As a second AC who's working right now with anamorphic lenses, i can say for sure that this is the first videos that i've ever seen on youtube talking about the differences between spherical and anamorphic lens done in the right way, comprehensive for the non cinema workers and without any unusefull information as i've seen in previous videos from other channels, good job guys!
Obviously obsessed with special effects. In the world of reality, this video would be about the optical differences of Spherical Lens and Aspherical Lens.
This was an outstanding explanation of the difference between Anamorphic and Spherical lenses! I went in knowing nothing, and now have a newfound appreciation for this aspect of film making! I especially enjoyed the "quiz" at the end, I really had fun analyzing the scenes and spotting the "tells" of each lens type. Fun! I'll be looking out for lens type for everything I watch from now on, haha.
This isonly a channel without stupid ads, useless words and stupid conversations. Every single word is valuable, definite and useful. Thank you, author! All other similar videos take 30-40% of their time talking about nothing.
There are many channels which can tell difference between lenses, but your interesting story telling and practical info makes it always best. Thank you StudioBinder.
@@moistgooseberry what i heared in a video about that lens is, there was no focus ring. they had to set the actors in this candleroom scene at one place at the table and they werent allowed to move forward or back with their bodies.
@@AtlantaTerry Hi Terry, thanks for chiming in, mate. He doesn’t sound American or Canadian to me. He sounds English. Yes, he does have a commanding voice; the type that works well with non-fiction narration, as in this video. Hope you’re well. Regards from Steve in Adelaide, South Australia.
I wasn't expecting to see more than a few moments of this before getting bored and clicking away as soon as I new what the difference is, but this was FASCINATING, all the way through.
As a novice... might I say ignorant to all this depth of knowledge on any one subject... I thank you for the clear explanation of cinematic use of lenses. 🙏🏻
Your list of anamorphic qualities at 8:43 is different from the lists prior (e.g., 3:40). It replaces Breathing with Vignette and renames Focus to Falloff.
I didn't know anything about the differences before watching this video (I thought Anamorphic was a brand) and I got 100 percent on the examples. The video taught me something completely new in 15 minutes and I feel very confident already in my understanding. I will say the bokeh gives it away almost immediately in most examples, but since I could determine based on that, I started to recognize the other elements like distortion of walls and background, and the differences in focus. I really love the look of anamorphic and this makes me want to get an anamorphic lens. Amazing video-this channel is so good!
Bro literally I was writing down notes too and it took me about an hour too! Such good tools and info, I didn’t go to film school so learning this has been extremely helpful. I’m gonna take notes in every video they made and see how much notes I get 😂
You guys are definitely the best for me, with the way you breakdown complex subject, I've always wondered what the difference between anamorphic lens and spherical lens are, only by watching this video I could easily and quickly understand the difference, in fact I was able to figure out all test on my own. If it's one thing that can I never forget about anamorphic lens is that vertical lines are not straight, that alone helps me differentiate between the two. I so love you channel and it has always been my go to channel for lessons on film making.
Damn, I learned alot from this...Lenses are something I haven't understood for a long time but you guys managed to simply make it so cohesive to understand...love the channel!
@@StudioBinder I had study the matter for years, plus work on the field for 6...you summarized it all as efficiently as possible, also showing in picture WHY anamorphic looks "organic", and why crispness isnt bad, it all depends on the purpose....excellent job.
Been following for years now. Yep. Still quality stuff from you guys. You guys are changing TH-cam learning. 💯% quality. Like MKBHD, Veritasium, you guys rock 🤘
Fantastic video, thank you! Clear explanations and examples. Anamorphic lenses make so much more sense to me now. (I didn't realize how much I love them! especially the breathing of the focus.) Your channel is great.
This video is excellently informative, and the production, script, and VO performance remind me of the early era informational reels like what used to get spoofed in Disney shorts. Absolutely love it.
the best this about this is the quiz at the end of the video! i got so excited to test my knowledge and the fact that i got it all right means you guys did a great job at explaining it, thanks!
