this is what i call a football this is what americans call a football player
and this is the perfect shot oh my god oh my god
this this this must be the biggest aperture i've ever seen in my life maybe it's the biggest one in
the world but instead of talking about ceiling architecture let's talk about these brand new
affordable anamorphic lenses by shure while we're shooting in this insanely empty but amazing
mercedes-benz superdome here in atlanta let's go
i mean look at these crazy massive aperture blades it takes seven minutes to close and eight minutes
to open so you have an exposure time of 15 minutes if this field would be a sensor then you may can
photograph an alien world but we're talking about the shure and you know many youtubers have been
struggling to pronounce these this name but i checked with them they sent me an audio recording
is shurey these new shure anamorphic lenses they are made for super 35 lenses for a 16x9 sensor
you may have seen their mft and aps-c lenses in even maybe their full frame lenses that
i've already tried on my channel here yeah these super 35 anamorphic lenses have a squeeze factor
of 1.33 and they're releasing it as a full set so you can get a 24 35 50 and 75 millimeter
version of it or the full thing and all of them have a f 1.8 aperture except for the 24
it's f 2.8 now that you can get them for rf and l mode cameras and they are basically advertised as
hybrid photo and video lenses so what does it mean it has a d-clicked aperture but it
doesn't have focus gear so you it looks a little bit like a photo lens i guess it may
opens up a new market here for photographers to try out some anamorphic photography which i've
seen and it looks cool overall build quality super solid it's aircraft great aluminium
whatever that means i mean it seems to me a marketing ploy but overall they feel very solid
now no anamorphic lens is perfect in fact actually because of their individual characters we choose
one over the other now let's talk about the flare so the survey ones have a blue flare and they're
quite intense they're very famous for it to be quite intense and some people like it some people
don't you definitely want to control it you see it here in the shots that we shoot here in the
stadium especially on these slightly wider super 35 sensors that we have on the komodo is that you
get some bright blocking on the side so you need to control it with a with a matte box or something
like that what i like about the anamorphic flares on the on the shuray ones is that they have some
character they have some secondary flares that for example the nanomorphs don't do so
if you are really after that anamorphic flare that you may see right now i want
to get that jj abrams vibe those may be a good choice for you let's talk about the bokeh next
the bokeh is really consistent nice and clean and i actually really like it but though the
background is not as stretched because it's only a 1.33 squeeze not compared to the 50 millimeter
full frame lens that has a 1.6 squeeze and you get this really nice stretched out background
with the 1.33 squeeze you also get a 1.3 x wider field of view on your
selected focal length now this is not anywhere near as wide as this freaking
massive halo monitor screen thingy that is up in this stadium which is actually the biggest screen
that is in existence in the world and if you would stretch it out it's taller than the eiffel tower
now with the anamorphic lenses the sewer ones particularly but any anamorphic lens you have
like some mechanical limitations and in this case the squeeze factor is not constant across
the focus range so if you are on the right focus you get the 1.3 squeeze i have not
scientifically tested that but when you close her up you only get a 21.25 x squeeze so that's
something to have to keep in mind when you frame a shot and also in post when you de-squeeze it
like with most anamorphic lenses you get some noticeable image distortion especially
on the outer edges of the image unlike the lower nanomorphs which suffer from some pin cushioning
on the suray ones you see some barrel distortion on the 24 millimeter you get also some vignetting
specifically on the slightly larger super 35
sensor of the commodore considering the three typical anamorphic
image properties that you're looking for in anamorphic lens these lenses are specifically
over indexing on the flares while they are more subtle on the bokeh and image stretch
now you may wonder how much are these lenses well they range from 499 for the 50 millimeter to 799
for the 24 millimeter the crowdfunding started now on indiegogo i'll leave the link down below
still have an inky feeling about somewhat established companies starting
crowdfunding uh campaigns but it's certainly cheaper than the stadium which is 1.5
billion dollars in construction cost you can get two and a half million of these lenses if you
want to get one like this is how expensive the stadium is but you can kick some balls
still flying oh will it go in will it go in it will go in will it reach the goal no
it won't oh well let's get to the fans into the stands sign some autographs
now what's my conclusion what do i like about it first and foremost the build quality it feels
very robust it's compact as you can see it is not super heavy for anamorphic lens
so that is great the price point it's basically the same price point as you would pay for the
mft and aps-c version of survey lenses so that's a great starting point for folks who want to
get started in the anamorphic filmmaking space because it doesn't break your bank and then also
the shape of the bokeh is something that i really enjoy about this lens because it's nice and and
oval in the center of the frame and it curves nicely out and swirls a little bit to the side
unlike the nanomorphs which have a little bit oddly shaped bokeh when you pay attention to
it the intensity of the bokeh though is not as strong on these lenses so uh this is obviously
where you want to pay the big dollars when you have the higher squeeze lenses like 2x 1.8
where you get more intense over bokeh and where you get a more stretched out background that helps
separate your subject from the back now this is not not not a biggie because it's like obviously a
beginner lens and it's like an entry-level lens so keep that in mind what i don't really like about
it either is that it doesn't have focus keys now i would argue most folks who shoot anamorphic lenses
are folks that are using it for cinematic purposes so they possibly are used to using
focus wheels and so that's something that is for me a little bit of a miss because now you
have to strap on these little rubber thingies and i always have trouble working with those
now net net under the bottom line i think this is a great lens for folks who want to get started in
the anamorphic space it's basically this lens all the nanomorphs there are ups and down sides
to both of them so you have to pick pick your poison but if i would have to make a choice and
have to select a couple of lenses of this range i would possibly skip the 24 because it's heavier
it is slower in terms of its speed and it's also more expensive and it has the vignetting
a little bit stronger and it's not much of a difference to the 35 35 is possibly my favorite
i couldn't try out the 50s and 75 but i think like between the 35 and either the 50 or 70
you have a good range and something that uh possibly you want to get started with
but this whole video was actually shot by philip grossman like a class a cinematographer who
usually goes with his reds to chernobyl so let's get his opinion on these lenses
all right so i'm going to give you my review normally i'm shooting in
dark radiated spaces old bombed out soviet missile silos so i don't get to use anamorphics a lot
but these are really really interesting i've had a fun time here with joey at the mercedes stadium
and the image quality these lenses and the sizes are it's pretty amazing i may have to pick up a
set for myself and start playing around with the anamorphic so i'm going to give it two thumbs up
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