i'm sorry you can't film your professional equipment here if you don't stop i have to take
you in that's that's not a professional lens it's like very small it's like look at this thing it's
clearly professional no it's i'm just shooting for youtube that's it i'm going to take this with me
i just shoot for youtube just kidding guys uh this is scott a friend of mika and mika's
a fellow komodo shooter and in this video we're going to review the laowa nano more
and get some shots here down in times square let's go
if you're new to animal shooting i have another video where i just explain it a little bit more
um we're just like in the middle of a school group here right now
but anamorphic lenses come in different squeeze factors it's basically like how wide how much
your image is squeezed they range usually from 1.33 to 2x 2x or 1.8x is often used in cinema
productions those are these big ass anamorphic and heavy lenses this one is a 1.5 squeeze
i don't know if you've seen my survey video that's a 1.6 squeeze so 1.6 1.5 is possibly not
huge of a difference but definitely something to think about the squeeze factor
the other characteristics of an anamorphic lens are the flares and in this case you can get the
standard blue flares this is usually what you get but this comes also in an amber version so
you see it here in the ring here gives you an indication of what what color the flares are
so you can pick between two different versions here and we got to try out the amber version
so what i noticed here i was blending the frames right now but you see some
some of the shortcomings of this lens is the pin cushioning you see it here on the screen
it is bending to the side so the opposite of barrel distortion is pin cushioning
and you know it looks a little bit funny i wonder how it looks in post but it's
certainly something to think of the lines are not straight on the side of the of the image
so maybe we need to cut off any anyways a little bit of the side of the frame but something to be
aware of again it's not perfect design okay if you if you ever wonder where the innovation for
touristy scams is originating it's right here on bro uh on time square it's on broadway it's
broadway too this is the newest thing i haven't seen this thing happening here it's basically
a camera rotating or you're rotating i don't know we'll see we will see what happens
is that an iphone 13 it's an iphone 13. we have a guy we have a guy with a sword in the back
oh it makes bubbles
so the one thing that i forgot to mention is that the squeeze factor is actually constant
throughout the full focusing range so that is something that is not usual for
cheaper anamorphic lenses and on the other side the close focus distance is actually
really really nice i will show you some footage from up here from the balloon
to give you an idea of what it looks like and how close you can get into the faces of people
um
dollars go right
all right this is officially your first time in the police car at least in the u.s
i've been in germany before
okay so this lens comes in three focal lengths right now this is the 50 millimeter 2t 2.4 it
also comes in 27 t 2.8 and 35 t 2.4 there's also a 65 and 80 millimeter coming later this year
and you can get those adapted for all kinds of mirrorless mounts from
sony uh two rf mount lenses uh like like that's the one i'm using right now there are also
options for ef and pl but you have to keep in mind they have a protruding
uh glass element so you cannot use it with a speed booster in case you were thinking about like
making it basically a full frame lens with that in terms of cost each lens runs at 999 dollars
right now on kickstarter you can get it for 8.99 the ef appeal mount versions are a thousand four
hundred ninety nine dollars and there are some deals also if you wanna get it um as a bundle
okay got away with the camera again
someone forgot the laundry here it's still drying
all right so what is my conclusion what do you think about this lens
i think first and foremost it's impressive that it fits into such a small compact form factor
it is i mean it's even impressive for normal lens to be that small and that this is an anamorphic
lens that's mind-boggling actually clearly it is not a perfect lens we've seen the pink cushioning
you've seen a lot of images honestly so you can form your own opinion about it
it is fairly fast with t2.4 but the flares i heard mixed opinions about it
i actually i'm fine with it they're like obviously the more expensive one have
a little bit more character in the flares but overall if you want to get started with anamorphic
and you don't want to break the bank nor your back when you carry it around i think this is actually
a good good starting point but let us know what you think about this lens in the comments down
below big big thank you to mikhail for shooting all the bts a fellow komodo shooter and as always
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