The Best Anamorphic Lens?! SANDMARC 1.55 Smartphone Anamorphic Lens Review

[@gamederper5831]

I would like to purchase some of these lenses in the future, but for the time being I’m sticking with my older ulanzi lenses. Is the 17 mm thread the same? I ordered the Sandmarc case And I really hope it fits

[@photographyguru2135]

looks like the lens clip was rotating ever so slightly, which twisted your 'squeeze-horizon'. The straight lines are rotated and distorted, so that's why it looks so wonky, and weird. I also noticed that the anamorphic footage looks like it was not de-squeezed properly [ 0:29 ]. on a 16:9 smartphone sensor, you should shoot with a 1.33x lens. if you crop to 4:3, you can use the 1.55x lens; to get that sweet 2.39:1 aspect ratio just remember that anything wider than 2.39:1 or 2.40:1 look silly, and pointless on 16:9 TVs and phone screens.

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

You‘re right! I messed that up a little

[@photographyguru2135]

@@smartphonefilmmakingpro that's fine, I'm sorry for nitpicking so harshly, I liked your review!

[@LouisLuzuka]

Is the om4 and om4 se the same gimbal? Or different. Which one do I get if they’re both on sale for $129 Canadian dollars 💸

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

I think pretty much 😅😅 don‘t know where the difference is to be honest. Need to test that one myself

[@LouisLuzuka]

@@smartphonefilmmakingpro I need your help, do you like using the OM4 or the q3 better? or is the smooth 5 worth the extra cost? I watched all your videos and it feels like they all have their benefits do you have the 1 favourite gimbal to use or the 1 gimbal you can't live without? or you love them all? XD and I found out the om4 and om4SE only difference is the new clamp, but you can buy that seperately or buy the light clamp and get a bigger clamp

[@kmart014]

Bro I purchased your course. I coulda swore there was a video on there on how to do an unboxing as well as film a 180 degree of 2 people having a conversation. I can’t seem to find those vids anymore what happen to them

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

Still in there, technical and creative section

[@max_langevinci]

Hi! can you attached a 40.5mm to 67mm to this lens in order to use DSLR filters?

[@davidmaxfieldgolf]

Great video. I was excited to get it until you mentioned the vignetting when moving around 😢 was going to use this on my phone as a B Roll camera but I don’t want to wrestle with Vignetting when trying to move quickly or slowly for B Roll Shots

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

You can turn off the internal stabilisation in pro apps - that will help

[@davidmaxfieldgolf]

@@smartphonefilmmakingpro oh really? I haven’t used a third party app as yet because I haven’t felt the need to. Are they a lot better than the standard camera app?

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

@@davidmaxfieldgolf you do get loads more options yes,

[@davidmaxfieldgolf]

@@smartphonefilmmakingpro great I’ll get one

[@isirwinalot]

can this work with Sony Xperia Pro I :)

[@anything7087]

We need counterweight to use by dji om?

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

Yes you do

[@anything7087]

@@smartphonefilmmakingpro otherwise it will shake or broke?

[@EspinalPhotography]

Anyone noticing the distorted wobbly effect in the background? Does that happen with every anamorphic lens? 0:40

[@Pedagogmonster]

Hello, is there a big difference in quality with the SV assets anamorphic lens? image quality ? build quality? Thanks

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

No, they are both fantastic 💪 this one just has a wider field of view because of the 1.55 squeeze

[@Pedagogmonster]

@@smartphonefilmmakingpro I just bought the sv assets and it's only because I saw your video. This Swedish brand does not advertise at all and is completely unknown. It's really weird.

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

@@Pedagogmonster I have several lenses from them.. like I said, they are basically the same quality

[@ClaudioAxe2010]

I bought an anamorphic 1.55 lens but the fottage looks awful totally squeezed up how do you normalize this fottage?

