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    Davinki
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      Hello, I had some some questions about your thoughts within anamorphic questions. 1, have you tried the Arri/Zeiss master anamorphic lenses and if so, what are your thoughts on them? Given they seem to solve a lot of your gripes on anamorphic lenses like breathing, illumination across the field causing vignetting, and flare from what I’ve seen from them, I figured they’d be your first choice if you had to shoot anamorphic but hey, I don’t know.

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    • #169701
      Kemalettin
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        Also, i wanna add this question i just didn’t want to open a new thread.
        Have you ever used Panavision glass spherical or anamorphic?

        #172622
        Davinki
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          Also, i wanna add this question i just didn’t want to open a new thread. Have you ever used Panavision glass spherical or anamorphic?

          I’m not sure if he considered panavision anamorphic as they have the flaws that make him shoot spherical in the first place, but I do wonder if he’s shot on the primos.

          #176654
          Davinki
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            So Roger, have you tried the master anamorphic lenses?

            #176655
            Roger Deakins
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              I am not a fan of anamorphic. I have shot tests in the past but not with the Master anamorphic lenses.

              #178637
              Davinki
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                Oh, I thought that since the master anamorphics seemed to have solved every issue you have with anamorphic lenses that they would be your first choice but I guess not

                #178846
                dmullenasc
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                  At least with 4-perf 35mm film, there was the advantage that anamorphic had over Super 35 cropped to 2.39 — the larger negative area used, resulting in a finer-grained image.

                  With digital, that advantage doesn’t really exist — with 2X anamorphic you aren’t using more of the sensor for 2.39 since most sensors are at least 1.5 : 1 in shape, plus there isn’t grain in digital anyway.

                  So that pretty much leaves using anamorphic in digital for the anamorphic artifacts, the squeezed bokeh, the soft edges, the flares… if you minimize or elimate all of that then what are you really getting out of anamorphic?

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                  dmullenasc
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                    I would have corrected the word “eliminate” in my reply if the edit function had worked…

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