BLAZAR Remus 35MM 1.5X Anamorphic Lens - PREVIEW 

No worries! We’ll try keep that in mind going forward just like we’ve been testing shims on anamorphic lenses going forward as well. Ultimately the visuals do show the effect so people can still make their own conclusions. I don’t think seeing heavy distortion will make people turn against barrel distortion completely based on what we label it alone, they’ll just not like heavy distortion which is fair. Hopefully the information here is still useful. It’s less noticeable shooting s35 where the lens is designed to operate and is fairly well correctable in post with lens correction, thought it’s obviously understandable that not everyone will be keen for such a strong look depending on their shooting conditions.

This is a good call! Especially on wider lenses it’s an important thing to clarify.

@@garfieldmtify thank you, but it’s not a review. It’s a preview! 😆

@@TheFilmGuyOfficial review, my bad! 😞

I agree, this has that cool textured cinematic look. However, as a former Sirui 35mm 1.3x lens owner it has a pronounced pincushion distortion. 3 things I didn’t like about it was (too sharp (using a glimmer glass filter helped), pincushion distortion and the as you mentioned the crazy harsh blue flares . But it was great start to this budget anamorphic world we are in now.

@@aram.v Agreed, hence why I'll probably skip the sirui and borrow my friends, and just buy the Remus 35mm later this year instead.

Yes, but the squeeze is consistant when focusing which is what we normally look at and talk about when we discuss squeeze consistancy in anamorhic lenses, and it is what I was speaking about at that part of the video: "from minimum to infinity" - Sorry if there was any confusion. Many anamorphcs have inconsistant squeeze from edge to edge, including the Kowas like you mention.

@@ShaneVanLitz both get talked about fairly regularly. It looks like at the edges the factor is at least an extra 0.5X squeeze, which makes it pretty useless for framing up faces significantly off-center. Again, yes the Kowas do this somewhat too, but it can be a major factor in anamorphic lens choice. Synchro focus squeeze change is as you’ve said a different thing, but both can make a director frustrated pretty quickly, so it’s important to understand. A lot of the reviews are glossing over this attribute or misleadingly referring to it as barrel distortion, when it’s an entirely separate attribute. It can also make center framed images really pop, but it comes with (literal) downsides as well.

​@@ForestCinema I've used many lenses with the same issue and it's just IMO not discussed or tested as much as what we did test here, so I'm sorry but I do disagree! But that's not really important if we're both honest! What is important is that it is still a thing and you aren't wrong - It's not something that will suite everyone / every project and we do mention that. As mentioned on another comment we will also try to keep this clarification between distortions in mind where relevant going forward.

I wouldn't be sorry, neither of us uses microthird cameras anymore. but my but my guess is less because you would be getting an s35ish field of view

I don’t personally think so, this and the 65 have been glued to my camera for the last month on professional client work.

After you add some distortion correction we think it’s extremely usable

Do remember though that the BMPCC 6K has a smaller sensor than most S35 cameras, so a lot of the funk will be cropped vs what we have here. But that said, there's nothing wrong with waiting to see how the 33mm fairs and having a lens set that you can take with to full frame cameras when you use them.

@@LukasStumpf nobody has seen the quality from the 33mm yet but assuming it’s the same, we would say wait for the 33.

@@TheFilmGuyOfficial 33,45,85 is a nice set up then I guess!

@@LukasStumpf personally we don’t like the 45 mm very much we think the 65 is the nicest in the set! Just figured we would let you know

@@TheFilmGuyOfficial thanks for the Input! I guess 45 is more usefull in some cases maybe. I wanna start out with two and then wait for the 33. So I guess 45 and 85 is a good starting point. Or would you take the 65 instead of 85? Thanks my man!

@@LukasStumpf Taylor and I would both suggest 33, 65 and 85 / 100 if you're only picking 3. The 45mm is fine but the 65 and 35mm are currently our two favorites and I shoot 90% of what I do on those two lenses when I film with these - we're expecting the 33mm to be good as well.

The 35mm needed the least amount of correction out of all of them but still needed alittle! We like it a lot more than the 45!

@@johnny-530 kowa anamophic

You can check them out here: www.pstechnik.de/lenses/evolution-2x

Yeah, the distortion will be hit or miss for different people. In our origional review of the set we also mention that we like how they perform on s35 because the edges can be a bit dramatic on full frame - maybe the 33mm will be the same!

Honestly, we think it’s better than the 45mm. But we think lens correction is needed for both. Personally, we wouldn’t skip.

@@ShaneVanLitz Agree mate! I am hopping that would be the case. It's a shame that we lose out on the filter thread and the same outer diameter. But if the image is similar to the OG trio on super35, I will get it.

@@TheFilmGuyOfficial if I don't already own the Nero with some really good 35mm I would still consider this. Holding for the upcoming 33mm!

@@harrykise9752 I know - I hope they make all the Catos 95mm O.D. to make it easier for us just use clamp on matteboxes instead.

The EF version should! That being said we haven’t tested so we aren’t sure about any vintetting

@@TheFilmGuyOfficial as long as they physically fit il risk the vignette! will pronanly test it, anyone want to buy a greatjoy 50mm (1.8 squeeze)? 🙂

Personally we like this a lot more than the nanomorphs

@@TheFilmGuyOfficial what would be ideal combo for apsc cam? 35mm and 65mm?

@@adinbradic7092 yes and then the 45 eventually

@@TheFilmGuyOfficial thanks for the feedback!