The fact that lenses like this even exist is absolutely incredible, and a strong testament to just how spoiled we are as creatives nowadays. Good video
Great review. I got mine the other day. Personally I think the images you can get out of this lens are gonna be fantastic. Also, thank you for posting some footage that wasn’t of leaves, trees, flowers, kids or the shooters girlfriend 😆😆😆
Glad you like it man! I think the pros far outweigh any quirks it has. Especially at the price point! I honestly hate “test” shoots. I always prefer to see a use-case I actually would do!
@@garrettsammons I’m looking forward to trying it out on a shoot. I’m like you, when it comes to shooting anamorphic I don’t care about the gimmicky stuff like lens flares and such, unless I’m shooting a music video. I just think there’s a quality to anamorphics that looks so much more cinematic. Also I love the softness they bring without having to use a promist or a net filter.
The softness is honestly one of the keys. That’s also why I ended up cine-modding a vintage Leica set. The characteristics of vintage photo lenses and anamorphic cinema lenses create incredible visuals.
I have this lens. It's amazing. The nitpicks are totally outweighed by what you are capable of doing with it. I actually think the squeeze imperfections add character. You don't shoot anamorphic for clean precise images anyway.
I wouldn’t count the first point of “sensor” coverage as a con. Historically, anamorphic lenses with a 1.8x-2x anamorphic coefficient have always been meant for a 4:3 image plane. That’s the standard aspect ratio of 35mm 4-perf (1:33:1) which is what anamorphic was used on. They started to create lenses with narrower coefficients for the purpose of being useable on 16:9 sensors because that’s what digital sensors used to primarily be. For instance, the new Atlas Mercury lenses have a coefficient of 1.5x allowing for a 2:6:1 image on a 16:9 sensor when desqueezed. Anyway, I wouldn’t say that “image coverage” is the problem… or a problem. People should just be knowledgeable on the glass they are using. Good stuff. Cheers!
really very intrigued by this. i have SO many vintage projection scope / prime taking lens combos and the ease of a single lens solution (especially a SET!) is massively attractive. the sirui stuff just seems to clinical for me and nowhere near the squeeze factor i prefer. what i'm interested to know is what these great joy full frames are like with quite heavy diffusion filters on them (i tend to go for quite a heavily affected / abstract feel).
That distortion issue is a nonstarter. Like, people want the character and weirdness of an anamorphic. If you want a flawless image, don't get an anamorphic lens. Use a spherical one.
Great review. Most of the people who review this lens missed the desqueeze factor issue. Venus laowa made ef mount anamorphic lens less than this price
Absolutely! I think a reason for it is having to explain more technical details when you get that specific. Sensor coverage / crop factor, color science and rendering, luma quality and dynamic range… people could easily attribute camera function to lens characteristics. Just my opinion, but I always try to mention these when I do lens reviews.
can you upload the clip to vimeo as a prores export? H.264/5 compression with youtube compression on top dealing with rain in the image has made it look very fussy.
Great work Garret. I am thinking to get one... I am wondering how it's gonna work on my Lumix S5 in terms of having a proper aspect ratio... I think it's gonna be ok based on your review... am I right? Thanks in advance!
I found the lens i need, every other lense i have seen so far they all look like DLSR home videos, but the price, the SIRUI 50mm is cheaper but they don't have EF
@@garrettsammons Hey. I have a Komodo as well and was looking at this lens. It sounds like from the video you shot 4:3 to get aspect that is around 2.40:1? were there any issues with that, that you saw? Thanks.
Yah shot it in open gate anamorphic. You can set it for 6K 1.8x anamorphic directly in the project settings of the Komodo. Super straight forward and easy. I’m really digging what this lens does in combo with the RED.
If you look really closely, he's not making eye contact with us xD he keeps looking at his tele prompter or script that's Right side of us (or his Left). Such a pete peeve of mine but it is what it is
This lens in EF and PL will NOT work with any adapter that has glass elements. No speedboosters, focal reducers, or drop in filters. None of those will fit with this lens.
awsome video im going to buy this lense literaly right now ...but please upload the next video in 4k ...youtube1080p compression is sooo bad specialy on a dark rainy image the bokeh looks just like blocks shaddow detail -10 ... it looks like a 480p image to be honest, the content however is Top.
