Things to know about Anamorphic Lenses.

this is the first YouTube video I cut fully in resolve...

also rotating anamorphic lenses sideways on the camera is kind of cool. try it!

footage in this video was shot on the arri alexa mini LF in open gate, with the great joy 50mm 1.8x anamorphic lens. edited and color graded in davinci resolve

[producermakermachina]

Great and insightful as always. I really love anamorphic and its great to get your insights.

[candersproductions]

I had the pleasure of getting to work on a Camping World commercial spot with you back in July on the G&E team. You were such a pleasure to work with, stoked to have stumbled across your YT channel, and hope to work with you again in the future. Keep killing it brotha.

[Asomers]

You’re always blessing the platform with knowledge

[dmitryy]

I've found your videos and guides incredibly useful! You're actually the first YouTuber I've turned on notifications for. I'm not sure if I need an anamorphic lens, but your content has me excited to find out where I can buy a GreatJoy 50mm here in the UK!

[dbcandela]

Your content is incredibly unique! Love your videos, keep uploading everything that comes to your head. Eres un maquina!

[diifter]

Been binging all your videos lately. Love the no bs approach and I learn something new every time you drop a video. Keep up the great work.

[gabelomoteycreative]

Didn't know about the bulge effect in AE surprisingly. Learning something new, even after all these years. My man Blaine :P

[AllThingsFilm]

Your videos are always so informative and helpful. Many thanks.

[RicoStein_]

Always very value content! Just love shooting horizontal with the anamorphics. Gives you this 4:3 vibe and 9:16 is also cool! Actually in Davinci you can just create a vertical timeline, calculate your horizontal pixels times your anamorphic desqueeze (for example 1.5x) and then tick the box for aspect ratio (1.5x) in your Clip details. Drag it in the timeline and done. No need for playing with the scales.

[julianlengfelder]

The sideways camera and correctly oriented shots have a magnificent aesthetics imo. I love the resulting almost square format.

[WasabiNoise]

Thanks for the tips! I'm tempted to rotate my Sirui Saturn 35mm (Sony ZV-E1) but it means I need to unscrew the back of the E mount from the lens and rotate it. Unless I'm missing something obvious here.

[LukeHolliday]

great info as always :) I also discovered recently that some s35 anamorphics will cover the 1:1 area on the mini LF which creates a cool 2:1 ratio with 2x lenses, and opens up a lot of different lens options! Recently did this with the Lomo round fronts and it created a really fun look

[KenFlanagan]

Always a pleasure. Aviascope 1.5 twisted to create square image is nice too. Anamorphic focus breathing just one reason why deakins dislikes them. Tested the cooke anamorphics and couldn’t believe the barrel distortion on verticals in interiors like a car park or walking down corridors. As you said normal correction does some odd things to the centre sometimes. No idea why anyone would want that. Hawk hybrid x1.3 anamorphics are popular choice for netfljx 2.1 ratio. Same characteristics across 35 and full frame, even a 16mm version. They have great close focus and are super compact. Thx as always.

[aregal]

We are in an amazing time for cinematography! With the current offerings from camera manufacturers, we’re able to mount lenses which ever way we wish and dial in aspect ratio while still being able to deliver within specification.

For example, I’m able to leverage the larger-than-S35 image circles of the CookeMiniS4s by shooting 8K with the R5C and export in 4K DCI with pleasing results.

[icelang]

Don’t even own anamorphic lenses. I just like watching Blaine videos

[avdpost]

One thing I would recommend for 4K timelines that are scope is to consider using the DCI spec resolutions (4096 x 1716 for scope for example). It's an official scope spec so you won't run into strange cropping issues down the road if you end up delivering to other platforms like streaming, svod etc.

Excellent demo of the cool things you can do with rotating the lens.

[velvetsound]

If you were to pickup your first couple of cine primes Blaine, would you get a set of Great Joy anamorphics or similar, or a set of affordable spherical? I loved the look of these lenses but I was going to buy DZO/IRIX as my first cine glass. I am having a hard time deciding anamorphic or spherical (I have good photo/AF glass already).

I adore your channel.

[HardwareMana]

I "anamorfaked" an old nikon 35 1.8 apsc lens with a rear oval cutout for my a7iv

It has some native barrel distortion and currently loving the results it produces.

Faking the bokeh without technically playing with the ratios is pretty cool.

Thanks for the info ✌🏼

[mittymatters]

Thanks for the video. You didn't warn
that this lens has a “feature”. breathing anamorphic ratio, which shifts from 1.8 to ~1.68 (if I'm not mistaken). And it depends on how close or far away the object of your focus is. It seems to me that this is a big minus for those who like to shoot objects that move. In general, this can create problems in post-production.

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hope you do more video about analmorphic in the future