As someone who watches and enjoys films, I’m a little late to the party in that I’ve not come across your channel before. The content was interesting, liked and subscribe instantly.
really grateful to Studio Binder One of the best TH-cam Channels for learning filmmaking, fortunately I got all my answers right, I am impressed by anamorphic lenses, what I like the most in anamorphic lenses is the field of view they give, that's amazing. Obviously bokeh and lens flares, focus breathing are also good but I like the field of the most, Thanks again to Studio Binder
I love how he talks about all these intricacies of different types of lenses then throws up a digital wide angle shot of a fully cg soulless marvel landscape to illustrate his point 😂
The best way to identify lens is download the movie in your mobile phone. If it's fit to screen then it's anamorphic, if it leaves two black bars on left and right then it's spherical.
You guys are amazing! Never seen it explained in such an easily comprehensible way with the 6 differences with great visual examples. Keep up the good work, hope everyone in the industry takes your lessons to heart!
Thank you for this informative to-the-point video, delivered in such a calm authoritative way, and thankfully devoid of any distracting endeavour to "entertain" with added nonsensical humour! - Well done!
I'm glad you guys got the video back up. I think when I was searching it was gone... Glad its back because out of all of your videos, you would reference it but I couldn't find it until a certain person mentions it.... :)
Please forgive the basic question, but if an anamorphic lens stretches the picture to allow widescreen filming on 35mm, how come there are clips in the video filmed on spherical lenses that look wider than 4:3? Do they crop the image to provide the same aspect ratio as anamorphic?
Studio binder has always been a teaching platform for me about filmmaking ... I started to grow too, thanks for the video with great topic & beautiful explanation 👍🏻👍🏻
In the test I got everyone right ngl. I mean this video is so well done and I have learned so much and now I can spot the type of lense while watching the next movie. The focal breathing and the bokeh is the most indicator for anamorphic lenses. :D
Christ alive, this informative video is beautifully put together, narration, pacing, editing, summary. I always wrongly assumed anamorphic related to the aspect ratio of the image, which I was very wrong about. Great work!
My introduction to Anamorphic lenses was back in high school in 1969 working after school for the driver ed program. We had a trailer with a dozen driving simulators with a 16mm projector showing the street scene the students had to react to. All the films were photographed with an anamorphic lens and the projector also had one.
I’m as of writing this trying out an amateur anamorphic lens for my GoPro 11 which has an “squeeze factor” of 1.33x for a final 2.40:1 ratio. It’s meant to be used when filming in a 16:9 video mode. So far it’s been fun using ffmpeg to de-squeeze it.
Oh man this channel is just amazing! I was just about to search for exercises on how to spot the differences and voilà, 11:35 kicks in. I can now watch movies and spot the type of lens used. Thank you! Keep up with the great content!
4:48 This is very visible in French films of the era, like Godard's "Contempt". It seems there was no good anamorphic lens available in France at the time 🙂
So from what I understand from this is Anamorphic lenses kind of distort the image towards the edges of the frame but Spherical lenses are more crisp which has more clarity to the image, is that correct or am I wrong.
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Special thanks to Tito Ferradans - check out his channel Anamorphic on a Budget for more great Anamorphic content: bit.ly/tf-ab
Glad to see you mentioned Tito :)
Finally some proper credits.
I'm glad you guys were able to work things out in a professional way. I'm sure lessons were learned and content will be even better from now on!
This was a better, way better explanation about the use of Anamorphic lens, thank you so much for the corrections!
One wrong!
As a second AC who's working right now with anamorphic lenses, i can say for sure that this is the first videos that i've ever seen on youtube talking about the differences between spherical and anamorphic lens done in the right way, comprehensive for the non cinema workers and without any unusefull information as i've seen in previous videos from other channels, good job guys!
Great to hear! Really wanted to get this one right 😁
Yea seriously. I’m a producer and I get this question all the time. This is my go-to forward for now on 🎉
Obviously obsessed with special effects. In the world of reality, this video would be about the optical differences of Spherical Lens and Aspherical Lens.
@@jan_phd maybe this video is for people who want to make films, not lenses? 🤔
This is another example of why I believe StudioBinder is the most valuable channel on TH-cam for serious filmmakers. Well done. Thank you!
After Every Frame a Painting stopped 7 years ago its save to say this one here the best.
There's something truly magical about the anamorphic look.
That filmic look 💖
@@StudioBinder That can be recreated digitally these days :(
This was an outstanding explanation of the difference between Anamorphic and Spherical lenses! I went in knowing nothing, and now have a newfound appreciation for this aspect of film making!
