Hah-hah, you couldn't actually address my comments regarding your repeated misrepresentations, eh?

Anyway, enjoy the clip and realise that RectiluxNo5 could shoot this scene on steadicam as it will come ready to fly straight out of the box.

Not unless you were lit enough to be stopped down to a point where you didn't have to track focus. Because you can't track focus with this adapter "straight out of the box".

The only movie grade anamorphic which does not have mumps is the new Master series from Zeiss/Arri, of special design to give constant 2x magnification over the whole focus range.

Not true, the Panavision part of Panavision anamorphic lenses, since the anamorphic and taking elements generally aren't made by them and aren't from the same manufacturers on most series, is their focusing technology which removed "anamorphic mumps" from CinemaScope lenses with their variable astigmatiser:

http://www.google.com/patents/US2890622 http://www.theasc.com/magazine/sept03/sub/page2.html

...Panavision applied this engineering directly to B&L CinemaScope lenses and removed their notorious mumps. It's also important to put "anamorphic mumps" into proper perspective. They were a problem to be overcome due to the effect on in-focus, close up photography. That's where the analogy to mumps originates, because it made actors faces (even worse, actresses) too wide when shot in close-up.

The breathing and variable compression that happens in the de-focused portions of the frame, most obvious during focus racks (something the Rectilux cannot do) is part of the aesthetic of the format, to a lot of enthusiasts. It is also an issue operators have to be mindful of which precludes "ping ponging" focus like they can with spherical. In the case of your Parker example, this is operator error that, for whatever reason, ended up in the final cut. The action should have been staged to either hold focus or only shift focus once.

In addition, this wonkyness is more specific to the Hawk lenses which are entirely different beasts from any of the available anamorphic adapters or more common anamorphic systems. Hawks have the anamorphic element in the middle of the optics array, not on the end. That level of distortion to relatively in-focus portions of the frame during focus pulls doesn't happen in the same way with up-front anamorphic designs so it's being misused here.

Finally a progress report! Very excited, John! :)

Glad to be of service!

No I was referring to dual-focus. The future product will likely give some form of synchronization and calibration of adapter and taking lens to focus as a unit, yes? Until then all shots are fixed focus like any other application of projection lens for acquisition.

Or have you converted this to a focusable adapter where the taking lens is set to infinity and you only focus the adapter?

RectuluxNo5 is an advanced dual focus close focussing anamorphot designed for budget feature, shorts, adverts and corporate work where the prime driver is superior image quality. It is not a Hawk or a Panavision at a knock down price.

RectiluxNo5 will allow owners to shoot the bulk of their projects without the worry of anamorphic mumps distracting the audience from the narrative. For reference purposes, I have uploaded a snippet from the movie Parker

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1904996/ ,

shot with Hawk Vs, to show that RectiluxNo5 could easily shoot the scene in 4k without the needless distraction of anamorphic mumps that are visible at 1:25.

The only movie grade anamorphic which does not have mumps is the new Master series from Zeiss/Arri, of special design to give constant 2x magnification over the whole focus range.

Anyway, enjoy the clip and realise that RectiluxNo5 could shoot this scene on steadicam as it will come ready to fly straight out of the box.

Finally a progress report! Very excited, John! :)

No I was referring to dual-focus. The future product will likely give some form of synchronization and calibration of adapter and taking lens to focus as a unit, yes? Until then all shots are fixed focus like any other application of projection lens for acquisition.

Or have you converted this to a focusable adapter where the taking lens is set to infinity and you only focus the adapter?

To be specific, Schneider won those awards for projection. Of course you're not trying to imply these are or ever were designed for acquisition or that they're part of the same club as Panavision, et al. That would be disingenuous.

I wonder if the (hidden) cost of the "Flex eDrive" will be lower than that of diopters, necessary to make this a useful adapter for general purpose narrative shooting and without the limitations that all projector-optics have when used for acquisition. I guess you couldn't call that a design flaw since that's what they were designed to do without respect for what an actual filmmaker needs.

It is nice, unlike most other popular projector lenses, that you can use fairly wide angle lenses.

Good luck.

Good to hear John! I think we're all waiting patiently for some samples as well as (even an estimated ballpark) pricing

sound amazing, John! WIll be watching closely :)

I have an update bulletin on Rectilux No 5.

The last weeks have been spent dismantling the first batch of lenses to harvest the very special Schneider glass which is a process not to be undertaken lightly.

I have prepared the parts for modification/fabrication and yesterday delivered the parts with the CAD files to the precision engineering facility.

The precision engineers have given a 4-5 week estimate for completion of the first batch.

After this period the lenses will be assembled, precision aligned and tested. Each one will undergo a testing procedure in line with my policy on quality control.

Pricing will be available after the first batch is tested, when I will have the full costs including BOM and labour actuals on the spreadsheet.

The testing procedure will be quite thorough (alas, no drop tests!!) and I request that should you have any specific test you would like to see happen, just contact me before the end of August.

The end of August should be an exciting time, if all goes well and to plan.

Then there is Rectilux No8............(more later)

Were in the San Francisco Bay Area, so quite far :)

for quick lens change and assured vertical alignment

I just figured out that this answers my entry, I just did not get it from the photo.

EDIT: Or it does not. I was thinking about vertical height level, not aligment. Sorry for repeated posts.