Gotta give props to the content you do.. most product reviews... either the footage is trash but they can spit out every detail or, they have great visuals but don't tell you anything.. you deliver on both and bc you shoot good., i take the critics more serious.. Thanks for all the content.. Z Cam, Nanomorphs, Komodo, Sony, Vazen, Siriui, etc.. I'm still torn on Nanomorph, Vazen, or this one.. can't afford the FF Vazen,, so I'm shooting for Nano 35mm... and figured, maybe it's cheaper to just the E mount for my Z cam.. cause the PL Nano is like $500 more than the Sony version
Man thank you for sharing that. Sometimes RUclips can be a negative space, so to have someone get what I’m doing and have a mutual respect for it gives be a lot of energy to keep going. It’s weird that some people despise me trying multiple options for my own work lol and then sharing it on RUclips 😂. I’m generally positive about most gear cause we’re spoiled. So it comes down to my personal usage and annoyance. And man I’m craving to see more from atlas new mercury lenses. I think I might have to invest into those. I will say the Siruis full frame paired with their 1.25x adapter makes them game changing. I’m trying to get them to send me a set to test again. My only beef with the nanmorphs are the streaks are a little harsh from what I remember. I think Anna try them again in the e mount
@@cammackey there's haters in all hobbies,, but with film especially.. ppl get critical quick.. there's a positive n negative way to look at everything.. and so, I'm glad you vary things up,, shows you're always looking to better things and find what works best.. and in doing so, we get to see your perspective to help make our own decisions.. any 'purist' giving you grief for that, probably just doesn't have the option to switch up their gear to that extent.. and just get bitter about it.. Atlas do look the best in this area of anamorphic.. but they're still too out of my league $ ... i don't like flare overkill either but the Nanomorph now has a silver flare that takes on the light source hue that its flaring from.. it's way now subtle looking.. They're small.. 1.5x (my minimum), constant squeeze.. cheap.. I just wish it was concave and a constant 1.8x or 2x.. but it'll do me just fine i think.. I let ppls neg comments get in my head at times.. don't give them any time.. you stay really active, and produce good stuff that you deliver often.. this kinda stuff takes up alot of time.. so i appreciate your efforts.. and all your stuff has a signature look too which is great
I've watched basically everything you've put out for the last few years, and your point of view always has value for me (as a working visual artist) because you're out in the world creating cool shit. I always love your gear reviews because you're an artist who is constantly striving to find the stuff that will help you realize your vision. Being a geek about the gear can still mean that creating comes first (even though other gear focused geeks never create much of anything)
Thank you!!! It’s weird cause some people don’t get it. They think I’m a camera salesman and attack me for using different gear 😂. I think those people lack creativity tho and so they and I don’t relate. So cheers to you brother 🤘🏽⚡️🪶
mind blowing how u are constantly pumping out these abstract/detailed reviews on gear while making it look better than 99.999% of every filmmaking/photography channel on YT. absolute 🐐
@@cammackey keep going my guy! Most of the gear u talk about i know i will probably never be able to get my hands on, but love the tid bits of advice u sprinkle in on every video. goes to show your experience in the craft and that you really know what you’re talking about. HUGE inspiration and will keep having my support 🙏🏼🐐
@@cammackey u did however convince me to get the x100v back in 2021. everything u said was 210% true, most fun camera of all time and u were definitely ahead of the wave, people are reselling it today for over 2k 🤯 anxious for u to hit 50k subs for that XPro giveaway 👀🔥😂
lol@ people not liking the blue flares thing. Polar Pro actually makes faux "blue flare" filters for their Basecamp matte boxes...so I guess somebody likes them. 🤷♂ Great video, brother.
Love what you’ve been doing with those anamorphic lenses… if you have to pick only one lens to shoot a whole film 🎥 which one would that be?!… focal length/1.5 or 1.8 for S35 sensor?!.. GREAT IMAGES!
I just picked up this Lens! super stoked to use it. its my 1st Anamorphic lens. You should make a "Anamorphic manual lens Best practice video" Love your work bro.
very nice video, i have watched many and like your style and content! I have my eyes on this: Mercury Series 1.5x Full-Frame Anamorphic, have you tried? If yes for sure i would love to hear your thoughts.
Love your work and your explaination of how our brains trigger emotions based on colors. one question: Would you recommend the Laowa anamorphics over the GretJoy or Sirui?
I can’t really recommend anything without knowing your preferences or content haha. They all offer unique options tho. From size, 2x adapters, to more natural flares.
