Reflets 2009-10, anamorphic new year ! at DVinfo.net

Reflets 2009-10, anamorphic new year ! · January 12th, 2010, 10:25 PM

Seasons greetings !
Urban sights and rural vistas from the 20 cities council partnership around LAVAL, France to be shown in glorious cinemascope at their 2010 gathering party.
See it in HD at vimeo where you can download the AVI Divx too.

Chris Swanberg · January 17th, 2010, 03:53 PM

A very enjoyable watch. Thank you for sharing this with us. I'd of cours ebe interested to know more about the anamorphic aspect of this.

Chris

Regis Hervagault · January 18th, 2010, 09:18 AM

Thx Chris.
the 2x anamorphic adapter used was a Kowa prominar anamorphic 16-H also known as 8-Z.
beautifull piece of glass considered by many as the best available scope lens for 16mm/8mm projectors. in my humble opinion, the 2nd best option besides the mighty Isco that now run for crazy prices at auctions worldwide.
it is a projector lens adapter with a focusing ring to adjust the screen distance from about 5ft to infinity. when filming trough it, it effectively squeezes light along the horizontal axis if aligned properly, allowing to record twice the width over standard resolution picture. it is like having a different focal length on vertical and horizontal axis doubling the horizontal field of view. this alone brings all kinds of sharpness and focusing issues as one must stop down their taking lens to get useable pictures and minimum distance might need some dioptres to help focusing.

January 17th, 2010, 03:53 PM	#2
Chris Swanberg Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 904	A very enjoyable watch. Thank you for sharing this with us. I'd of cours ebe interested to know more about the anamorphic aspect of this. Chris

January 18th, 2010, 09:18 AM	#3
Regis Hervagault New Boot Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Laval, France Posts: 11	Thx Chris. the 2x anamorphic adapter used was a Kowa prominar anamorphic 16-H also known as 8-Z. beautifull piece of glass considered by many as the best available scope lens for 16mm/8mm projectors. in my humble opinion, the 2nd best option besides the mighty Isco that now run for crazy prices at auctions worldwide. it is a projector lens adapter with a focusing ring to adjust the screen distance from about 5ft to infinity. when filming trough it, it effectively squeezes light along the horizontal axis if aligned properly, allowing to record twice the width over standard resolution picture. it is like having a different focal length on vertical and horizontal axis doubling the horizontal field of view. this alone brings all kinds of sharpness and focusing issues as one must stop down their taking lens to get useable pictures and minimum distance might need some dioptres to help focusing.