The images from these lenses looks fantastic, but I can't get over the changing de-squeeze factor. That's not a small consideration for post when any shot less than 4 meters has to change the de-squeeze factor. If you ever want to be precise then you need to take intricate notes on set about your distance and then make sure your colorist follows them. Otherwise you can wing it. Except what if you subject goes from 8 meters to 1 meter? That actually happens a lot in movies, so I guess you'll be having to keyframe you de-squeeze. For the price, definitely cool to play with, but this is a serious consideration if anyone hopes to bring these lenses into a larger production.
The fact that lenses like this even exist is absolutely incredible, and a strong testament to just how spoiled we are as creatives nowadays.
Good video
"spoiled" speak for yourself lmao. 50 years from now they will have much better stuff than us
@@AnimeZone247 correct, and we are more spoiled than the cinematographers that came before us.
WE ARE SPOILED LOL
@@AnimeZone24750 years from now??? 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻
@@KaceyBakerFilms did I say something wrong
Great review. I got mine the other day. Personally I think the images you can get out of this lens are gonna be fantastic. Also, thank you for posting some footage that wasn’t of leaves, trees, flowers, kids or the shooters girlfriend 😆😆😆
Glad you like it man! I think the pros far outweigh any quirks it has. Especially at the price point! I honestly hate “test” shoots. I always prefer to see a use-case I actually would do!
@@garrettsammons I’m looking forward to trying it out on a shoot. I’m like you, when it comes to shooting anamorphic I don’t care about the gimmicky stuff like lens flares and such, unless I’m shooting a music video. I just think there’s a quality to anamorphics that looks so much more cinematic. Also I love the softness they bring without having to use a promist or a net filter.
The softness is honestly one of the keys. That’s also why I ended up cine-modding a vintage Leica set. The characteristics of vintage photo lenses and anamorphic cinema lenses create incredible visuals.
I liked when he took the image that looked like this and then scaled it to look like this
hahaha
I have this lens. It's amazing. The nitpicks are totally outweighed by what you are capable of doing with it. I actually think the squeeze imperfections add character. You don't shoot anamorphic for clean precise images anyway.
I have a black magic pro 6k do you recommend this lens for my pocket 6k? I also have a Sony a7siii
I wouldn’t count the first point of “sensor” coverage as a con. Historically, anamorphic lenses with a 1.8x-2x anamorphic coefficient have always been meant for a 4:3 image plane. That’s the standard aspect ratio of 35mm 4-perf (1:33:1) which is what anamorphic was used on. They started to create lenses with narrower coefficients for the purpose of being useable on 16:9 sensors because that’s what digital sensors used to primarily be. For instance, the new Atlas Mercury lenses have a coefficient of 1.5x allowing for a 2:6:1 image on a 16:9 sensor when desqueezed. Anyway, I wouldn’t say that “image coverage” is the problem… or a problem. People should just be knowledgeable on the glass they are using. Good stuff. Cheers!
really very intrigued by this. i have SO many vintage projection scope / prime taking lens combos and the ease of a single lens solution (especially a SET!) is massively attractive. the sirui stuff just seems to clinical for me and nowhere near the squeeze factor i prefer. what i'm interested to know is what these great joy full frames are like with quite heavy diffusion filters on them (i tend to go for quite a heavily affected / abstract feel).
Good job. Keeping it low key and practical.
That distortion issue is a nonstarter. Like, people want the character and weirdness of an anamorphic. If you want a flawless image, don't get an anamorphic lens. Use a spherical one.
Your short film looks stunning embedded in this. Wow.
Great review. Most of the people who review this lens missed the desqueeze factor issue. Venus laowa made ef mount anamorphic lens less than this price
what is that issue?
i just saw that this is more what im looking for - i can't believe im saying it but there are not enough camera lens combo videos
Absolutely! I think a reason for it is having to explain more technical details when you get that specific. Sensor coverage / crop factor, color science and rendering, luma quality and dynamic range… people could easily attribute camera function to lens characteristics. Just my opinion, but I always try to mention these when I do lens reviews.
