best (and most cost effective) way to shoot widescreen on xl1s? at DVinfo.net

Yi Fong Yu · June 16th, 2004, 08:31 AM

i have the xl1s with 16xISII.

what lens will give me similar to this:
http://fongunlimited.com/genmay/gardenstate.jpg

i understand the 3x lens will but it'll cost me $1k+. how about those widescreen $100-200 lenses on ebay? how do those compare?

Adam Burtle · June 27th, 2004, 04:35 PM

wideANGLE or wideSCREEN?

wideSCREEN implies aspect ratio.

wideANGLE implies angle of view.

you will get what you pay for.. a $500-700 adapter for the 16x lens will work very well to get super wide fisheye type shots, but you wont be able to zoom through it much, if at all. the 3x lens works great.. i'm very happy with it.

if you're looking for an anamorphic adapter, that is different than a wideangle adapter.

Yi Fong Yu · June 27th, 2004, 10:24 PM

looking to some widescreen shorts that will look as good as that screencap. is it possible with my 16x? or do i have to get 3x or other adaptors? i'll have to experiment later

Rob Lohman · June 28th, 2004, 03:11 AM

Fastest, cheapest and most cost effective is to simply crop or
add black bars to get a 2.35 aspect ratio (which it probably is).

If you do not want to loose as much resolution (you will loose
anyway with 2.35 for a non true 16:9 camera) you need an
anamorphic adapter and switch the camera also to 16:9. This
will in effect give you 2x 16:9 which is actually more than 2.35
but constitutes an extreme widescreen.

Or you can combine this by using an anamorphic attachment and
crop in post etc. etc.

You will always loose (some) resolution on these prosumer camera's

Yi Fong Yu · June 28th, 2004, 06:41 AM

i really like that 2.35 widescreen look. just wanted to see how others achieve the look.

June 16th, 2004, 08:31 AM	#1
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	best (and most cost effective) way to shoot widescreen on xl1s? i have the xl1s with 16xISII. what lens will give me similar to this: http://fongunlimited.com/genmay/gardenstate.jpg i understand the 3x lens will but it'll cost me $1k+. how about those widescreen $100-200 lenses on ebay? how do those compare? __________________ bow wow wow

June 27th, 2004, 10:24 PM	#3
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	looking to some widescreen shorts that will look as good as that screencap. is it possible with my 16x? or do i have to get 3x or other adaptors? i'll have to experiment later __________________ bow wow wow

June 28th, 2004, 03:11 AM	#4
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Fastest, cheapest and most cost effective is to simply crop or add black bars to get a 2.35 aspect ratio (which it probably is). If you do not want to loose as much resolution (you will loose anyway with 2.35 for a non true 16:9 camera) you need an anamorphic adapter and switch the camera also to 16:9. This will in effect give you 2x 16:9 which is actually more than 2.35 but constitutes an extreme widescreen. Or you can combine this by using an anamorphic attachment and crop in post etc. etc. You will always loose (some) resolution on these prosumer camera's __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

June 28th, 2004, 06:41 AM	#5
Yi Fong Yu Trustee Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Vulcan Posts: 1,564	i really like that 2.35 widescreen look. just wanted to see how others achieve the look. __________________ bow wow wow

June 27th, 2004, 04:35 PM	#2
Adam Burtle Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 173	wideANGLE or wideSCREEN? wideSCREEN implies aspect ratio. wideANGLE implies angle of view. you will get what you pay for.. a $500-700 adapter for the 16x lens will work very well to get super wide fisheye type shots, but you wont be able to zoom through it much, if at all. the 3x lens works great.. i'm very happy with it. if you're looking for an anamorphic adapter, that is different than a wideangle adapter.