Question for Matt, Roger or anyone else who might

**Matt Pacini** · April 12th, 2002, 04:12 AM

Scott, I didnt' crop any on Lost Tribes.
However, I did make the mistake of always "framing for video" as I had always heard about the problem of cropping when video is shown on TV.
Well, that, along with my noisy camera, made me compose my shots way too far away.
Not enough close ups, is what I'm saying.
Big mistake, as far as composition goes.
Anyway, as far as actual intentional cropping of the Super 8 frame, I didn't do it, although I suspect they did some during telecine, because I don't think the Super 8 frame is the exact 1.33:1 aspect ration of NTSC video.
I'm now set up to shoot UltraSuper8, and when I transfer to video (myself, with the Workprinter) I'm going to go out as wide as the frame is, and let it letterbox vertically.
I'm not sure exactly what the aspect ratio is going to be, but it will be a little widescreen, and I'll get all the resolution of the expanded Super 8 frame.
It's going to look better than anything I've shot so far, although we'll see just how much extra resolution it really adds after my trailer shoot.

Matt Pacini

**tim.callaghan** · April 12th, 2002, 08:32 AM

Regarding the anamorphic adapter vignetting. I still don't think that a good quality adapter vignettes that much. I have used this one on a canon XM1 http://www.optexint.com/digivid/anamorph.htm . For an experiment I tried it on my Nizo 4080 with a fitting ring, and it worked perfectly, no vignetting. I was concerned about the fact that it was designed for 4:3 aspect CCDs, but it seemed alright to me.

Also, regarding lens hoods. Expensive, but it certainly is worth it, is another gem from Optex http://www.optexint.com/sales/lensacc/fm500.htm . It allows the use of 2 4x4 filters, one fully rotatable. Using a step up ring it will fit 99% of lenses. I also use the standard hood with the 4080, and there seems to be no problem, but the Optex Mattebox is just fantastic, and can be used really creatively.

I think you may need a better blimp for your beaulieu if you can't get in any closer due to the noise. Optically the beaulieu is better than the Nizo 4080, but I chose it due to the quietness of operation over optics, which to be fair are still great.

Tim

**mattias** · April 12th, 2002, 04:15 PM

> You guys are underestimating the problem here, and assuming you're going to have to zoom in JUST A LITTLE BIT to stop the vinyetting.

oh, if that's the case i totally see your point...

and scot, i understand now what you're after, but you would probably need several lenses and very high precision to acheive it. i think it's a similar technique to what they use to increase the optical diameter of a long lens to get a better f-stop.

/matt