Casual short film better than many with funding and weeeks of planning
Appreciate that Adam! I’m doing a lighting tutorial on this setup soon. Lighting and lensing makes all the difference 🙏
can you upload the clip to vimeo as a prores export? H.264/5 compression with youtube compression on top dealing with rain in the image has made it look very fussy.
kinda odd seeing the 50mm standing distorted using your vlog lens. Good information though and will consider owning a set soon
Great work Garret. I am thinking to get one... I am wondering how it's gonna work on my Lumix S5 in terms of having a proper aspect ratio... I think it's gonna be ok based on your review... am I right? Thanks in advance!
I believe so, yes! Just make sure to check the flange distance if you're getting an EF or PL mount version.
Thanks Garrett. Great video!!!
Let’s see how the Laowa Nanomorphs PL compare to this.
Thanks for the great video! I was left with a question: Is it compatible with the Ursa Mini Pro 12K (with its internal ND filters)?
I believe they have it listed as camera that is compatible. Btw why should internal ND filters be any problems?
I found the lens i need, every other lense i have seen so far they all look like DLSR home videos, but the price, the SIRUI 50mm is cheaper but they don't have EF
Thanks for sharing
Was that short done with Komodo ?
Glad you liked it! Yes, I did shoot the short with the Komodo. 🤙
@@garrettsammons Hey. I have a Komodo as well and was looking at this lens. It sounds like from the video you shot 4:3 to get aspect that is around 2.40:1? were there any issues with that, that you saw? Thanks.
Yah shot it in open gate anamorphic. You can set it for 6K 1.8x anamorphic directly in the project settings of the Komodo. Super straight forward and easy. I’m really digging what this lens does in combo with the RED.
@@garrettsammons great!!!
Great review 👍
Really liking everything I see from this lens, but I don't understand how to get one.
Right now you can preorder through indiegogo, or wait until it’s available publically.
@@garrettsammons Thank you!
If you look really closely, he's not making eye contact with us xD he keeps looking at his tele prompter or script that's Right side of us (or his Left). Such a pete peeve of mine but it is what it is
How do these lenses compare with the vazens?
For the price, super hard to beat. I'm messing with the 35mm right now!
Great review. Thx a lot 😊👍🏻
Is there any chance to get this lens to work on BMPCC4K with speedbooster, using something like 13:27 this adapter?
This lens in EF and PL will NOT work with any adapter that has glass elements. No speedboosters, focal reducers, or drop in filters. None of those will fit with this lens.
@@garrettsammons sad to hear. Any recomendations for other anamorphic EF + speedbooster mount?
@@garrettsammons does that include the motorized ND's on the 6k pro?
awsome video im going to buy this lense literaly right now ...but please upload the next video in 4k ...youtube1080p compression is sooo bad specialy on a dark rainy image the bokeh looks just like blocks shaddow detail -10 ... it looks like a 480p image to be honest, the content however is Top.
I’m thinking I’ll upload the short itself to Vimeo. Much less insanely compressed over there. Definitely will put in up in higher resolution too. 🤙
@@garrettsammons thanks bro 😉
*Little to know FLARING!!! NICE thank god.... don't need gimmicks in EVERY scene*
The images from these lenses looks fantastic, but I can't get over the changing de-squeeze factor. That's not a small consideration for post when any shot less than 4 meters has to change the de-squeeze factor. If you ever want to be precise then you need to take intricate notes on set about your distance and then make sure your colorist follows them. Otherwise you can wing it. Except what if you subject goes from 8 meters to 1 meter? That actually happens a lot in movies, so I guess you'll be having to keyframe you de-squeeze. For the price, definitely cool to play with, but this is a serious consideration if anyone hopes to bring these lenses into a larger production.
In that case, you’re going to love the video I just put up! 🤙
@@garrettsammons can point me to said video? :)