Ya I'm convinced faking it will work until I get a chance to play with some REAL Anamorphic lenses...ONE day.

For me, more than flares and bokeh, the most unique quality of the anamorphic look is the expanded field of view. For narrative work, it lets you keep a subject isolated like a telephoto lens would do, but while also letting you frame a wider scene like a 24 or 35mm would. So it’s just a really unique tool for storytelling. The flares and bokeh are ok, but the FOV effect cannot be replicated otherwise so you kind of loose the actual feel of what an anamorphic lens achieves.

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

I actually cut that part out of the script where I talk about the more telephoto separation on wider focal lengths for time, it got into TOO much what anamorhpic look is when I had just stated I didn't want that to be what the video is about lol. Good topic, but i need some actual shot anamorphic footage to make a real case on that and just didn't have enough in this case. What started out as a way to get more info out of a frame, has really become a gold standard on how we interpret visual story telling in film. Great addition mate, thanks!

Epic knowledge gained here. Thank you and what a great production job and edit on this video. Sound is even top notch.

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

All aspects of production considered, thanks for your kind words mate. ✊

Great info. And a great way to get started with using this look!

Good stuff mayne. The steady stream of quality content is much appreciated. I can't wait to try this on some weird lenses :0

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

I might be 2020 tapped out, need to get out and do some more lens testing! Appreciate you being here!

Great video as always Mark! Keep up the great work 👍

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys! ✊

I recently did a Helios comparison video too, but yours is on a whole different level :) It's great, well done!

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

On your channel?

Welp. Just bought a 44-3 now. To add to my 44-2. Worst thing to happen to my wallet was finding your channel. Not even lying. *But truthfully, keep up the fun content.

Nice video! Not sure if I would ever go fishing with my 44M but looks good. I think that if you could do the same to any vintage 35mm you are set for any "special" project (thinking about the color shift).

You're video style and quality are incredible! More videos please :)

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marco, hopefully push out more than 25 for 2021, banner year this year for sure.

Can't wait! Really should use my Helios lenses more...

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

There's a good reason it's so widely adored. Even people who think vintage sucks are always talking about how they want to "try a helios". :)

So glad your video popped up in my research today, Mark! I think I've tried every "Anamor-fake" trick in the book and I'm itching to shoot on some real glass. 😬😬😬

I would use streak filters instead of adding a fishing line. But I am definitely going to try this mod on one of my Pentax lens

@MarkHoltze

Жыл бұрын

Filters are a much easier solution for sure!

I'm pretty sure that small modded accessory is an unholy symbol of the Eye of Sauron.

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

lol! How did I not see this before?

Love your content Mark! Looking forward to FAKEING IT in '21... thanks for the intriguing idea and comic relief. Be well, stay encouraged, and safe!

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jacob, so glad you're here with us. You're a wonderful member of this community. Thanks for being here! Happy holidays my friend.

@jacobchristianglover3655

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Honored to be a member of your community. Happy Holidays to you and your precious Family my Friend!!!

Cool video thanks for sharing

Here we go!! Thanks Mark!

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

"IT'S GO TIME" ;) LOL

These are awesome! The flares look great, even if they do sometimes make the bokeh look like little coffee beans.

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Coffee bean bokeh oh now I see it lol. Man wish I did when I shot this, brilliant Allan, thanks!

Back in the 70s it was fashionable to alter the shape of the light blobs (we didn’t have bokeh then) by putting a piece of card with a cut out over the front of the lens...stars were popular...

So cool! We need to try this!

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

so much fun! Would look cool with those star wars micromachine shots.

Hello Mark...! Love from India. Your videos inspired me to fall in love with vintage lenses. ❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍🙏

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being here mate! So glad to have you!

Love it got my own blue model!

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Nice!

Wow just wow!

That's so cool. I want to give this a try.

Since I'm still new to the photo and video world, I won't be able to apply this knowledge. But still watched and enjoyed your video until the end Mark 😉 - what video will you do on Sunday? 😀

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

One day possibly, it's an evolution that occurs naturally. Thanks for the company mate!