"Now I'd be a lyin sombitch if I told you I didn't like lens flares" Felt like I was watching a scene from Tombstone lol another epic, and dare I say cinematic, review man! I've been really curious about these greatjoys! I wish they were slightly faster, but with a 1.8x squeeze, you still get really nice separation! Looking forward to getting some open gate recording with the sonys so that we can utilize it to the fullest extent! Also your LUTSSSS BROOOOO LETS GOOOOO!
Man this one was graded with a new set I’m working in. I gotta update the pack. Anyone who bought the first ones imma give a free upgrade to! Lol bro I live tombstone!!!!
There he is again, my favorite rebel doing his thing 😁 Bought an anamorphic lens 2 years back, and I absolutely am in love still. Using it for photography though, and the shift to a cinematic feel is undeniable. Love it so much but you have to work towards it to tell your story. Not the other way around. Requires a lot of thinking outside the box. But I love it 😀
I agree with you that if you're buying a budget anamorphic lens you're going to have to live with compromises. I just have an issue with blue flares and double flares. If they could make a neutral flare version, and step-up their internal coating game I'd be all over it. I do like flares in general, but I think specifically flares is one area where I prefer spherical over anamorphic. I feel like with anamorphic I would be way more judicious about point of light coming in. All that said, it seems like this is a very reasonable option when considering cost. I'm certainly not mad about the fact that there are multiple companies making less expensive anamorphic options. It will only give us more options at a better price.
We’ll see that’s what’s funny. Obviously it all comes down to preference. But Classic anamorphic streaks have secondary flares and super milky stretch bubbly flares too. But yeah I think this lens is the least clinical out of all the budget options
I love your videos! Here I even dont care about the lense. But this video is more entertaining than any netflix series or other youtubers. Go ahead. Cheers!!!
Depends on your taste! The siruis pared with the 1.25x adapter is a bit game changing. But they still have more clinical sharpness so I prefer the GreatJoy for now
bro I swear you create videos to intice me to buy things. I've been debating this lens for a few weeks since I watched your Lidar video when I first found your channel. Bought the lidar. Been thinking about this lens, and here you are again making a review about it ! Great stuff as always bro.
Hey Cam when you download the file from the anamorphic lens footage do you have to do something to transform the file to unstretch it I hope I’m saying this right. Or does the software know to do it automatically
You have to do it. Every software is different. In davinci I just right click, clip attributed, change aspect to 1.8 and done. Go through @anamorphiconaabudget channel. He’s the god father of anamorphic information
Great video! I always thought part of the reason people wanted anamorphic lenses was for the flares I know some recently look a little too much but to remove it as some suggest is crazy 😵💫
Yeah I personally love the flare. Yeah sometimes theyre overdone.. but like in staStartrek, I thought they looked amazing and were part of the world they were creating.
Nice one. Have you messed with vintage 35mm photo lenses much @cammackey ? So much variation in flaring. Big differences from German, French, Russian and Japanese. Fit the the language of different projects
I have not. Personally, if I’m not going to use an anamorphic lens.. I prefer to just use AF lenses haha. Spherical in general is just boring to me, vintage or modern.
@@cammackey that's understandable and in comparison to anamorphic I kind of see your point. That being said I would argue some of the vintage 35mm lenses I use have "more" character than some of these modern anamorphic lenses or character in other ways at least. It's not an either or thing, just different paintbrushes to make art with, but I wouldn't discount vintage 35's. Especially some of the Russian dark horses, Mir, Helios, Jupiter.
@@rossbodenmann yeah I’ve used a Helios with a anamorphic insert and loved it! That would be the way I’d go. I jsut hate having to shoot wide open to keep that charcter
@@cammackey that's definitely a factor if nd's are an issue or there's just that much light to deal with. I'm just saying those tools are serving me well right now. My Japanese and Russian sets are pretty dramatically different from one another and give a lot of range for story
I like this one more! BUT when you pair the Sirui 1.25X adapter on the siruis… it becomes a different set of beasts. Might try it on this one’s actually.
@@MattRozier1 Nope. a 16:9 4k readout on a full frame sensor with a 1.8X stretch and a 2.40:1 final crop basically is cropped the sensor down to larger than S35 coverage still. So im still getting a 4k readout, youre just losing the extra sides. If any of that makes sense. Regardless the anamorphic lens, on a 16:9 readout youre going to have to crop the sides. Even when I had the Komodo, it had anamorphic suppose. Which basically means it's cropping the sensor to 3:2 or 4:3 in camera and destretching.. basically chopping the sides off. Thats where cameras like the new panasnoid s5ii comes in.. cause you can actually use that whole full frame sensor to get the full quality out of the lens
@@cammackey yeah this is all fair. Blackmagic had the same problems with the sensor cropping etc. I’ve had various anamorphic adapters for years and have the sirui 50 2.9 but I’ll def check out these Great Joy offerings. Thanks Cam, love your videos!
