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72. Desert Light (CineMorph NAB)
10 months ago
Filmed with the CineMorph Anamorphic Looks Filter from vid-atlantic.com/cinemorphic

While at NAB 2011 we stepped away from the bright lights to collect some b-roll for a project in the works.

Filmed, Edited & Colored by Eddie Enciu for VAMP
Colorista II, Magic Bullet and a bit of Misfire all from Red Giant Software. Music by Hammock

Canon 5D Mark II
Nikon 85mm F2
CineMorph 58

Daytime ISO 100
Evening/Night ISO 640 to 1600

The Filter costs $139, it keeps your image at a 16:9 ratio and only morphs the bokeh or vertically smears the areas of the image that are not in focus and it allows you to rack focus your lens like normal! Rack focusing is impossible with most anamorphic lenses and the vertical bokeh can not be recreated in post production without a ton of rotto brushing and affecting the areas in focus.

It's also a streak & flare filter all on one smooth rotating frame.

You will lose 2 stops of light, so we recommend fast speed prime lenses with smaller fronts. Old Nikon primes and Old M42 Pentax Mount (Russian and Japanese) work the best. Those lenses are ideal with or with out our filter as they work more like true cinema lenses, they're sharp, fast and cheap on ebay.

Just like an anamorphic lens these filters are meant for use on Prime photographic lenses. 50mm and tighter for cropped frame cameras like the 7D & T2i and 75mm and tighter for full frame cameras like the 5D

More info vid-atlantic.com/cinemorphic
  • Philip Bloom pro 10 months ago
    really impressive!!
  • Thanks Mr. Bloom! Appreciative of the feedback!
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  • Paul Robinson plus 10 months ago
    looks good, can't wait to finally get out and use mine, weathers been delaying any filming for me....
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  • Joe Moya plus 10 months ago
    nice
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  • Michael Buffa 10 months ago
    I like the idea of an anamorphic style filter, might have to buy one and try it out. Great work Eddie!
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  • Ryan Lalonde 10 months ago
    Cool filter! Though I think it's a bit misleading to say it's impossible to rack focus with most anamorphic lenses. I would say its the other way around, racking focus on a DSLR lens that doesn't have accurate marks and is made to autofocus is almost impossible!
  • Yes you're right, those types of inaccurate lenses are difficult as well. But we mean that focusing 2 lenses at once (some lens combos even need rack focused in opposite directions of each other) is pain and near impossible without 2 focus pullers by your side. By most lenses, we mean, affordable lenses under the $30k range and lenses other than the super rare Iscorama's that now sell for $4k and up. Kowas, Sankors, Singers, Isco, etc.

    Thats why this filter is special and the very reason we designed and created it; out of necessity for those rack focus shots and run n gun anamorphic shooting, without losing the characteristics of an anamorphic lens.
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  • Anton Zagoskin plus 10 months ago
    very nice photography, but unfortunately disturbing editing :( They just don't match each other!
  • Thank you. Yes the editing was actually the story aspect of this video...the desert being so beautiful, yet with a lot of disturbing interference. The disturbances are meant to come from the nearby human activity in Vegas which is revealed in the 2nd half of the video.
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  • Ian-T 10 months ago
    Nice video.

    Did you use ND filters while shooting out in the desert (I'm sure you did). If so...what was your setup?

    I have a GH-2 and use a Super Takumar 50mm M42 mount lens. What sized adapter would you suggest for me to use in daylight shots (58mm or bigger)? Thanks.
  • Hi Ian, Actually, since the filter loses about 2 stops of light, you wont always need an ND filter. It was shot fully open at f2 most of the time and the shutter would be cranked up a bit, but that was it.

