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Vantage Hawk Anamorphics<br />
Vantage continues to lead as the preeminent<br />
designer, manufacturer, sales and rental<br />
company for PL Anamorphic lenses. Their<br />
giant booth at Cinec confirmed continued<br />
fascination in the format. History has shown<br />
that after every wave of 3D, widescreen<br />
production has followed. Why? If everyone<br />
is expected to watch 3D at home, producers<br />
will have to find a way to get audiences out<br />
of their living rooms and back into theaters.<br />
Last summer, if you wanted to rent a set of<br />
Hawk Anamorphics, you probably couldn't.<br />
They were completely booked.<br />
Five new Hawk Anamorphic Zooms are in<br />
the works. They have an anamorphic front<br />
element that creates the distinctive "anamorphic"<br />
look (oval bokehs and much more).<br />
The zooms are compact and have very short<br />
minimum object distances.<br />
The Hawk V-Plus 40-90mm T2.8 (minimum<br />
object distance 2 ½') will be available<br />
by the end of 2010. Like all other Hawk<br />
lenses, the five new zooms are manufactured<br />
in Germany. They match existing Hawk<br />
V-Lite and V-Plus primes.<br />
We saw the new Hawk V-Lite prime at<br />
Cinec; it is very compact.<br />
V-Lites come with two options: 1.3x or 2x<br />
squeeze.<br />
We're all familiar with a 4-perf 1.33:1 anamorphic<br />
frame unsqueezed to 2.40:1.<br />
But what if you're shooting on 3-perf or a<br />
1.78:1 (16:9) sensor? If you use a 2x squeeze<br />
ratio, the unsqueezed image will be a ridiculously<br />
wide 3.56:1 ratio. Instead, Vantage can<br />
quickly swap the 2x anamorphic module for<br />
one with a 1.3x squeeze. That's how you get<br />
a 2.40:1 widescreen image from 16:9.<br />
By the way, 1.3x anamorphics are excellent<br />
on 4-perf, 1.33:1 sensors as well—giving you<br />
a 1.78:1 format using the entire image area<br />
(33% more than spherical 16:9).<br />
Current 4-perf/1.33:1 format cameras<br />
requiring 2x squeeze are: 35mm 4-perf motion<br />
picture cameras, ARRI D-21, maybe<br />
the upcoming Alexa with optical finder, and<br />
Canon 1D Mk IV PL.<br />
3-perf/1.78:1 format cameras include:<br />
motion picture cameras with 3-perf movements,<br />
current ARRI Alexas (with Electronic<br />
finders), Sony F35, Sony SRW-9000PL,<br />
Red One, Red Epic.<br />
Dec 2010<br />
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