Just a random series of shots testing out a 57 year old Panavision Superama 16mm Anamorphic Adapter. The adapter was attached to a Nikon Ai-s 50mm 1.4 as that was the widest lens that didn't have a lot of vignetting.
Stretching the image back to normal brought the BMCC's horizontal resolution of 2400 all the way to 4400 (with a vertical resolution of 1350.)
The Panavision is sharp enough when the Nikon was stopped down to 4-5.6 and has beautiful color and contrast when paired with the nikon. And I just can't get over that messy, beautiful anamorphic bokeh. It truly is beautiful glass worthy of the Panavision label. However, focusing with the lens is completely impractical. It takes awhile to match the focus range on the adapter with the focus on the lens. Rack and follow focusing is impossible. Also, there is a bit of distortion that gets amplified if the lens isn't aligned perfectly on the clamp.
This adapter will cause a lot of trouble with most shoots but if the shots and subjects are static then it's a beautifully cinematic image.
The shots were conformed and graded in Resolve using a single node with filmconvert and some added saturation. No other adjustments were made.
