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FEATURE LOOK OF LENSES
Fresh from the NAB showwe look at the latest lens technology and thinking as new physical formats are let loose WORDS PHIL RHODES THE LOOK OF LENSES
desperate to use any kind of old, weird lens... vintage anamorphic is terribly popular. I’m not criticising that, I’ve done it myself. There’s the perception that digital is too clean and that introducing unpredictable artifacts from older lenses is going to help with that. It’s to do with authorship, now that things get graded without us – having a look that’s sort of built into the shot.”
he goals of lens designers have changed. In the past, clarity and precision were the priority. Now, older glass that’s comparatively lacking in contrast and sharpness is snapped up by cinematographers keen to take the edge off digital origination. Ed Moore, director of photography on episodes of Vera and Shetland , describes the situation simply: “Most DPs are
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