I especially enjoyed the "quiz" at the end, I really had fun analyzing the scenes and spotting the "tells" of each lens type. Fun! I'll be looking out for lens type for everything I watch from now on, haha.
This remake of the essay is really well done. Well done Studio Binder.
Enjoy!
This was so fun to watch. Thank you Studio Binder increasing my love for cinema more and more with every video you put.
Happy filming ❤
This isonly a channel without stupid ads, useless words and stupid conversations. Every single word is valuable, definite and useful. Thank you, author! All other similar videos take 30-40% of their time talking about nothing.
There are many channels which can tell difference between lenses, but your interesting story telling and practical info makes it always best. Thank you StudioBinder.
Hope it helps 👌
Focus pullers:
" I fear no lens. But that thing..."
*Carl Zeiss Planar 50 mm f 0.7*
"It scares me..."
God this is too true... worth the pain of using it though, Barry Lyndon is one of the most beautiful films.
Haha not for the faint-hearted
@@moistgooseberry what i heared in a video about that lens is, there was no focus ring. they had to set the actors in this candleroom scene at one place at the table and they werent allowed to move forward or back with their bodies.
@@morucek yeah that sounds about right - at f0.7 your depth of field is going to be ridiculously thin so any slight movement would lose sharpness
Remaking the video = responsible StudioBinder ;D
You guys are awesome
Happy you guys like it!
What a great voice this narrator has.
Yes, a bit British and yet a bit American. So... Canadian?
@@AtlantaTerry Hi Terry, thanks for chiming in, mate. He doesn’t sound American or Canadian to me. He sounds English. Yes, he does have a commanding voice; the type that works well with non-fiction narration, as in this video. Hope you’re well. Regards from Steve in Adelaide, South Australia.
We love him :)
Whoever edited this has a great sense of humour!
I thought I understood but got a lot of the answers wrong. Guess it's time to watch it again. Epic video as always!! 😀🔥
Watch it as much as you need to ;)
me too, was distracted playing chess on phone
wow what a masterclass, 15 min felt like 3 hours of video with very nice explanations and examples
Whenever I become a filmmaker, I want to try anamorphic into a full Kubrick style visual. Thanks Studiobinder
Just make sure it’s worth it because even renting them can cost quite a bit.
Good lucK!
I'm a Kubrick fan too, and that's an awesome idea. You should totally stick with it.
@@alexman378 noted with thanks
@@StudioBinder ❤️❤️❤️
I wasn't expecting to see more than a few moments of this before getting bored and clicking away as soon as I new what the difference is, but this was FASCINATING, all the way through.
As a novice... might I say ignorant to all this depth of knowledge on any one subject... I thank you for the clear explanation of cinematic use of lenses. 🙏🏻
Your list of anamorphic qualities at 8:43 is different from the lists prior (e.g., 3:40). It replaces Breathing with Vignette and renames Focus to Falloff.
Thank you for catching that! Please refer to the first list (3:40).
The qualities are actually identical -- your eyes are just being tricked by a squeezing artifact from the lensing.
I didn't know anything about the differences before watching this video (I thought Anamorphic was a brand) and I got 100 percent on the examples. The video taught me something completely new in 15 minutes and I feel very confident already in my understanding.
I will say the bokeh gives it away almost immediately in most examples, but since I could determine based on that, I started to recognize the other elements like distortion of walls and background, and the differences in focus. I really love the look of anamorphic and this makes me want to get an anamorphic lens.
Amazing video-this channel is so good!
The only channel notification that makes me extremely happyy. Thank you for your amazing and informative content!
Happy to make it!
'Honestly I don't know' was nicely blended with this video. Extraordinary tutorial as always.
Respect to Studio Binder for re-releasing this, well done you
Goal is always top quality content for you guys ❤
Brilliant explanation!
You know the video was incredibly educational when is only 15 minutes, but it takes an hour to write down everything you learned.
