Has anyone tried the Heliopan variable NDs? I like the fact they start at 1 stop and not the 2 stops the Tiffen on does. Michael Sanders Cinematographer, London. Broadcast - Docs - Commercials - Corpo

This is pretty last minute but if you're in the NY Metropolitan area this week and you're interested in testing these lenses, please come by KleenSlate Creative Victorian Parlor location on Thursday J

Does anyone know anything about this lens? A friend of mine ran across it and is interested in it. He wasnt sure if it was some sort of lens that was made by Panavision or if it was made by someone el

Chatting at Cameraimage I found out that a lot of cinematographers have no idea that these exist. It all started with a conversation about how some people managed to make small and effectively invisib

Hi all....just received a beautiful condition (looks barely unused!!!!!!) and what I think is a Zeiss Standard Prime Mk II 8mm T2.1 lens for 16mm format which I bought on Ebay. I was hoping someone co

Hi everybody Today a little advice needed. My friend wants to shoot anamorphic on S16 camera. What can you recommend. I know there is a hawk16 series but they are so expensive. So I’m looking for an a

Hi fellows! I have an interview shoot with 03 cameras, and I believe I’m gonna have to mix an old Nikkor 50mm glass with some Zeiss Flektogon (35mm and 50mm) Does anybody has inputs about it? The came

Someone asked to see a picture of a diopter in one of our Signature Prime rear magnetic holders. I’ve attached pictures below. Previously I’d used plastic diopters that were cut slightly larger than t

Hopefully someone can help with this. Does anyone know if any anamorphic lenses were made with the Arriflex B mount? If so what stretch factor were available? I was wondering if there were ever any 2x

Hypothetically speaking a 600mm lens at 1000’ will give a field of view of 21’ by 38’. At 2500’ that same lens gives a fov 118’ by 65’. So it’s definitely possible that some length of telephoto could

I’ve been experimenting with rear diopters on ARRI Signature Primes. I would think a negative diopter would do this nicely. The question is the quality and the orientation. A front diopter would be ri

Dear All / Bonjour à tous Notre client s'est fait volé la série Cooke S4 suivante lors d’un tournage en Belgique le 1er Decembre 2019: The following lenses were stolen from one of our clients during a

Hi New topic for discussion. Right now I’m wondering if it’s better to look for a super16 lens like 8-64 canon or to use Abakus converter and use lot of SD fujinon/canon lenses for 2/3” with this adap

OK to settle and argument.....I say this is impossible to shoot and its a comp image, a fake shot....everyone else says the BBC would not do that....I say yes why not for artistic expression bla bla..

Hive mind, I want to increase the back focus/FFD of a 180 fisheye lens by about 20% to put a mirror in the path. The lens has facility for a 40.5mm threaded filter in the rear. Obviously a front diopt

- Tiffen ND3, ND6, ND9 (4x5.6) - 2 each - Tiffen IRND 1.2, IRND 1.5 (4x5.6) - 2 each - Tiffen Ultra Polarizer (4x5.6) - 2 each - Clear Glass (Tiffen), Safety Glass (4x5.6) - 2 each - Tiffen Coral Soli

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Hi Karina- As you noticed, the 21mm appears to breathe, but I’m told it’s actually a phenomenon called “pupil walking.” The effect is roughly the same, but it’s not the same mechanism. The 150mm and l

Some of you will already have read this on cml-general, my apologies for cross-posting. Mostly a great session, starting with a really emotive film by a French director shot in four days with the new

I’ve got a shoot coming up where I was toying of the idea of using my Leica R mount primes on the F55 but I can’t see a R to FZ mount on the web. Has anyone seen one? Michael Sanders: Cinematographer/