomos are neat and affordable. Panavision are elegant and classy. Hawks, modern and wild!

 

[Joseph Farris]

Here is a trailer for a short we shot in Chicago last year if that helps. Almost all available light and wasn't on MX (we really could have used it). They were nice and lightweight. Almost everything was on steadicam.

http://vimeo.com/10370731


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