Bro literally I was writing down notes too and it took me about an hour too! Such good tools and info, I didn’t go to film school so learning this has been extremely helpful. I’m gonna take notes in every video they made and see how much notes I get 😂
Thats right bro
You guys are definitely the best for me, with the way you breakdown complex subject, I've always wondered what the difference between anamorphic lens and spherical lens are, only by watching this video I could easily and quickly understand the difference, in fact I was able to figure out all test on my own. If it's one thing that can I never forget about anamorphic lens is that vertical lines are not straight, that alone helps me differentiate between the two. I so love you channel and it has always been my go to channel for lessons on film making.
This was such an engaging video. I love getting a self-quiz at the end!
How'd you do 👀
Somehow this channel keeps getting better. Thank you so so so much for these
Our viewers keeps us improving :)
Damn, I learned alot from this...Lenses are something I haven't understood for a long time but you guys managed to simply make it so cohesive to understand...love the channel!
same for me. I have learned so much. More than my whole lifetime as a filmmaker myself. XD
FINALLY A VIDEO THAT EXPLAINS IT ALL AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
That was the goal :)
@@StudioBinder I had study the matter for years, plus work on the field for 6...you summarized it all as efficiently as possible, also showing in picture WHY anamorphic looks "organic", and why crispness isnt bad, it all depends on the purpose....excellent job.
Been following for years now. Yep. Still quality stuff from you guys. You guys are changing TH-cam learning. 💯% quality. Like MKBHD, Veritasium, you guys rock 🤘
Thanks for joining us on the ride :)
WoW 👌 Best Explanation I've heard. Years of watching and you guys explained in 10 sec👏 🙌
Fantastic video, thank you! Clear explanations and examples. Anamorphic lenses make so much more sense to me now. (I didn't realize how much I love them! especially the breathing of the focus.) Your channel is great.
There were lots of details! Watch it as much as needed haha
Probably the best explanation I've seen online.
I love the fact that you made some examples to guess what type of lens was used! Got them all correct! 👍🏻
This is a masterful edit
Cheers!
The channel deserves an Oscar
This video is excellently informative, and the production, script, and VO performance remind me of the early era informational reels like what used to get spoofed in Disney shorts. Absolutely love it.
finally remake this vids.. thank you so much !!!!
Hope you like it!
what a narrator!
We love him :)
I love this. The graphics, the graphics, the voice. Keep them coming!
this is very educational, and probably has the best elaboration on youtube
the best this about this is the quiz at the end of the video! i got so excited to test my knowledge and the fact that i got it all right means you guys did a great job at explaining it, thanks!
Just a couple of seconds before finding this video, I was wondering what anamorphic is. this was informative, and with a sense of humor. thumbs up.
OMG YOU FINALLY REUPLOADED IT!!! This video is so good
Hope it was worth the wait!
@@StudioBinder it really was!
Best of the best channel so far with lots technical knowledge.. Thank you StudioBinder
I learned about the lenses right there while watching your video and got all the Quiz right.. You are a wonderful teacher! :)
You're a great student!
Where did you get the answers? I guessed but wheres the answers so that I can match?
As someone who watches and enjoys films, I’m a little late to the party in that I’ve not come across your channel before. The content was interesting, liked and subscribe instantly.
Welcome to the club!
Right on time! The first version was good, but now you have higher standards, keep it up!
Always trying to get better 👍
This video is just another masterpiece! Thanks for existing.
really grateful to Studio Binder One of the best TH-cam Channels for learning filmmaking, fortunately I got all my answers right, I am impressed by anamorphic lenses, what I like the most in anamorphic lenses is the field of view they give, that's amazing. Obviously bokeh and lens flares, focus breathing are also good but I like the field of the most, Thanks again to Studio Binder
Subscriber since 10,000. Best channel on YT.
We need episode about directing style of Andrei Tarkovsky
He's in the works 👍
god i love anamorphic, the natural feel and unique characteristics will always win me over. really nice seeing it described properly, thanks!
I love how he talks about all these intricacies of different types of lenses then throws up a digital wide angle shot of a fully cg soulless marvel landscape to illustrate his point 😂
This video is so much better than those hobbyists turn reviewers TH-cam channels on the topic. Well done and keep up!
The best way to identify lens is download the movie in your mobile phone. If it's fit to screen then it's anamorphic, if it leaves two black bars on left and right then it's spherical.
So much good information, explained in a clear and interesting way. Great work! 👍
Thank you modern narrator voice! That was very instructive!
