Monstro with Tokina Vista Lenses

[Freek Zonderland]

I shot this booktrailer on the Monstro with Tokina Vista Primes, mainly the 50mm at T1.5.
Let me know what you think! I think it's a wonderful combination. Was blown away by the dynamic range of the Monstro as well.

https://vimeo.com/287104289

 

[Roger Viloria]

Great combo, it looks awesome! Thanks for sharing

 

[Sergio Perez]

This looks so good that made me plan ordering the set. Well done!

 

[Reuben Evans]

Wonderful!

 

[Freek Zonderland]

Thanks guys! I'll soon post some 8K screengrabs. Although vimeo allows 4K download I believe.

 

[antoine carpentier]

Wath a shallow deep of field! Wasn’t it to hard to focus...? I don’t shoot anymore at 1.5 with my celere lenses since my focus puller begged me to stop!

 

[Joel Voelker]

Wath a shallow deep of field! Wasn’t it to hard to focus...? I don’t shoot anymore at 1.5 with my celere lenses since my focus puller begged me to stop!

Sounds like you need a new focus puller

 

[Joel Voelker]

Love seeing this! I have a Monstro in the mail, can't wait to pair it with my Vista Primes

 

[Freek Zonderland]

I can’t wait to get a Monstro myself

 

[Freek Zonderland]

Haha absolutely! I pulled all this myself, it wasn’t too bad. But I had some time to practice, just did all my own pulling on the Tokina’s for an entire feature on ScarletW.

Sounds like you need a new focus puller

 

[Patrick Tresch]

I'm impressed by your cinematography and those lenses. The picture has something interesting in it, something between smooth and defined.

 

[Freek Zonderland]

Thanks Patrick! I got to know the lenses quite well over the past year. I tend to use a bit of filtration on the Tokina’s, either LowCon or HBM. There was quite an interesting interview with French cinematographer Denis Lenoir on the wanderingDP. He had some interesting thoughts on how to pick the right filtration. Based on overal sharpness, what you want your highlights to do, contrast and color shifts.
And yes I feel the combination of the Tokina’s and Monstro has something special to it. It’s hard to define. Especially if you watch it projected at at least 4K.

I'm impressed by your cinematography and those lenses. The picture has something interesting in it, something between smooth and defined.

 

[Patrick Tresch]

There was quite an interesting interview with French cinematographer Denis Lenoir on the wanderingDP. He had some interesting thoughts on how to pick the right filtration. Based on overal sharpness, what you want your highlights to do, contrast and color shifts.

Do you have any link to the interview you point at?

Is it this one?

 

[Freek Zonderland]

Yeah that’s the one! Sorry for not putting the link in my post.

Do you have any link to the interview you point at?

Is it this one?

 

[Manish Hamza]

Great work Freek and thanks for sharing! The Vista primes works perfectly with the Monstro.

 

[Freek Zonderland]

Thanks Manish!

Great work Freek and thanks for sharing! The Vista primes works perfectly with the Monstro.

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