Anamorphic S8

[Matt Pacini]

I'm not talking slightly, I mean I had to zoom in about 60-75 of my telephoto range before it stopped.
I was prepared for a little vignetting, but it was BAAAAD!
I was shocked, because I paid $400 for these two lenses.
I was really committed to doing this, and it was a big letdown.
I'm just saying this to warn those of you out there, thinking of buying an Anamorphic projector lens.
If you do, you need one that has a HUGE mount side, much, much larger than the diameter of your lens.
So if your lens is 67mm, you're going to have to find an A lens that is like 80+mm to work, and I'm not even sure about that!
This was a huge dissapointment to me.
Also, keep this in mind:
when shooting anamorphic, your camera has to be absolutely level, side to side, or the image is distorted.
It stretches the objects in a really strange way.
You can see this in the example on the Super 8 SOund (Pro8mm, whatever) sample videotape.
They're hand holding a camera, with an anamorphic lens, and it goes into a slight dutch tilt, and the people get this weird stretch sideways.... Really strange.
Something to be aware of. It's not a subtle effect, it was really stupid looking...

Matt Pacini

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[Konton]

Oh man . . . this thread is huge! I can't just let this thread die. Not with so many posts and no answered questions. It's now a moral imperitive to see this though and find the perfect camera and anamorphic combination to make a short super 8mm film with! My last concern in all of that is what anamorphic lens to buy for the projector, as I plan on showing my films with a projector. Don't I need a bracket for that?

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Konton the Grey

[Konton]

Thought someone would like to see this: http://members.macconnect.com/users/...creen/235.html
I surf the net way too much.

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Konton the Grey

[Matt Pacini]

My advice...
GIVE UP!!!

I tried it, and it didn't work out for me.
Besides, Super 8 has just so much grain per mm.
There's nothing you can do really to increase the resolution.
Anamorphic is only a resolution increaser, if you absolutely are going to go widescreen, and would otherwise have to CROP the top & bottom of the image, which of course, would decrease resolution.
So under those circuimstances, it would increase the resolution you would be otherwise losing, but I'm telling you, you need a BIG FREAKIN LENS ADAPTER to go over your lens, without any vinetting.
MUCH larger than the end of your lens.
Good luck finding one...
I couldn't.

Matt Pacini

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