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Anamorphic, Affordable: FUJIFILM X-T30 & SLR Magic Anamorphot-40 1.33x Review

FUJIFILM’s latest creation, the X-T30, is now shipping and although it has been sitting on my desk for quite a while, different assignments had prevented me from reviewing it up until last week. Now that the time was right to take a closer look at it, I’ve decided to fulfil one of my longtime wishes and see if I can come up with a small yet capable and very affordable solution for shooting in an “anamorphic way”. Something that won’t require me to break a savings account or ask for a loan… Interested in hearing more? Keep on reading.  FUJIFILM X-T30 It’s the end of April. The FUJIFILM X-T30 is sitting on my desk, looking a bit lonely. My last attempt to review it ended up being an SLR Magic MicroPrime Cine X-Mount Lenses Review. Not having enough time to shoot ‘Place for Grace‘ solely on the X-T30 made me ask for Nino’s help and shoot that story together on both, the X-T30 and X-T3, too. Some time has passed and my fingers got itchy. This little camera deserves a treatment and a review for itself, but filming with it might have ended up being “another FUJIFILM X-T30 review” and that’s what I was trying to avoid. Anamorphic Filming “On a Budget” Time to Fulfil an old Wish I love the idea of anamorphic shooting, but sadly, I don’t get enough chances to practice it. There are many reasons “why to do it” – primarily, because it is one of...

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Published By: CineD - Thursday, 9 May, 2019

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