![]() I find all of the later Canon lenses - the black-bodied ones - to be pretty big on most LTM bodies, later Canons excepted. The Summitar is probably my favorite fast 50, while the Canon is great for those times you want an imperfect look. The Summitar is much more controlled, and has better ultimate resolution, while still retaining a certain creaminess. The very first predecessor Helios 44 was produced only at the Krasnogorsk Mechanical Plant. The lens, which is presented in this brief review, was manufactured at an optical-mechanical plant. The Canon shows a lot of softness wide open, and can be swirly and a little crazy in the corners it really doesn't sharpen up until f/5.6 or so. Number of aperture blades: 6 April XNUMX. Optically, the Summitar is improved (adding an extra element) the Canon is essentially a coated copy of the preceding Summar's optics stuffed into a copy of the Summitar's body. The Canon 50/1.9 and Summitar are double Gauss/Planar types, and almost indistinguishable externally. ![]() Sharpness: 10 Aberrations: 8 Bokeh: 10 Handling: 9 Value: 10. Cons: A little hard, but it's strong construction is normal like that. I quite like them both, though I tend to use the Canon more because of the click-stop aperture and the fact that it rotates in the standard Leica direction (the J-8 turns the opposite way, like a Contax (from which the Russians copied)). Pros: Sharp in the center from f2, microcontrast, stunning colors, creamy bokeh, swirly bokeh, build,strong construction. Some say they aren't general purpose lenses, but I think that only holds true if you're after modern levels of resolution corner to corner. Soft and low contrast wide open (especially the Canon), but by f/4 showing good central sharpness and much improved contrast. The J-8 and Canon 50/1.5 are classic Sonnar formula lenses. Reeves added that these lenses provided that 70s texture that was inspiring the look of the film and would immerse the audience visually into the world of The Batman and give them the visceral side of the film Reeves and Fraser were going for.I have the Canon 50/1.5 and 50/1.9, Jupiter-8, and Summitar in LTM, plus some slower 50s. “Those are some pretty messed up lenses,the camera house said they were broken.” Reeves told the Dolby Sound and Image Lab podcast, “The edges of the frame were completely distorted, and sometimes the focus was on the weirdest part of the frame.” ![]() Reeves and Director of Photography Greig Fraser, took the Helios and Jupiter 9 lenses, which were provided by IronGlass Adapters and Vintage Lens for video, were put onto the Alexa LF cinema camera and then tested by shooting footage of downtown Los Angeles at night and see what Gotham could look like. ![]() The rehoused lenses also enabled the filmmakers to shoot with PL mounts and be lighter than regular anamorphic lenses. The process of rehousing the lenses isn’t discussed much in detail in the video above, only that the lenses are identical to the still image variant, with the guts of the lens being transferred in a cine style housing. “The idea was, how can we use the texture of the lenses, the texture of the film, all of these things, in order to take the pristine cleanness of digital and introduce them in a way to make you feel the atmosphere of this place.” – Matt ReevesĪccording to cinematographer Matt Holtz, the Matt Reeves directed film also used the Jupiter 2, and both lenses (which Holtz dubs “BatGlass”) not only made it possible to mount the cameras practically to both cars used in the chase but also because they had similar characteristics to the main detuned anamorphic lenses used for the rest of the film. The action-packed sequence relied on the rehoused Helios because of its compact, lightweight design and its gritty spherical look. New has finally come out that the latest Warner Bros./DC superhero film The Batman used vintage Helios 44-2m lenses to film the pivotal car chase scene between the Batman and the Penguin.
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