Anamorphic Camera Lenses

Bring Your Videos to Larger-than-Life Dimensions with an Anamorphic Lens

If you want to record footage that will cause everyone watching it to think of blockbuster movies on the big screen, recording with an anamorphic lens is a big step toward accomplishing your goal. These lenses are not spherical like most lenses you have probably used but are oval in shape. An anamorphic lens adds such familiar features as streaking lens flares and oval bokeh shapes.

A 2x anamorphic lens is made up of a basic spherical lens in addition to a lens element that is integrated into it, or an anamorphic attachment, that does the handling of image transformation. The anamorphic element operates at every focal length, so it has little effect on the primary lens's focus while still distorting the optical field as desired.

Some anamorphic lenses are universal, meaning they can be adjusted for most models of smartphones. The Moment anamorphic lens has reviews that are positive and can be used across a range of models. Anamorphic lens by Moment does require a proprietary mount. Others, like the Moondog Labs 1.33XX Anamorphic Lens for the iPhone 6 and 6s, are specific to particular makes and models of phones. This anamorphic lens iPhone model has been quite successful. The selection on eBay offers anamorphic lens mobile models for an array of different phone manufacturers and their continually improving lines of products.

When it comes to anamorphic lenses, DSLR options are varied and widely available on eBay. As with smartphones, some are universal and others are brand-specific. Some of the options you can choose from include the following:

• Schneider: With luxury-grade coating and pure clarity granted by blackened edges, this brand provides edge-to-edge sharpness.
• Isco: Lenses of this brand are German-made and promise sharp images at quick apertures as far open as f/1.4. A removable premium mechanism for single-focusing focuses an Isco lens kit down to .3m, or 12 inches without the use of diopters.
• Sigma: This anamorphic lens for Nikon and other brands of DSLR cameras is truly fast and truly wide, with robust construction and sophisticated optical design.
• Canon: Canon anamorphic lens models offer features like Magic Lantern, which boasts custom aspect ratios, 14-bit raw video, and anamorphic monitor de-squeeze.