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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Lomo Anamorphics Pics

sirkian said:
Beautiful stuff, Mike. Thanks for posting the images. BTW: What was your monitoring strategy while shooting? I'm curious as to whether you used an onboard monitor with a de-squeeze capability (such as the Carrion or the Nebtek NEB70HDS monitor). P.S. Please check your PM. Thanks.
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Unfortunatly, I was looking at a squeezed image through the LCD the whole time. It's not impossible to shoot squeezed and get your framing right, just a real annoyance! Desqueezing your images in REDCINE is almost like seeing them for the first time but I've learned to imagine the desqueezed image now through the 4:3 ana mode frame. When these lenses go on their first job I'll be sure to rent a Monitor with Anamorphic desqueeze option. I want to buy the Carrion but in these economic times $2,000.00 is best held onto for the time being.

Shawn - I'm on set and away from my house for a few days but when I get back I'll try to post some video.
Glad to see there are some other anamorphic lovers here!
 
It's about 3:1 or so. I love the uberscope too but for most this is way too wide and can be distracting unless used sparringly and stylistically for that very purpose.

I will get in touch next time I come to Tahoe. Feel free to contact me next time your in Sac.
 
mikeburton said:
The images below are the full scope of anamorphic on RED which is unusable before being cropped in to 2.35:1 in its Uber-Scope as Brook likes to call it. I personally think its awesome and will find a way to use this aspect ratio sometime, somewhere, somehow. More to come soon.
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Interesting to see work with anamorphic lenses on Red... However, you must mean 2.39:1? :wink:
 
lightman said:
Interesting to see work with anamorphic lenses on Red... However, you must mean 2.39:1? :wink:
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Actually, the full scope of the anamorphic recording on the RED when desqueezed is closer to 3:1. Look at those images I posted again a little closer. Since RED records the full scensor in 4k ana mode and because that scensor is 16:9 and not full frame 4:3 you get an uber-scope of about 3:1 when desqueezed in a 4k frame. In a 2k frame when you scale your image to a 2.35:1 aspect ratio you actually cut off about 25% of your image total on both sides. Of course you have a 4:3 frame guide that translates to a 2.35:1 aspect ratio when desqueezed when recording in 4k ana mode but the scensor still records everything outside of those guides as well.
 
mikeburton said:
Actually, the full scope of the anamorphic recording on the RED when desqueezed is closer to 3:1. Look at those images I posted again a little closer. Since RED records the full scensor in 4k ana mode and because that scensor is 16:9 and not full frame 4:3 you get an uber-scope of about 3:1 when desqueezed in a 4k frame. In a 2k frame when you scale your image to a 2.35:1 aspect ratio you actually cut off about 25% of your image total on both sides. Of course you have a 4:3 frame guide that translates to a 2.35:1 aspect ratio when desqueezed when recording in 4k ana mode but the scensor still records everything outside of those guides as well.
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Er... yes, I am aware of the Red window size. I was referring to the fact that 2.35:1 is a misnomer as, since 1971, the standard (SMPTE) was changed to 2.39:1. Even though many people (and DVDs, websites, etc.) still say "2.35:1", it is technically incorrect.
 
mikeburton said:
Total. Looked for them early and found great deals. Not sure those prices apply now (I assume they don't) but I think this is fair price for these lenses. Got them all from private individuals.
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Hi Mike,

Wow! Great deal! that seems cheap considering over the past 6 months or so it looks like the going price for these lenses (at least as far as I've seen) are floating around the 3-5k per lens range...perhaps I haven't looked in the right places. Where did you find the sellers, ebay, classifieds, etc?

Omar
 
Like I said, I doubt those prices still apply in this inflated lens market. The last guy I bought from had a few other Lomos that I already had. He was asking $4,000.00 for them and they were in pristine condition qualified at Schneider optics. Three days later I saw those lenses on eBay for $11,000.00.

Omar Saad said:
Hi Mike,

Wow! Great deal! that seems cheap considering over the past 6 months or so it looks like the going price for these lenses (at least as far as I've seen) are floating around the 3-5k per lens range...perhaps I haven't looked in the right places. Where did you find the sellers, ebay, classifieds, etc?

Omar
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Mike - beautiful stuff.

Are you using Build 18 with the 4k ana setting? Do you or does anyone know what the sensor area used is, and if there is a desqueeze in this build on the monitor?
 
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