HELIOS 44-2 x RED KOMODO: The Batman Camera

[@mateovisbal]

Amazing video as usual. Here's to 1K subscribers! One of the many milestones this channel will reach

[@MortyFilms]

Thanks so much 🙏🏼🔥🔥

[@andresasindp]

Man every shot you use in these videos is amazing. Congratulations

[@MortyFilms]

Thanks man, appreciate it 🙏🏼

[@colemowery]

They used a modified version of this lens from Iron Glass optics, which fitted the lens with traditional cine gears, and the Batman also utilized the lens with an anaormphic insert, to mimic the look of the other lenses used on the film.

[@MortyFilms]

Yes, true I even mentioned the Iron Glass mod in the end of the video. But technically the glass elements are the same so you can still get the look with the original lens.

[@lowercvse]

Damn. I got here at 1,400 subscribers. Great video. Enjoy growing.

[@jakobgarde6769]

The 1k will be well deserved, my bro 👌 I'm glad all of your hard work is finally starting to pay off 🙏

[@MortyFilms]

Thanks so much bro, can’t wait to do another collab 🔥🔥🔥

[@PREVEDREDCAT]

Man, great video! Its somewhat funny that default or spare lens from any grandpa's Zenith camera is gaining some momentum again and gettin appreciated nowdays 😁 p.s. watched some other vids from you - subbed of course, good work, keep it up 😌

[@MortyFilms]

Ha ha ha, you’re absolutely right, appreciate it ✌🏼🔥

[@jarodparkerdirector]

Great video, I love the Batman so this was a great watch! Well done on 1K by this year!

[@MortyFilms]

Thanks mate 🙌🏼🙏🏼

[@pierrezapata90]

Very nice breakdown and information. Love these Helios lenses!

[@MortyFilms]

Great to hear, thanks!

[@davideastham]

Loved your video and I love my Helios 44-2.

[@MortyFilms]

Happy to hear that, thank you ✌🏼

[@IronGlass_Support]

Great job! Well done!

[@MortyFilms]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@anti-mattermovies]

Great video, I just got the same lens and I'm gonna test it on my V-Raptor!

[@MortyFilms]

nice, no need for a speedbooster then 🤌🏼

[@MichalOlender]

Goal reached! Great video!

[@MortyFilms]

Yes, we had a short celebration yesterday 🍾🎊🔥 Thanks so much 🙏🏼

[@whatnow5598]

have as mint early kmz version. LOVE IT

[@MortyFilms]

That‘s awesome! 😱

[@Chinois]

Hi, just a quick question about your lens adapters. Are you using 2 adapters? An EF to RF speedbooster and a M42 to EF ring? Do you know if this could work with a EF to RF speedbooster and a EF to FD adapter? I can't seem to find a RF to FD speedbooster in stock, so using 2 adapters would be a work around, but I'm afraid the flange distance would cause some issues.

[@MortyFilms]

Yep, that’s exactly what I’m doing. I haven’t used FD lenses, but in theory this should work, as the first adapter gives you the flange distance to EF and the second from EF to RF. So a combination like this: amzn.to/3S28RTa and arguably the best speedbooster for RF cameras (I’ll do a video on it soon): amzn.to/3tD99Xe should work just fine.

[@eliotroach534]

Subscribed ferSure, great Review

[@MortyFilms]

Thanks ✌🏼

[@karansagar2755]

Hi I wanted to know what adapter did u use to mount Helios lens on canon speed booster for the red Komodo setup

[@MortyFilms]

I used a simple M42 to Canon EF adapter like this one: amzn.to/41zLlzJ

[@JonE5FPV]

Why are the shots black and white? This was not helpful

[@MortyFilms]

The weather was not really playing along and everything was brown and grey anyway, I found it very distracting and figured you can see the character of the lens better when I took away the colors in this case. The main focus I wanted to get across was the bokeh, not the colors. I’ll talk about those more in my next video.

[@coin777]

You mean that lens used in that one scene in car chase in batman that looks very bad?

[@MortyFilms]

YES, EXACTLY 🫵🏼

[@JohanGassCommunications]

I have a bellomo helios and I love it! I rig it with a speedbooster too, nice for videoclip and some particular sort of shot. I made a video on my vimeo channel if you are curious with my bellomo. And Nice product shot with the crazy background! Last thing, If you watch the film Blonde, on netflix, you will notice some swirly bokek too, from petzval lenses, same look as the helios, DP use this sort of lens for particular effect, like portrait/ tunnel effect, and it work well!

[@MortyFilms]

cool, thanks for the info, gonna have to check it out ✌🏼

[@JohanGassCommunications]

@@MortyFilms I never tried but apparently you can mix well Helios and anamorphic (like our vazen) never tried myself but I will be curious if you test it one day! That why they use it on the Batman (helios was more compact and good as a crash lens!)

[@MortyFilms]

@@JohanGassCommunications Yess, heard that too, I’ll test it out in the future when I get my hands on a speedbooster again, as the one I used in this video was not mine.

[@JohanGassCommunications]

@@MortyFilms I've got the viltrox speedbooster and it works very well if you want a cheaper option.

[@MortyFilms]

Ok nice, thanks for letting me know. I’d love to dive into different speedboosters more in the future

[@ivansadovyi6105]

It's not russian tho. Soviet time? Yes. But made in Kyiv just as Helios 81H was. And there are still a few companies in Ukraine rehousing such lenses for movie production.

[@MortyFilms]

Oh, I wasn’t aware it was actually made in Kyiv, thank you for clarifying! I’m actually working with Iron Glass to try out and review their modded lenses, they work great!

[@22futura14]

The batman was mostly shot on Arri Alexa LF. The crash cam for couple of shots was Arri Alexa Plus 4:3 with Helios 44-2 (IronGlass adapted version). There is in-depth interviews with DOP Greig Fraser about the equipment used on the batman. Nice clickbait tho :)

[@MortyFilms]

there where actually some shots shot on the Komodo as you can see here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpeoooxjoKuEbZo In the Komodo Users group on facebook it was confirmed by Jarred Land and Simon Giles-Rowling who provided his Komodo for the film. Granted, I think they put a Leica 17mm on the camera, but technically both the Komodo as well as the Helios 44-2 where used on The Batman.

[@22futura14]

@@MortyFilms huh interestingly enough Fraser never mentioned anywhere (watched couple of podcasts and videos specifically where they addressed the gear used for the Batman) about Komodo being in the cam lineup. Nice catch tho, i still think it's clickbaity 🤣 title but nonetheless nice video.

[@MortyFilms]

@@22futura14 ha ha, yeah fair enough ;)

[@4Dcruz]

Sony Venice was also used but nowhere is a Red camera credited from The Batman

[@DavidKfilmmaker]

The problem is getting a decent copy

[@MortyFilms]

That’s true, but at least there are some signs that you can watch out for, as you can see in the vid ☝🏼