    As for your lens, I would recommend the 58mm or 62mm version of the filter.
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  • Premium Image Studios 10 months ago
    Eddie, I enjoy the look of the video, plus I've also used your Cinemorph filter and ran some tests with it, it's a solid unit and will work great on shots where I have to switch from my Isco Anamorphic lens to a rack focusing shot where I don't want the audience knowing I've moved from an anamorphic lens to a standard aspherical one. Once I have shot some scenes with it, I'll upload them!
    Stephen
  • Cool, thanks! We cant wait to see footage! Thanks for your support!!
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  • Jason Hudson 10 months ago
    My favorite thing to do in Las Vegas is get out of Las Vegas! Very cool!
  • 100% agree!!!
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  • Scott C. 9 months ago
    song is Hammock - I Can Almost See You youtube.com/watch?v=c-ayuRE5xd8 if anyone is interested.
    Great video.
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  • Nabeel Hilmy plus 9 months ago
    Awesome. I am wondering if this might work on the Voigtlander 25/0.95. On micro 4/3 the angle of view is the same as 50mm on FF35 which makes me doubtful...
  • Nice lens! We hope to be able to test that out soon with the CineMorph. Since its such a fast speed lens it may actually work with little to no vignetting. I'm going to guess that it will have a bit of vingetting but enough that it may be cropped out easily. Thanks!
  • Nabeel Hilmy plus 9 months ago
    Thats great! Look forward to hearing about it. If it works would be a great match as you would still be at a reasonably fast t/2 ish exposure and with a more versatile normal field of view.

    apart from that as someone quite new to videography I was wondering how you do that "jumping" or "skipping" effect. (is it MB Misfire?) Just a brief pointer in the right direction is all I need, cheers :)
  • Actually the misfire effect is very slight and can barely be seen. It enhances the skipping effect.

    The actual skipping was done by taking certain 1 to 3 frame slugs and moving them ahead or behind a bit in the timeline. Nothing too fancy. Give it a try, its kind of fun, but dont over do it either ;)
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  • daylyt 8 months ago
    where can i buy this at now now now now now now now now now
  • Thanks for your interest. Its available on the vid-atlantic site and on ebay now as well.
    vid-atlantic.com/cinemorphic
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  • Rakesh Rocky 8 months ago
    i want this filter for my canon 50mm 1.8 and please tell me does it give any cropped ratio while shooting with 550d/t2i?, or should we edit movies in 16:9 ratio? and does it give the same exact look as of this video when mounted on 1.8 'aperture'[im worried about the intake of light] ...if everything goes well im ready to purchase for my 85mm 1.4 Rokinon lens [72mm] too...and can you please provide me a RAW video without a grade version..please clarify my queries! as fast as you can...my film production starts next month...and i was looking for an anamorphic lens..but i found this pretty fab....thanks in advance.
  • Well, the CineMorph was originally designed for mixing with real anamorphic lens footage but many people including us have been using it as a stand alone way to get a unique look apart from the rest of the crowd.

    Yes, we can provide you with a some ungraded footage, just email us at info@vid-atlantic.com

    And no, it wont crop your image. You will need to do that in post. Its simply a matter of cropping or adding black letter box bars at the top and bottom of the image. Its very easy in almost any program.

    And yes the 50mm f1.8 lenses (Nikon, Canon EOS and Canon FD) will work with the filter on the 550D/t2i or other crop frame cameras like the 7D, 60D, GH1/GH2, etc. Thanks for your interest!
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  • Rakesh Rocky 8 months ago
    Thanks for your reply! i will get back to you by email.
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  • Jonathan McEnroe 7 months ago
    Might have to pick one of these up :P
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  • DeejayMD plus 7 months ago
    Any news about the combination Voightlander 25mm + Cinemorph? Does it work?
  • Not yet, we should hear back this week I hope. Its still being tested. We cant seem to get a hold of the lens ourselves to test it out.
  • Kert Gartner plus 6 months ago
    I've got one of these lenses if you'd send me one to test ;)
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  • Lanti 4 months ago
    At 2:55 the woman in the ambient music speak in Hungarian? I asking this becouse I'm Hungarian but I not understand well what she said. :)
  • I think it is. It came from a Radio Transmission that someone else recorded. I'm pretty sure that it was Hungarian, but we cant understand it. Thanks for watching!
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