The SMALLEST Full-Frame Anamorphic Lens I've tested on a gimbal! Sirui Saturn 35mm T2.9 

Like the neutral flares, though it looks like they're a little thicker/less suppressed - if they could be neutral and a little thinner, I'd be pretty in love! But the close focus distance is an issue 🤔

I definitely prefer the amber flare. To me though, Sirui in general has ugly looking double flares. I think the key to all your great looking footage was using diopters, shooting close and not shooting a ton of wides. Most of your subjects were inside of 3 meters. Often times much less. For the most part, I feel like their lenses have been really clinical and overly sharp. The diopter + close focus, I think goes a long way to helping the images feel more organic. Still, kudos to Sirui for making a full frame, small, 1.6x anamorphic lens that's affordable to small budget shooters and productions. That is significant and can't be understated. 1.6x stretch is also plenty for full frame (1.5 is kind of the minimum). Especially for cameras like the A7S3 and FX6 (used in this test) that don't have an open gate or 4:3/5:6 frame mode.

Where can buy the gimbal? Thanks

Perfect

Prefer the older version.

I was just about to comment the same thing haha. You can tell he spent time perfecting his craft. so sick

@@BrendonKPadjasek agreed!

Thanks for all your help guys!

Enjoy!

Thank you! Really I don’t do much grading. I just pick nice-looking things to film

Thanks, no color grading really, just a transform lut and some exposure tweaks. Lighting and white balance can create a great look.

Good to hear from you Bob!

Hope you are doing well Bob! We will have to get together in the future!

In my opinion V2 is just as good, but smaller! I see no reason to buy v1 anymore unless you need a certain focus ring diameter for compatibility with follow focus systems.

900g vs 400g , def go of the v2

The lenses look better (sharper) if you use a wider aspect. But the 2.35 is more standard so I used that aspect ratio.

I don’t think it has a de squeeze function so you’d need an external monitor to do that

For this vlog I just set Y scale to .635 because I was posting it in 4k. The better way is to multiply the X scale by 1.6 and set the timeline resolution accordingly. Then you have sort of a 5k timeline. This takes full advantage of the de-squeezed resolution.

They definitely need L-mount, those are the perfect cameras for these lenses because of the open gate. Or...Sony could just let us shoot 3:2.

@@BrandonLiUnscripted You will definitely have to buy a new camera for that option. I would not hold my breath for any sort of firmware update from Sony that would bring such a cool option to the table. Sadly.

hey the IBIS on sony isnt set up for anamorphic so that could be why

These lenses have pincushion distortion

@@BrandonLiUnscripted Is there anybody who prefers pincushion to barrel distortion? I sometimes find it more flattering on people than stretching them out, even tho I know barrel distortion is a classic characteristic of wide anamorphic lenses.

Hey Andy I read this so thought id give my two cents! In theory I always preferred barrel distortion, but recently started using this lens in prep for next video, and now I've become a big fan of this specific pincushion look. Plus Cooke anamorphics have pincushion on their wides and the whole "cooke look" is meant to be a thing@@AndyRiesmeyer

I think you have more of tele way of images with the wider sense. With 20mm you ended up with a lot of roundness

Manual pre-focus

I need a kit, at least 3 matching anamorphics to use it in a practical way. So I’ll wait for Sirui to come out with a few more.

I think the sharpness is the same. Maybe it was just differences in lighting or exposure. I prefer the smaller one, and if I had a kit of 3 of them I would try to use them for some kinds of run-and-gun shooting where I had some control over the subject. Otherwise it would be too difficult to manually focus.

If you get an anamorphic, you need a set. Can’t mix anamorphic and spherical. So you should get the Sony unless you’re building a matched anamorphic set.

@@BrandonLiUnscripted I got the Sony. I’ll get more productivity out of that. Be able to fly on the gimbal with that gem.

The lens is manual focus only

It's the zhiyun crane m3. I was wondering the same thing and found a review he did on it on his channel earlier.

I focused using the LCD screen and focus zoom. Double checked with EVF. For external monitor I use HDMI to USB to phone, with Monitor+ app

@@BrandonLiUnscripted thanks a lot! Have a great weekend :)

I assume you can but I haven’t tried

I just pre-focus and maintain same distance from my subject.

@@BrandonLiUnscripted so you mean manually ?

hey, this lens is manual so I believe thats what he meant! @@videolaricin8634

Squeeze stays the same. Just shifts the focal point closer

Many anamorphics have pincushion distortion, even expensive ones like Cooke. I don’t know the technical reason for it but you can remove it in post very easily.

Just had a thought, is it Resolve's new audio isolation feature maybe?

Haha yeah I used resolve voice isolator and the Sony on-camera shotgun, the one that doesn’t need a cable

@@BrandonLiUnscripted I find the result really impressive! Thx for sharing! :)

Nope

Not in the camera. With the Monitor+ app you can

I think you need to research how anamorphic works. Check out the Anamorphic on a Budget channel.

The lens has pincushion distortion. Both v1 and v2

Crane m3

@@BrandonLiUnscripted thank you

Letterbox? Because of anamorphic aspect ratio

@@BrandonLiUnscripted that would give you them on the top and bottom. Why the side? Pillarboxed.

zhiyun m3

Wing it

Lower t-stop anamorphics will be much more expensive, and much bigger. It’s a trade-off.

@@BrandonLiUnscripted are there any other FF anamorphic lenses with bigger aperture now ?