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Josh Brusin · February 17th, 2004, 03:00 PM

hey,
Hawks would be nice but I'm looking for an anamorphic adapter to use in tandem with existing lenses... what should I be looking for if anything?
Josh

John Jay · February 24th, 2004, 08:10 AM

theres a nikon mount ana up for grabs on ebay (2989470299 )

(no connection to me)

would be interesting to see if this gives good results on a M35

Barry Green · February 24th, 2004, 05:52 PM

That particular lens has a 1.5x squeeze, so it would be of limited use to a video shooter. It would deliver a 2:1 aspect ratio, which can't be properly displayed on a TV... if you tried to show that video on a 16:9 TV, it would still be a little horizontally squashed.

Interesting idea, though. Maybe the additional squeeze would be mild enough to not really be noticeable, and it would make everyone on camera a little thinner (instead of the camera "adding 10 pounds", this would actually maybe take away 10 pounds!)

February 17th, 2004, 03:00 PM	#1
Josh Brusin Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 439	anamorphic adapters hey, Hawks would be nice but I'm looking for an anamorphic adapter to use in tandem with existing lenses... what should I be looking for if anything? Josh

February 24th, 2004, 08:10 AM	#2
John Jay Major Player Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: US & THEM Posts: 827	theres a nikon mount ana up for grabs on ebay (2989470299 ) (no connection to me) would be interesting to see if this gives good results on a M35 __________________ John Jay Beware *PLUGGER-BYTES*

February 24th, 2004, 05:52 PM	#3
Barry Green Barry Wan Kenobi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,863	That particular lens has a 1.5x squeeze, so it would be of limited use to a video shooter. It would deliver a 2:1 aspect ratio, which can't be properly displayed on a TV... if you tried to show that video on a 16:9 TV, it would still be a little horizontally squashed. Interesting idea, though. Maybe the additional squeeze would be mild enough to not really be noticeable, and it would make everyone on camera a little thinner (instead of the camera "adding 10 pounds", this would actually maybe take away 10 pounds!)