Gotta give props to the content you do.. most product reviews... either the footage is trash but they can spit out every detail or, they have great visuals but don't tell you anything.. you deliver on both and bc you shoot good., i take the critics more serious..
Thanks for all the content.. Z Cam, Nanomorphs, Komodo, Sony, Vazen, Siriui, etc..
I'm still torn on Nanomorph, Vazen, or this one.. can't afford the FF Vazen,, so I'm shooting for Nano 35mm... and figured, maybe it's cheaper to just the E mount for my Z cam.. cause the PL Nano is like $500 more than the Sony version
Man thank you for sharing that. Sometimes RUclips can be a negative space, so to have someone get what I’m doing and have a mutual respect for it gives be a lot of energy to keep going. It’s weird that some people despise me trying multiple options for my own work lol and then sharing it on RUclips 😂. I’m generally positive about most gear cause we’re spoiled. So it comes down to my personal usage and annoyance.
And man I’m craving to see more from atlas new mercury lenses. I think I might have to invest into those. I will say the Siruis full frame paired with their 1.25x adapter makes them game changing. I’m trying to get them to send me a set to test again. My only beef with the nanmorphs are the streaks are a little harsh from what I remember. I think Anna try them again in the e mount
@@cammackey there's haters in all hobbies,, but with film especially.. ppl get critical quick.. there's a positive n negative way to look at everything.. and so, I'm glad you vary things up,, shows you're always looking to better things and find what works best.. and in doing so, we get to see your perspective to help make our own decisions.. any 'purist' giving you grief for that, probably just doesn't have the option to switch up their gear to that extent.. and just get bitter about it..
Atlas do look the best in this area of anamorphic.. but they're still too out of my league $ ... i don't like flare overkill either but the Nanomorph now has a silver flare that takes on the light source hue that its flaring from.. it's way now subtle looking..
They're small.. 1.5x (my minimum), constant squeeze.. cheap..
I just wish it was concave and a constant 1.8x or 2x.. but it'll do me just fine i think..
I let ppls neg comments get in my head at times.. don't give them any time.. you stay really active, and produce good stuff that you deliver often.. this kinda stuff takes up alot of time.. so i appreciate your efforts.. and all your stuff has a signature look too which is great
I've watched basically everything you've put out for the last few years, and your point of view always has value for me (as a working visual artist) because you're out in the world creating cool shit. I always love your gear reviews because you're an artist who is constantly striving to find the stuff that will help you realize your vision. Being a geek about the gear can still mean that creating comes first (even though other gear focused geeks never create much of anything)
Thank you!!! It’s weird cause some people don’t get it. They think I’m a camera salesman and attack me for using different gear 😂. I think those people lack creativity tho and so they and I don’t relate. So cheers to you brother 🤘🏽⚡️🪶
mind blowing how u are constantly pumping out these abstract/detailed reviews on gear while making it look better than 99.999% of every filmmaking/photography channel on YT. absolute 🐐
😢😢😢😢 thanks bro bro. You def were apart of this one man. Your advice has been a real game changer. A shift In this channel no doubt.
@@cammackey keep going my guy! Most of the gear u talk about i know i will probably never be able to get my hands on, but love the tid bits of advice u sprinkle in on every video. goes to show your experience in the craft and that you really know what you’re talking about. HUGE inspiration and will keep having my support 🙏🏼🐐
@@DavidMota 🥹🥹🥹🥹
@@cammackey u did however convince me to get the x100v back in 2021. everything u said was 210% true, most fun camera of all time and u were definitely ahead of the wave, people are reselling it today for over 2k 🤯 anxious for u to hit 50k subs for that XPro giveaway 👀🔥😂
The composition with your dog was refreshing.
Am so used to seeing everyone talking with their face taking up 1/3rd of the screen.
Appreciate your work brothah! Keep on sharing, i'm listening.
What do you think about experimenting with oval inserts to achieve waterfall bokeh? Have you had any experience with it?
What a video!! Great stuff
Glad you enjoyed it!
lol@ people not liking the blue flares thing. Polar Pro actually makes faux "blue flare" filters for their Basecamp matte boxes...so I guess somebody likes them. 🤷♂ Great video, brother.
Just another one of those narratives that people flock to like sheep haha
Bro why is your camera green
My nephew puked on it
Love what you’ve been doing with those anamorphic lenses… if you have to pick only one lens to shoot a whole film 🎥 which one would that be?!… focal length/1.5 or 1.8 for S35 sensor?!.. GREAT IMAGES!
