New Lens

After relentlessly searching the internet trying to find one of these rarities, an Iscorama 36 Anamorphic lens finally came in the mail. I opened up the box just about three hours ago, and here is some test footage for you guys.

These lenses where originally made for 35mm still photography, but failed to find a place in the market. Now with the new wave of DSLR cinematography, these lenses have been rediscovered.

I’m very excited that I found one and will be shooting a few upcoming projects on it.

If you are wondering how it works, simply research anamorphic lenses, but in short, it optically squeezes more image across onto the image. In camera, it looks squished. When you unsqeeze it in editing, it gives you a wider image than with normal lenses. It also creates some really cool light flares (watch the new StarTrek).