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That's a good question. It's completely focus-through and still hits infinity as long as the Cato is calibrated correctly for infinity. So you focus normally, it juts lets you focus closer. The focus scale numbers become useless though; if I pre-focus with the bare lens, the focus shifts once I install the converter.

No camera is perfect, they all have compromises but I'm not sure I'd use the word "many" twice when describing the C70's compromises. I'm speaking personally, of course. I'm not married to any one brand. It's why I like PL lenses. I've used several cameras from Panasonic, Sony, Blackmagic, Canon, Nikon etc, and the C70 is by far my favourite.

I honestly wouldn't recommend wide open on this lens if you're using full frame, but I'll try to whip something up in the next few days.

@@JoshGloverMedia I'll be using it on a m4/3 sensor so just want to see the center sharpness wide open. Thanks!

@ m4/3 sensor height in open gate is very similar to my C70. Are you planning on using a speedbooster or straight adapter?

@@JoshGloverMedia just straight adapter but would be interested in seeing footage with a speedbooster as well.

@@joeensley3912 RUclips has turned off the comments twice now for that video for some reason…overall I’m really happy with the lens. For the size and price it ticks most boxes. It is close enough in look to my kowa that I don’t feel like I’m sacrificing too much in the look to not shoot on the kowa. Since I’ve used the kowa for so long, the amount of fishbowl on the Cato doesn’t bother me much. You can mitigate it in post fairly easy but I never bother. If you’re planning on using the 55mm on Fullframe Opengate I think it will be a bit of a problem. My only real issues are that the edge bokeh could be a bit nicer in certain times (atlas Orion, Remus, dzo Pavo are all worse in this regard) and I hate silver flares personally. Love the Blue flare on my 35mm Remus. I’d even take amber over silver.

I like this 55mm Blazar. There is a lot to it that reminds me of my Kowa, but the Kowa has much better flares and the bokeh is clean at the sides (with the right taking lens setup) at any stop. I like being able to shoot without rods etc when I'm just walking around, but in any sort of controlled environment/tripod use I much prefer the look of the Kowa so I'd go for that. The way I have it set up the focuser is firmly attached to the scope, which is on rods so I can just slide it up to the taking lens. It is very rock-solid and reliable like this. With how cheap 16h/8z/Bh prices are getting I'd probably still do it. I've been using and tinkering around with mine for over 12 years so I might be biased.

@@JoshGloverMedia yea! thats the exact lens set up I'm trying to research! Can where you acquired you lens collar from? If you mind?

@ check out Rapido Technology. He makes variable diopters, jackets, clamps, collars and even some rehousing.

@@JoshGloverMedia gotcha! thank you 👍

@@JoshGloverMedia Can I just ask you one last question Josh? I believe this one thing will decide whether I invest in the adapter route or not. When you have your adapter set up in place by lens collar on the rods, do you ever have to recalibrate the adapter alignment to a new taking lens when you swap taking lenses? Or is it always just a swap-n-slide???

I think Color Space Transform to 709 get's me 95% of the way as a starting point, then minor tweaks to the white balance and contrast after that for the most part.

PL mount, and no the rear element of the lens would hit the glass on the speed booster.

@@AdamLangdon the flares on the Cato are definitely the worst aspect for me. Overall I was satisfied with the blue flare 35mm Remus. Especially with sunlight. The fishbowl effect doesn’t bother me as a long time kowa user. I think it’s a bit over blown, unless you use their lenses on Open gate full frame which I personally wouldn’t. The Atlas Orion win on flares and lack of fishbowl for sure, but for size, weight, bokeh and CA I’d give it to the Catos. What you get with the Catos for the price and size is crazy.

@ I wonder how the 40mm Cato would look compared to the Atlas Orion…. I would use it in s35 mode.

@@AdamLangdon There's not much 40mm footage so it's hard to say, but the fact that it is longer with a big rear protrusion like the 33mm Remus I don't think I will like the 40mm. It doesn't simply look like a wider 55mm. Might have better bokeh shape than the Orion though.

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So you mean anamorphics are awful? Cause this is how an anamorphic performs.

Is it soft wide open with speedbooster? Any samples wide open?

