Anamorphic lenses open a new world of creative possibilities for filmmakers like me, but they can also transform still photography. These two photographs,
Anamorphic lenses open a new world of creative possibilities for filmmakers like me, but they can also transform still photography.
Days before we departed for Incheon, I was wrapping up a color grade on a short film, and the impetus of this project sprang into my mind. Anyone who has graded inknows that frame grabs are a big part of the process. You save still frames from clips with different grades to overlay using a wipe feature to compare and contrast as well as copy said grades to other clips.
Taking all that into consideration, I always oriented the lens horizontally to the world as I don’t enjoy the vertical flares and horizontally oval bokeh that shooting it oriented vertically produces. So when I refer to shooting horizontally, that means the camera is in landscape, and vertically means the camera is in portrait. The lens position never changed.
Post-processing is no less clunky, and I’m sure there are more effective ways to handle it. I went with Capture One for RAW processing, as I’ve been using it since it was essentially brand-new software . After applying the edit, color correction, and preferred look, I exported the selects at full resolution in JPEG.
Not to mention that just one Mercury lens costs $8,000. Plus, there is still a long waitlist for new orders. It’s not something accessible or even worth exploring for most photographers.
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