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Cleaning A Single Focus Anamorphic Lens Attachment
Anamorphic Lens User Guide Our single focus anamorphic lens attachment (version 2) uses extremely high quality nanocoatings for maximum optical clarity. These lenses are almost…
Which Single Focus Anamorphic Lens to use for your DSLR?
Nearly all anamorphic lenses that are available are dual focus. This means that to focus, you must first focus the anamorphic lens, and then focus…
Using A Rangefinder to Macro Focus with Your Anamorphic lens
What is a rangefinder? An anamorphic rangefinder is a set of two achromat diopters in reverse polarity. You can then achieve focus for the entire…
How to Focus a Single Focus Attachment on an Anamorphic Lens
This is a guide to DSLR help shooters properly calibrate their single focusing anamorphic lens. Almost all anamorphic lenses were built as dual focus. This…
How to Put Together an Anamorphic Lens Kit for DSLR
Anamorphic lens kits are becoming easier and more accessible. With anamorphic feature-driven cameras like the Panasonic GH5, the flexibility of Canon Magic Lantern, and cheap…
Shooting Anamorphic with the Sony A7s Full Frame DSLR
Next up: our Sony A7s anamorphic lens test. We have been shooting anamorphic for a while with the incredible Panasonic GH5, which is one of…
Panasonic GH5 Anamorphic Lens Impressions
In short, the GH5 package is the prime kit for shooting with our Isco Micro, Schneider XL, and Custom Single Focus anamorphic lenses. Although many other…
Anamorphic Lens Calculator: What Lenses Will Work?
Updated Oct 17th 2017. Our most common question from those interested shooting with anamorphic lenses on their DSLR: will my camera and lenses work? The…
Anamorphic Conversations on the Panasonic GH4
Since we get so many questions from filmmakers interested in shooting anamorphic on specific cameras, we present the Anamorphic Conversation series- a curation of conversations…
Benefits of shooting with anamorphic lenses
Curious photographers often ask about that extra gold lens on the front of my camera rig. Although they are not widely known, anamorphic lenses provide…
Choosing a taking prime lens for anamorphic
For those interested in shooting with anamorphic lenses on a DSLR, one of the most common concerns include which prime lens (or taking lens) to…
Using Anamorphic Lenses on Gimbals and Stabilizers
If 2016 was the year of VR, 2015 was drones, 2014 was the year of the gimbals and three-axis gimbal stabilizer. The idea was that…
Turning Dual Focus Anamorphics into Single Focus
Understanding dual focus and single focus is important to planning an investment in anamorphic lenses. The vast majority of anamorphic lenses are dual focus lenses.…
Close Focusing with Anamorphic Lenses
Once you’ve gotten comfortable with focusing an anamorphic lens, you may want to explore macro focusing to really bring out the character and bokeh of…
Using Anamorphic Lenses on Panasonic GH5 & GH4
If you’re a DSLR filmmaker looking to shoot with anamorphic lenses, the Panasonic GH5 (and GH4) are currently the best value cameras available today to…
How to Choose an Anamorphic Lens
When choosing an anamorphic lens, the amount of options out there can feel overwhelming. Virtually all anamorphic lenses available for sale are no longer in…
Anamorphic Lenses for Canon
As Canon cameras are far and away the most popular cameras for both photographers and DSLR filming, we thought we’d put together a short guide…
Why Do Anamorphic Lenses Flare?
The most exciting characteristic of shooting with an anamorphic lens- approaching magic hour, and the sun is just about to fall behind some trees beyond…
Anamorphic Focus, Demystified
The most common issue for first time anamorphic users is learning how to focus two lenses. Focusing an anamorphic lens setup is a skill that will…