Also what speedbooster you using?

@@chinitopinoy1726 It is softer wide open, with a smaller centre sweet spot but it is usable in an emergency/specific style situation. I won't use this lens wide open because the DOF is too narrow and the bokeh is too blown out and sloppy for my liking. T2.8 is more than usable though. If you want sharper wide open anamorphic go for ones with less vintage characteristics like Laowa and sirui, but I'd rather use spherical lenses than those. I'm using the Metabones PL-RF speed booster.

@@maiigophotography I don’t really go for a super sharp clinical lens, but I hate chromatic aberration and the Dulenses are very well corrected for it cpompared to some still lenses. Don’t think the Remus 33mm can be boosted with that protruding rear element. I honestly don’t like the look of the 33mm at all personally, the s35 35mm looks much nicer.

@@JoshGloverMedia They have the ef mount for the convert on the site. So I was thinking the 31mm on FF would be nice. I like the look of this though. You said you don't like it? Decent fall off for S35. I was waiting on that c80, but now I don't want because I like the organic look of the c70. Which is the best cine lens you've used paired with the c70 so far?

@ you mentioned Remus 33mm, which I don’t like and while it can be EF mount, it cannot be boosted. I love the Dulens 31mm for sure. Dulenses look more interesting on FF since lots of the flare and bokeh magic happens in the edge of the image circle. I recently just picked up the Metabones PL-RF speedbooster and the 31mm looks so much nicer on the c70 now. My favourite lenses on the c70 have been my Dulens, my DIY Kowa anamorphic and the DZO Pictor 14-30.

I liked the music =)

@@Arkadiusz4321 2.8/4 split usually, some 2.4. Stopped down more for some flare shots. I try to never shoot anamorphic wide open if I can help.

@@JoshGloverMedia but is it true that it's sharp even at 1.6? I've heard 45mm FF is very unsharp wide open, need to get 2.8 and more to get usable footage

@@Arkadiusz4321 it’s pretty sharp wide open. I’d say usable. The CA and bokeh aren’t so great wide open. But I think it looks nicer than the 45mm personally.

@@JoshGloverMedia Thanks! I think to get 35 as i see good second hand deal in my area and my lumix s5iix crops anyway at 4k 50p.

@@owenjenkinsofficial I’m pretty happy with this 35mm, especially for the money. The 85mm looks pretty promising too. I shoot everything raw on the c70 so it’s 17:9. But I always just monitor for 2.39:1 delivery no matter what anamorphic I’m using.

Thanks! Yeah Raw Light. I like the flexibility and the file sizes aren't too bad. I'm able to shoot on cheap ProGrade V60 cards.

Yes the 35mm is s35 and the upcoming 33mm will be FF.

@@mbractor yes, I believe it was a cheap 7artisans 1/8 black.

Thanks, lens setup is Kowa Anamorphic with Voigtlander 40mm, no lut, just CST in davinci and some corrections.

Thanks! Try eBay (or your Cash Converters) Should be pretty cheap. I think someone gave me this one for free many years ago when I worked in a camera shop. It says Tokina EL 28mm f2.8 on the front and it’s in Nikon mount but I’m sure you can find other mounts.

Thanks, gear was purchased all over the place. The Kowa from ebay like 12 years ago, The Rectilux directly from John's first batch. No speedbooster.

Thank you.

Thanks!

This is using it with the PL mount. You can’t speedboost these lenses as they have a protruding rear element that makes them work with mirror less and PL/EF mount.

@@JoshGloverMedia Bummer, I was afraid of that, thank you so much

Technically no since it still records in the normal aspect ratio. It is up to you to de-squeeze in post. You can turn Anamorphic preview on in the C70 menu to help view. No matter the camera, I use my Small HD 5" monitor set to show me the squeezed 2.39:1 portion of the image.

@@JoshGloverMedia I greatly appreciate your reply... Thank you so much for the help..

Kowa/Bell and Howell 2x with Voigtlander 40mm taking lens.

is this with the HCDNA? @@JoshGloverMedia

Yes it is. @@AdamLangdon

Thanks!

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Thanks!

Thanks. I leave a 1/4 BPM on basically all the time with this lens.