"Any annoying thing you want to comment down below..." that was priceless, hermano. Right on.
Hahaha people always feel the need to show that they “know more”. But shoot maybe I should let them comment for the engagement 😂😂😂
Hard pass on this with that stretch factor issue.
Yeah it’s not for everyone. But compared to other full frame options in the same price range… you’ll realize it’s one of the better options
@@cammackeyyeah not many good budget friendly full frame anamorphic lenses.
Love this dude's rawness. no pussy fotting or trying to sell a product or sponsored by a creator website! lol! Just shit talk about what hes doing!
Great work on this dude
Best background music west of the Mississippi
I just picked up this Lens! super stoked to use it. its my 1st Anamorphic lens. You should make a "Anamorphic manual lens Best practice video" Love your work bro.
Oooo thats a good idea!
That last shot is really good, almost like an illustration
"Any annoying thing you want to comment down below" lolol
the shot at 2:35 🤌chef's kiss
I wish we had landscapes like that here, we have deserts but the cactus are the size of your toes.
Arizona takes the cake.
very nice video, i have watched many and like your style and content! I have my eyes on this: Mercury Series 1.5x Full-Frame Anamorphic, have you tried? If yes for sure i would love to hear your thoughts.
very nice look! what camera did you use in this review?
Sony FX6
Great video Boss love from Dhaka, Bangladesh.
the greatjoys are the best fullframe budget options. I think i'm going to get the atlas 1.5x but if there sincro issue wasn't there is buy this set.
Agreed! The 35 and 85 are a constant squeeze tho…. If they can just fix the 50mm
DARN! You got those colors looking GOOD! That a boy! skin tones are on point… Got that orange and teal going again… ❤
The locations and accompanying music for your talking head segments are nothing short of inspiring! I need to find a cactus around here...
Thank you 😢 cactus are something special fir me and my people!
The dirty camera just made me feel at home - love it!
Hahaha it triggers so many people. We like to use our gear 🤷🏽♂️
Wtf is “waterfall bokeh”?
Use your imagination.
thanks for sharing your thought process. Really appreciate and enjoy it!
Bro you are doing a good job👍. I like your gear
Totally agree, theres magic in anamorphic images. Side note, the look on this piece is bang on. Good job.
Great vid as always! I definitely want to play with one!
Love your work and your explaination of how our brains trigger emotions based on colors.
one question: Would you recommend the Laowa anamorphics over the GretJoy or Sirui?
I can’t really recommend anything without knowing your preferences or content haha. They all offer unique options tho. From size, 2x adapters, to more natural flares.
"Now I'd be a lyin sombitch if I told you I didn't like lens flares" Felt like I was watching a scene from Tombstone lol another epic, and dare I say cinematic, review man! I've been really curious about these greatjoys! I wish they were slightly faster, but with a 1.8x squeeze, you still get really nice separation! Looking forward to getting some open gate recording with the sonys so that we can utilize it to the fullest extent! Also your LUTSSSS BROOOOO LETS GOOOOO!
Man this one was graded with a new set I’m working in. I gotta update the pack. Anyone who bought the first ones imma give a free upgrade to! Lol bro I live tombstone!!!!
A can of air in the desert is your best friend :-)
Oh man I got this little electric blower but forgot it at home 😭
@@cammackey Love the channel by the way!
There he is again, my favorite rebel doing his thing 😁
Bought an anamorphic lens 2 years back, and I absolutely am in love still. Using it for photography though, and the shift to a cinematic feel is undeniable. Love it so much but you have to work towards it to tell your story. Not the other way around. Requires a lot of thinking outside the box. But I love it 😀
Exactly! And brave using it for photos haha that’s a lot of extra work!!
I agree with you that if you're buying a budget anamorphic lens you're going to have to live with compromises.
I just have an issue with blue flares and double flares. If they could make a neutral flare version, and step-up their internal coating game I'd be all over it. I do like flares in general, but I think specifically flares is one area where I prefer spherical over anamorphic. I feel like with anamorphic I would be way more judicious about point of light coming in.
All that said, it seems like this is a very reasonable option when considering cost. I'm certainly not mad about the fact that there are multiple companies making less expensive anamorphic options. It will only give us more options at a better price.
We’ll see that’s what’s funny. Obviously it all comes down to preference. But Classic anamorphic streaks have secondary flares and super milky stretch bubbly flares too. But yeah I think this lens is the least clinical out of all the budget options
I love your videos!