Beautifull man I love bricolage too.I have seen a tutto that show how to do better flare without a wire, scratching verticaly a frontal UV filter. I ve dont do it cause almost my equipment stay in Havana. And we are stucked in Mexico because Covid. Greatings my friend. Keep going! Sorry about my english.

I love flares, don’t care for egg shape bokeh. But this is a fun video to make me want to play around with what’s possible. Rules tend to yield the same results, you know?

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

totally, always down for some experimentation.

@rodrigobardin

3 жыл бұрын

same here. so I've been basically experimenting with the fishing line in an 'easier' way: I have it in the front of the lens. It does give some interesting (and cool imo) results.

Loved this video.

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Henry!

Great video Mark! What's the most affordable anamorphic lens for EF or PL mount? If such thing even exists 😁

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

I think the Sirui anamorphic lenses might be the best budget option. They come in EF, E and MFT mounts, no PL. They don't have cinema style markings on them though, they're basically photography for video lenses, but do retain those anamorphic image characteristics.

There is one more mod that can be done - remove some iris blades to get the "cat eye iris" - yes, it means taking the lens apart. It looks more or less like anamorphic bokeh, but the tips of ovals are a bit pointier. NOTE: I havent tried it myself, only seen some videos and pics. Retro Foto House had some videos.

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe ONE day! Right now I like to keep it simple. I tried taking apart a dead Pentacon and the iris blades were a nightmare to put back together. I need better tools and more experience for sure! Thanks for the additional info mate!

Great ideas! I love this stuff and can't wait to get my g85 so I can start playing around with this. This really makes the gopros not fun anymore!

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

GO PRO's are good for very specific stuff, there's very little tinkering you can do with them that's for sure.

@Warren3carpentry

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze yes I am starting to figure that out when I try to replicate what I see on youtube. Most things are nearly impossible with a gopro.

The Helios lenses are LEGENDARY. Really great lenses, awesome character, especially if you get a CLA'd one. I have my 44-2 anamorfaked, and it's soooooooo nice

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

My sentiments are with yours mate. ✊

I have the Helios 44-M which I didn’t even realize, I thought I had the 44-2 version cuz this look so similar lol.

Awesome video!!!

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! Figured might be nice to silently showcase the giveaway Helios 44-2 a few more times before it's gone for EVER...well not really GONE, gone to INSPIRE so NEW life! lol

Just a heads up, the link to the Anamorphic on a Budget channel in the video description doesn't work

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that! Will rectify!

I just was able to purchase (Used) Both the 50mm and 32mm Atlas anamorphics. I think those are the two lenses that us solo shooters can realistically use. All we need is a big credit card...

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Been peeping those! They look nice! Love to hear your thoughts on them when they come in mate.

Try a fusion lens with anamorphic projector lens please 🙏🏼 I really want to understand how can do that and if it's possible to find a way for use wide lenses without crop or vignetting

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

new territory for me, but definitely interested in pursuing. Thanks mate!

@lucacedrini

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze 🤙😊

Thank you Mark for this amazing helpful video! I have a question about Helios 44-2, I assume since this is lens still not fully considered an anamorphic lens, so it won't require any desqueeze in the post?

@MarkHoltze

6 ай бұрын

That’s right it’s spherical so no need to de squeeze

@hamfromburger

4 ай бұрын

So it only changes the bokeh not the amount of space that fits in the frame? I mean the cine mod

@MarkHoltze

4 ай бұрын

@hamfromburger ya just changed the bokeh; no impact on the frame. Might let a BIt less light in since it won’t open full wide, but it’s negligible

The ending. Hahahaha. Nice mod by Tito! 😁

Anamorfake for the win. What an awesome mod. One day mark, one day we will all be rich or lucky enough to be allowed touch one for real!!

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

it almost feels like a waste with the S1H and NOT being able to use them.....when the reality is part of getting this camera was the potential to use them. COVID hit and loads of production work dried up (which was planned for this) but development still moves on with found footage lol. I suspect some point in 2021 the real thing might happen, those Atlas anamorphics look pretty dope, they're accessible at the very least.

