anamorphic lens

[David S.]

It shoots native 16:9 unless I’m missing your question.

[Arthur Luhn]

Cavision has some lens that are HVX-200 adaptable..

https://www.cavision.com/pictures/HVX200/HVX200.htm

I have the 0.6x which works fine for me although it does have minor vignette distortions if you work in tight spaces.

You also need to remove the matte box that comes with the HVX.

[Russell Lasson]

Anamorphic as in coverting 16×9 to 2.35:1 or wide angle lens?

My theory with the HVX200: The camera has noise that has to be taken into consideration. I just watched a feature that was shot on the HVX200 and finished for a Digital Cinema release. There were several shots in the film that had quite a bit of noise to it. Sometimes noise can feel a little like film grain, but this time it didn’t because the shape of the noise was more rectangular. I’ve noticed this before but couldn’t figure it out.

Then it hit me. DVCPROHD is acutally anamorphic to start with 960×720 (4:3). Then it stretches the image horizontally to create a 1280×720 (16:9). That process stretches the noise from a square-ish shape to a rectagular shape.

Why have I bothered to bring all of this up? Because if you are considering shooting with an anamorphic lens you will be taking the 4:3 image and stretching it even more that it already does. This would cause the noise in the shots to look extra streched out and could look horible.

My suggestion: Pay attention to how much noise you have when you’re shooting. Do some tests so you know the best way to minimize it. And I would stay away from an anamorphic adaptor for this camera. You might be better off just cropping the top and bottom than stretching the image even more.

If you’re talking about wide angle adaptors, take a look at Original Idiot’s post to your question.

Russ Lasson
Kaleidoscope Pictures
http://www.kalpics.com

PS Sorry if this is way too much of me rambling.

[Arthur Luhn]

Yes, since HD is natively anamorphic, I assumed he was talking about wide angle lens- if I am mistakened, I truly apologize for my idiocy.

[Andrei Bocharnikov]

Thank you all for the inputs and sorry to be not so clear about type of the lens i am looking for.

Actualy I am after lens which could turn my 16×9 frame to 2.35:1 proportion. In FCP we have option of anamorphic aspect ratio for DVCPRO HD footage.

Thank you for bringing my attention to the point that shooting with anamorphic lens noise will be stretched even more then it is already stretched from 4:3 aspect. I did not pay attention to it before and now it also hit me… 🙁

Andrei

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