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Author Topic: Did Lucas use Anamorphic Lenses? Nick Catalano Film Handler Posts: 30 From: Whitefish Bay, WI, USA Registered: May 2002 posted 06-14-2002 06:23 PM                     When Lucas shot EpII, did he use any sort of anamorphic lenses to ensure that he was using all 1080 lines of res? ------------------ - Nick Catalano  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-14-2002 06:36 PM                     No. All of the HD 24p productions released in 35mm scope ("Jackpot," "Session 9," "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack Of The Clones") have utilized spherical lenses.  |  IP: Logged Michael Brown Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1522 From: Bradford, England Registered: May 2001 posted 06-14-2002 06:39 PM                     What about Dancer in the Dark?  |  IP: Logged Michael Coate Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1904 From: Los Angeles, California Registered: Feb 2001 posted 06-14-2002 06:58 PM                     "Dancer In The Dark" wasn't an HD 24p production. I believe it was originated on DV. Someone else familiar with that production will have to chime in regarding the photography specifics.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-16-2002 10:30 PM                        There's apparently some issue with using anamorphic lenses with video cameras. Unlike film cameras, a high-end video camera contains an optical splitter to direct the image to three separate imaging devices (CCDs now, tubes in the past). Apparently there are problems with registering the images on the CCDs when using anamorphic lenses that Panavision couldn't solve.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-16-2002 11:10 PM                     Anamorphs and beam splitters seem to have problems togather as that is why they can't use an anamorph with the sodium backing travelling matte system  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 06-17-2002 05:58 AM                        I'm not a lens or video camera designer, but I recall that the beamsplitter prism in video cameras that use 3 CCDs requires the use of TELECENTRIC lens designs. AFAIK, existing film camera lenses can NOT normally be used on 3-chip digital cameras that use a prism beamsplitter: http://www.nikondigital.org/articles/digital_lenses.htm http://www.urbanfox.tv/articles/cameras/c12lenses2001.htm ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: +1 585 477 5325 Cell: +1 585 781 4036 Fax: +1 585 722 7243 e-mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged

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