Brilliant budget ideas.

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

Can’t go wrong really ;)

Mark the fact you don’t have 500k followers BOGGLES MY MIND. ❤

@MarkHoltze

2 жыл бұрын

🙏 haha. I’m super niche clearly ;)

"Note to editor Mark" hahaha love it

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Talent thinks he can give ME notes? I think not ;)

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

😂 he’s a grump ;)

I tried making one of those inserts... The ovals work, but the flare does not... I was really looking forward to the flares...

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Did you try the fishing line? You can even tape fishing line to the end of the lens vertically and as light hits it, you’ll get the flares.

@adsertheblade

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze does the thickness matter? I tried somethingike fishing line, but didn't have any actual lying around... Still a plastic line, I coloured blue.

are there photography lenses that have the same look/equal characteristics as the panavision cine lenses

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Similar but not the same. Those panavision lenses are on a diff level

@xylenz7399

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze can you name some lenses that you think look similar ?

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t mate, they have a very distinct look, they’re $$$$$$$$$$ for that look too. Think less of what look to mimic and figure out a way to make accessible lenses look good for you. It’s way easier

I love Helios lenses. And yes helios still means sun even in the modern greek language :)

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

It's such a great word, how could it not right? lo,

@denisrandomtech5822

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Same story with Carl Zeiss Sonnar. The name "Sonnar" is derived from the German word "Sonne" and it means Sun!

Would look super cool cropped at like 2.35:1 with the bokeh effect

Only fishingline can make that flare ?

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Any kind of small obstruction that would cause the light to diffract. I’m sure other materials can be used

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kyle! Happy holidays mate.

Ok, that's it. I have to pick me up a Helios now...

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

They’re fantastic, be picky with the condition. So many out there that nothing short of mint should be accepted ;)

@GeraldBertramPhotography

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarkHoltze Do you think eBay is the best way to go if no one around me locally is selling one? Not a ton of cinematography buffs here in central Virginia!

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Ya it’s good, just make sure to read description carefully and ensure the seller has a good reputation and return policy. No fungus, no grease on blades and smooth focus action.

If I understand correctly anamorphic gets more horizontal field of view without proportions distortion, I don't get why imitating its only optical distortions gets any optical advantage... aaah aesthetics.

Where'd you get the budget to hire the new guy?

@MarkHoltze

Жыл бұрын

no hired new guy, no budget. I'm lost? Could you give me some directions please? ;)

I do love it but dont think it should be used in all situations.

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely not

Who Tf disliked this video? Thats a crime!

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

I like it, keeps me humble ;)

cheapest 1:1 vintage macro lens?

@MarkHoltze

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure price varies, what focal length do you want? It’s a loaded question mate

@reboot1337

3 жыл бұрын

Canon FD 70-210mm i got this lens what as some kind of macro function i was also wondering if its possible to use macro extension tubes for that lens. in this case any focal length will do :D

I like Tito's page. You gotta be ready to mentally suck up a lot of information though, ha

the bokeh works but the flares do not.

The No1 distinguishing visual attribute of Anamorphic imagery is Aspect Ratio. End of discussion. Oval bokeh and horizontal blue flairs, DO NOT appear in all shots but require certain specific conditions. Cheap IRIS modifier mods can fake the last two attributes. Cropping the image to 2.35:1 aspect ratio is the quick fake fix. Take it from someone who used to shoot Super 8mm Anamorphic with 16mm projection lenses, back in the day.

@philipv7555

Жыл бұрын

who is stupid enough to put anamorphic lenses in front of a super 8 format? that medium really isn't made for that

Fake it even if you've made it!

Only one that never used an anamorphic lens can pretend you can fake the look of anamorphic lens

With these modded lenses, you only get the undesirable attributes of anamorphics and none of the good stuff.

@MarkHoltze

10 ай бұрын

It’s the superficial stuff….absolutely. It’s way more nuanced than this…true anamorphic anyway.