This was shot this Sunday afternoon at Colt State Park in Bristol, RI. I wanted to see exactly what would happen to the image when I used the Kowa 2X adapter; it’s the first time I’ve used it with the BMCC.
Each shot is seen twice; first, with just the Zeiss 50mm f1.4 lens, and then the Zeiss plus the Kowa adapter.
Resolve makes it simplicity itself to deal with anamorphic imagery. There are other ways it could have been done, but since I was simultaneously grading 16:9 and 2X anamorphic images, I used the scale/resize tab to reduce the height of the anamorphic clips to 50%, and then zoom in by a factor of 1.488, which resulted in a 2.39 Panavision image. Done! It took me more time to do the math than to do the formatting.
Shot in RAW for maximum resolution. No sharpening was used; I wanted to see just what I would lose with the extra glass. I think it worked pretty well. I got into the pattern of focusing first with the Zeiss alone, and then putting the Kowa back on the camera and focusing it.
I also included the full 2X images at the end of the edit; they’re pretty spectacular. It’s a great way to get around any concerns about the crop sensor making it hard to go wide. I’m very excited about shooting anamorphic. Not every shot was perfectly aligned, but when my monitor returns this week, it will get easier. All that extra image in the 2X images makes it easy to pan and scan, too.
HD, 98MB - it will play better if you download it first. (This compressed version seems to have some issues with a couple shots of ripples on water; the original master does not.)
http://kubrickwannabe.com/anamorphic.mp4
The music is from Trent Reznor’s score to “The Social Network.” Thanks for watching.
Each shot is seen twice; first, with just the Zeiss 50mm f1.4 lens, and then the Zeiss plus the Kowa adapter.
Resolve makes it simplicity itself to deal with anamorphic imagery. There are other ways it could have been done, but since I was simultaneously grading 16:9 and 2X anamorphic images, I used the scale/resize tab to reduce the height of the anamorphic clips to 50%, and then zoom in by a factor of 1.488, which resulted in a 2.39 Panavision image. Done! It took me more time to do the math than to do the formatting.
Shot in RAW for maximum resolution. No sharpening was used; I wanted to see just what I would lose with the extra glass. I think it worked pretty well. I got into the pattern of focusing first with the Zeiss alone, and then putting the Kowa back on the camera and focusing it.
I also included the full 2X images at the end of the edit; they’re pretty spectacular. It’s a great way to get around any concerns about the crop sensor making it hard to go wide. I’m very excited about shooting anamorphic. Not every shot was perfectly aligned, but when my monitor returns this week, it will get easier. All that extra image in the 2X images makes it easy to pan and scan, too.
HD, 98MB - it will play better if you download it first. (This compressed version seems to have some issues with a couple shots of ripples on water; the original master does not.)
http://kubrickwannabe.com/anamorphic.mp4
The music is from Trent Reznor’s score to “The Social Network.” Thanks for watching.