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

Either with a proper app like filmic pro, or in post

[@thetravelingfoodies]

Hey would my vlogs look good with an anamorphic lens? I ordered it

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

tough question to answer as I don't know your videos - but if you feel it will add quality, why not go for it

[@thetravelingfoodies]

@@smartphonefilmmakingpro we do travel destination vlogs, hotel reviews, restaurant reviews, and home made cooking recipes

[@richardbixler]

Anybody wondering why this footage has a strange wobbling look. These lenses need to be used with a camera app designed for this lens. The stock photo app’s sharpening and enhancement algorithms get confused with the squeezed format. That said the clarity of the lens look really good.

[@virtualmidwest3394]

where can I get one of your sweatshirts? "My smartphone shoots..."

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

soon they will be available

[@lilyhi2639]

I love this man

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

thanks!

[@jnnx]

You don’t even know this man, Lily…

[@LouisLuzuka]

Can you add nd filters or diffusion on this lens?

[@stephanebazartphotography]

Yes you can ;-)

[@mjos6957]

Just got mine 1.55 for iPhone 12 Pro Max. I tried them and it’s only work for the main camera who’s is the 1x and when I’m recording while I’m walking ninja style it’s still shaky. Also I tried the anamorphic lens on the wide angle camera phone I can see the anamorphic lens ring and on the tele lens all I can see it’s dark color. Any tips for this or did SA Marc sent me a defective lens. Thanks

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

I would only walk with it on a gimbal.. i mean it also works handheld.. but its more difficult. It is meant to be on the 1x lens.. just make sure you mount it correct. And use an app that desqueezes the image in real time

[@RivuSouravBanerjeeVideoEditor]

nice review .. sandmarc was suppose to send me one fir review .. but i guess they forgot 🤣🤣

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

Maybe next time I guess 😂

[@RivuSouravBanerjeeVideoEditor]

@@smartphonefilmmakingpro 🤣🤣🤣 .. good that i shoot with an A7S3 now .. not iphone 😂

[@VFXforfilm]

Might want to be a competent reviewer and mention the wobbly rolling shutter artifacts exaggerated from the squash and not hide that fact by only showing static shots. You sure your not secretly funded by these folks?

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

if you would watch the video entirely you would have noticed that I do mention this. by the way, this has nothing to do with the rolling shutter, this is because of the stabilisation. thanks for the feedback though!

[@jnnx]

If he is getting free product, he’s being paid in product.

[@VFXforfilm]

@@smartphonefilmmakingpro Just seems everyone’s ignoring the rolling shutter artifact which is not professional, it’s back filmmaker talk to ignore such an artifact. Oh well, not trying to beat you up. Im just tired of this generic clone hipster mentality approach to filmmaking approach.

[@paulosalazar]

So, after watching many videos I bought this 1:55 anamorphic lens and when I started shooting I only got a wobbly video with the vignette on the sides. The Vignette I know from many videos and from Sandmarc that I have to crop the video by 5% and that seems to solve most of it. What I didn’t`t expect was the wobbling, You really can`t move this fast and the video looks awful so I think this lens works mostly for still videos. After revisiting many videos from different youtubers to understand what I am doing wrong I can see clearly the wobbling on this video, the only thing is this is very well hidden as most shots are mostly static, but now with my trained eye I can also see the wobbling here. I love some of Sandmarc products like the filters (Cloud, VND, Polarizer filters, etc) but my experience with the 2 lenses I bought (1:55 Anamorphic and Telephoto lenses) is really bad. I would not recommend buying the lens unless you are fully aware of what you are getting into.

[@ArtistAndProducer]

@@paulosalazar Do you think the 1.33x anamorphic lens would also have this issue?

[@claudiobrandao3398]

It´s a shame they make those lenses only for IPHONE .....

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

You can use them with every phone when you use the clamp

[@claudiobrandao3398]

@@smartphonefilmmakingpro Tks Julian !! Great job yours !! Congratulations !!👏👏💪💪

[@mehdimehdi3342]

🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@jnnx]

If you didn’t haven’t to pay for the lens, then these aren’t your words. You got paid with product. Let’s be real, SON. This is called SPONSORED CONTENT.

[@smartphonefilmmakingpro]

i don't have that phone unfortunately. maybe checkout the Zhiyun page to see some more details on which phones they support