Here I even dont care about the lense.
But this video is more entertaining than any netflix series or other youtubers. Go ahead. Cheers!!!
😭😭😭😭😭😭
Your philosophy and passion is very inspiring, I always find myself going back to your channel when i need a little lift/motivation
Wow. That means a lot to me to hear. Thank you for sharing!
used your presets in this video?
New ones! I’ll try to get them up asap! Don’t buy my other ones yet! Anyone who’s bought them already I’ll be giving a free upgrade tho
@@cammackey ok
Superb technical insight. Your work has evolved greatly.
Man thank you so much! I decided to put more creative effort and freedoms into my videos now. So I really appreciate the acknowledgement
Man what an insane location!
great video mate! is this a better option over the Sirui ?
Depends on your taste! The siruis pared with the 1.25x adapter is a bit game changing. But they still have more clinical sharpness so I prefer the GreatJoy for now
dude this is amazing
Keep rocking it man. You have an awesome personality and your videos are 🔥
I appreciate that 😢
Awesome work man!!!
bro I swear you create videos to intice me to buy things. I've been debating this lens for a few weeks since I watched your Lidar video when I first found your channel. Bought the lidar. Been thinking about this lens, and here you are again making a review about it ! Great stuff as always bro.
Hahaha sorry man. This lens and the siruis are head to head. I highly suggest you test both cause they’re enough totally different.
@@cammackey I shoot on the BMPCC 6K Pro so the great joy is my only real option.
Hey Cam when you download the file from the anamorphic lens footage do you have to do something to transform the file to unstretch it I hope I’m saying this right. Or does the software know to do it automatically
You have to do it. Every software is different. In davinci I just right click, clip attributed, change aspect to 1.8 and done. Go through @anamorphiconaabudget channel. He’s the god father of anamorphic information
@@cammackey awesome thanks will check him out.
Great video! I always thought part of the reason people wanted anamorphic lenses was for the flares I know some recently look a little too much but to remove it as some suggest is crazy 😵💫
Yeah I personally love the flare. Yeah sometimes theyre overdone.. but like in staStartrek, I thought they looked amazing and were part of the world they were creating.
Great video! Keep up the great work. I love your no BS approach.
Thank you!!!
Nice one. Have you messed with vintage 35mm photo lenses much @cammackey ? So much variation in flaring. Big differences from German, French, Russian and Japanese. Fit the the language of different projects
I have not. Personally, if I’m not going to use an anamorphic lens.. I prefer to just use AF lenses haha. Spherical in general is just boring to me, vintage or modern.
@@cammackey that's understandable and in comparison to anamorphic I kind of see your point. That being said I would argue some of the vintage 35mm lenses I use have "more" character than some of these modern anamorphic lenses or character in other ways at least. It's not an either or thing, just different paintbrushes to make art with, but I wouldn't discount vintage 35's. Especially some of the Russian dark horses, Mir, Helios, Jupiter.
@@rossbodenmann yeah I’ve used a Helios with a anamorphic insert and loved it! That would be the way I’d go. I jsut hate having to shoot wide open to keep that charcter
@@cammackey that's definitely a factor if nd's are an issue or there's just that much light to deal with. I'm just saying those tools are serving me well right now. My Japanese and Russian sets are pretty dramatically different from one another and give a lot of range for story
Your work is incredible!
Thank you! Cheers!
Cam what do you think of this vs the Sirui Full frame set that I think you've also been playing with?
I like this one more! BUT when you pair the Sirui 1.25X adapter on the siruis… it becomes a different set of beasts. Might try it on this one’s actually.
@@cammackey do you find you’re losing too much resolution when cropping to 2.39:1 vs sirui? Love the waterfall bokeh though!
@@MattRozier1 Nope. a 16:9 4k readout on a full frame sensor with a 1.8X stretch and a 2.40:1 final crop basically is cropped the sensor down to larger than S35 coverage still. So im still getting a 4k readout, youre just losing the extra sides. If any of that makes sense. Regardless the anamorphic lens, on a 16:9 readout youre going to have to crop the sides. Even when I had the Komodo, it had anamorphic suppose. Which basically means it's cropping the sensor to 3:2 or 4:3 in camera and destretching.. basically chopping the sides off. Thats where cameras like the new panasnoid s5ii comes in.. cause you can actually use that whole full frame sensor to get the full quality out of the lens
@@cammackey yeah this is all fair. Blackmagic had the same problems with the sensor cropping etc. I’ve had various anamorphic adapters for years and have the sirui 50 2.9 but I’ll def check out these Great Joy offerings. Thanks Cam, love your videos!