Sirui's Budget Anamorphic Lenses are.... ALMOST Great!

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[Nick-K]

I once smacked my teacher's butt when I was stretching while in my chair. I was expecting to get in trouble. But she turned around, knowing it was an accident, and said, "woah, woah. Atleast buy me dinner first." Best teacher ever.

[budapest]

This is the only yt review I saw where the inconsistent ratio is being mentioned - and since for me that would be a deal-breaker too, you just saved me 700 bucks. Thank you!!!

[Devin_Allen]

Embarrassing Story: I went on a first date with a girl this summer, so covid was around and getting a bite to eat was a little tough. Me being the Gordon Ramsay protégé that I am offered to cook her lemon pepper salmon and Brussel sprouts. I cooked the sprouts in a Pyrex baking dish and when they were done I put them on the stove because none of the burners were on. I was wrong and as I was putting everything on plates the glass dish blew up, sounded like a gun shot and glass went everywhere. needless to say I bought her a new baking dish and she never asked to hang out again. Gotta love the year 2020

[AtomicAgePictures]

Inconsistent squeeze Factor was a common problem in early CinemaScope lenses. In fact it was often referred to as the CinemaScope mumps because actors would get these very wide faces and close-ups. It wasn't until Panavision came along and added elements to the lenses that would compensate for the squeeze factor that that was eliminated in professional anamorphic lenses.

[peterbako]

Embarrassing story time: When I was in 9th grade, at gym class, we always did some stretching before we started the workouts. One time my stomach felt weird the entire day, but I didn’t pay that too much attention. The day went on and it was time for the gym class. We did the usual running laps at the beginning and after that, we started to do the stretching. At that moment I started to feel my stomach rumbling. I realized that I have to fart. I was barely able to hold it in, but I managed throughout the entire thing. The catastrophe happened at the last stage. The teacher asked us to lean over and touch our toes without bending our knees. At that moment, as I bent over, I let out the loudest ass cracking fart I have ever had in my entire life. Naturally, the whole class noticed, and I never heard the end of it. This happened in 2014 so a good while ago, but I never fully recovered from it. :D

[Playerdue]

Embarrassing Story: A couple of years ago I was invited to do a speech on a photography event and just before they called me on the stage I felt the need to go (really bad) to the bathroom, but it was too late. So I got up on the stage, waited for my turn and when I started speaking in front of the crowd I was already profusely sweating. The worst thing is that they had cameras zoomed at my face linked to big screens behind me and everyone was worried that I was ill! I endured trough the end and just as I stepped out of the stage I started running searching for the toilet, while everyone backstage wanted to talk to me and help me. I can laugh now, but it was a very dramatic moment of my life! 😂

[phucmapvlog]

I once got a tattoo at a party in college. Problem was... It wasn’t with tattoo gun/artist, and we couldn’t decide what to put, so we just put a “?”. It’s still there 11 years later, message me for pictures.

[sandboxaperture]

Mr. Potato, here is my embarrassing story: I used to live in Germany while I was in the Army, and I once got so drunk that I fell through the 10th story open window of a hotel I was staying at and landed on the 9th story balcony below me. I crashed through the balcony patio table and woke up the guests staying in that room. I had to exit through their hotel room to get back to the elevator leading to mine. ...I was naked. (I quit drinking altogether a short time after that)

[byronbunning]

I was filming an interview shot of my principal for a school video and I forgot the tripod quick release plate. I decided to wing it and balance my camera on the top of the tripod. This didn't end so well when I forgot about it and slapped it right off the tripod onto the ground. This really accentuated the professionalism I was trying to personify!

[AmuthanVethanayagam]

Wow! A month ago I saw the ads and now I get to see an in-depth analysis. You're a legend bro!! Thanks heaps!!

[critical]

Try the squeeze vs distance thing on other anamorphic lenses

[AustinRoss]

After watching Media Division's Master Class on Anamorphic lenses, one thing that stood out to me immediately was you talking about the squeeze up close. Apparently, this is a trait of ALL Anamorphic lenses. So, for anyone looking to get this lens, it's not the lens' fault, it's the fact you're shooting Anamorphic.

[jylan]

I can't even afford a cheap camera, what am I doing here

[Vtsakoniatis]

Last summer I had a shoot at a location that was 1 hour from my house. (Here comes the embarrassing part) the night before the shoot I went out with my mates for a drink or two, long story short we were at the club until 7 am (note that the shoot was at 10 am) so we I went home slept for 2 hours. We go to the spot with the client and I realise that my camera battery’s were not charged and I had forgot my SD cards at home. Luckily for me I had a power bank, a MacBook and a Spare 16 gb SD card with so I did the shoot with out the client noticing that I was dumb and didn’t came prepared.
That day I purchased 5 more SD’s and 4 more battery’s.
Love to hear an embarrassing story from you Gene.

[tavakessler]

Embarrassing story: Was on a decent sized shoot and just shot the greatest shot I have ever shot as a DP, and ... the card got formatted before we could offload the files...the people who owned the location were telling us we needed to leave, it was the last shot of the day, everyone was tired, and telling everyone we needed to redo a very complicated shot was veryyy embarrassing...

[-Stat]

I did a real estate shoot and had to heavily use the bathroom for a number 2. Nobody was around and I used the bathroom in the house I was filming in when I realized they turned off the water. Frantically looking for a way to flush the Realtor and possible buyer showed up out of the blue. I tried to tell the Realtor somehow NOT to show THAT bathroom ... well long story short. I gave the realty shoot for free and was never hired by that realtor again lol. Most embarrassing moment in my entire life lol. Was peeking at this lens for a while for my Sony a6400 . Thanks Gene for another great episode. Aloha

[ononearts]

That was the best practical exploration of what the Sirui lenses can and cannot do that I have seen. Thank you! I’ll save my embarrassing moments for sometime you have a lens with my mount :)

[hrgunit]

I have seen the storyblocks segment 1000s of times, but this is expectional. Only problem, I watch this cannel because of Potato Jet and not because I film.

[LukePelli]

Embarrassing story: when I was in little league baseball I would always be stuck in left field. Nothing happens in left field. So I was blowing some bubbles with my gum and I hear the parents in the stands yelling at me to look but I had blown a bubble so big it was literally blocking my eyes. I turned at the last second and looked up and the ball hit me right in the eye, got a black eye and got moved to the infield so I guess it was a win.

[buddyfx]

Check out "Anamorphic on a Budget" because he corrected some of your mistakes in this video. He's great and has been covering anamorphics for years. Cheers!