You guys are amazing! Never seen it explained in such an easily comprehensible way with the 6 differences with great visual examples. Keep up the good work, hope everyone in the industry takes your lessons to heart!
Great video as always!
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for this informative to-the-point video, delivered in such a calm authoritative way, and thankfully devoid of any distracting endeavour to "entertain" with added nonsensical humour! - Well done!
What a wonderful production you have done! Bravo.
I'm glad you guys got the video back up. I think when I was searching it was gone... Glad its back because out of all of your videos, you would reference it but I couldn't find it until a certain person mentions it.... :)
Please forgive the basic question, but if an anamorphic lens stretches the picture to allow widescreen filming on 35mm, how come there are clips in the video filmed on spherical lenses that look wider than 4:3? Do they crop the image to provide the same aspect ratio as anamorphic?
By far the most interesting watch I've had on TH-cam recently. Subscribed and eager for more.
thanks for publishing it again, i liked this video a lot
Back and better than ever 👍
you guys make learning so much fun
That's the goal!
i love this channel its like adventure and science.
First time I hear such a useful description of anamorphic. Thanks!
Thanks for watching :)
Studio binder has always been a teaching platform for me about filmmaking ... I started to grow too, thanks for the video with great topic & beautiful explanation 👍🏻👍🏻
Happy filming!
In the test I got everyone right ngl. I mean this video is so well done and I have learned so much and now I can spot the type of lense while watching the next movie. The focal breathing and the bokeh is the most indicator for anamorphic lenses. :D
this is the best video on youtube. I liked the test at the end.
Wow. I actually guessed them all correctly.
And honestly it came down to how soft the image looks.
Wonderful video. I knew almost nothing coming in and only missed the last one
Hi StudioBinder. Thanks for sharing again.
Awesome video about the anamorphic lens!
Christ alive, this informative video is beautifully put together, narration, pacing, editing, summary. I always wrongly assumed anamorphic related to the aspect ratio of the image, which I was very wrong about. Great work!
This is a great educational tool. Loved it. Thank you!
This is such a good and comprehensive explanation of the subject, thank u 🙇♂
My introduction to Anamorphic lenses was back in high school in 1969 working after school for the driver ed program. We had a trailer with a dozen driving simulators with a 16mm projector showing the street scene the students had to react to. All the films were photographed with an anamorphic lens and the projector also had one.
This feels like one of those education videos that teachers would record in the middle of the night, but for adults
I’m as of writing this trying out an amateur anamorphic lens for my GoPro 11 which has an “squeeze factor” of 1.33x for a final 2.40:1 ratio.
It’s meant to be used when filming in a 16:9 video mode. So far it’s been fun using ffmpeg to de-squeeze it.
Great video and I’m a newbie camera learner
Oh man this channel is just amazing! I was just about to search for exercises on how to spot the differences and voilà, 11:35 kicks in. I can now watch movies and spot the type of lens used. Thank you! Keep up with the great content!
4:48 This is very visible in French films of the era, like Godard's "Contempt". It seems there was no good anamorphic lens available in France at the time 🙂
Thanks again guys
wow. what a precise, inteligent, easy to understand explanation. brilliant video. thanks!
Amazing video! Kudos! As someone who had only a summary knowledge of anamorphic lenses, I've learned quite a lot. Thank you!
Fantastic explanation, I feel like a pro now.
Good job guys! this video is so clear
I'm really thankful for these videos. I'm getting into a hobby fiimmaking and this gives exactly info i need to get going. Thank you!
I love this channel, it's so efficiently educational. I got all right but one!
That's good!
So incredibly useful thanks for the awesome lesson, won't forget it!!!
Thankyou for another informative video 🙂
Thanks for watching!
Love this channel!!!!! Thank you!!
Love our viewers :)
Amazing video!!! Super clear and the “test” at the end was sooo helpful
You explained it clearly, I got all the answers right. Now it's easy to tell the difference. Thank you for this video.
Thank you SB.
🙏
So from what I understand from this is Anamorphic lenses kind of distort the image towards the edges of the frame but Spherical lenses are more crisp which has more clarity to the image, is that correct or am I wrong.
correct
@@Predetorkiller Oh excellent, thank you. Much appreciated.
Yes that is part of the falloff effect
@@StudioBinder Oh really, excellent, thank you for that, much appreciated.