The New Laowa 27mm 1.5X Anamorphic | A Solid Option for It’s Time

[@DanielAx]

The intro sample footage looked amazing, great colour grade!

[@darkknightwithanidea1845]

You said it right there….. SMALL & SOLO… a lot of film makers currently are NOT a studio crew set up of 100’s (UNREALISTIC BS Hollywood expectations)…. A lot of the future film makers of tomorrow are SOLO operators which is FAN TAS TIC !!!! So it’s a natural work flow to go SMALL, LIGHT & think super creatively on location. I just saw where the Sony FX 3 (a camera snubbed by most film industry DOP’S as being not a true Cine cam who are used to the Alexa LF or Sony Venice) the Sony FX 3 got accepted into the NetFlix APPROVED cams category.🎥🎥👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼YES !!! Film makers of tomorrow. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼It’s waiting for us & now has never been a greater time to be a film maker / story teller.

[@MockManor]

Very encouraging words 💪🏾

[@stillcinematic3163]

The way you shot this video is amazing. Keep up the great work!

[@gen19musicchannel35]

Your footage looks great! Thanks for the info!

[@armangurcell]

Looks like the next game changer! Might even think about selling my Sirui 50mm. Thanks for your review 👍👍

[@the180degreerule3]

that's a great lens and it's refreshing to have competition in that price range where more manufacturers are competing to win us over, great times for all of us brother!

[@cammackey]

Were so spoiled now haha

[@AndreiDimaReviews]

Nice and quick review! I'm thinking of getting one of these for my X-T4.

[@banderdash]

I appreciate you taking the time to share.

[@diaozhatianyujian6977]

That Amber flare looks great !

[@NickDelDuca]

Would love a video on how well these work on the R5C since it has built in desqueeze for 1.5X and I think It can do the wider sensor width of 8192 or 4096? So that would mean less zooming in post to get 2.39:1 right? Also maybe something about how you handle these clips in resolve. Basically like how you apply the desqueeze and how you set up the project and timeline for editing etc.

[@AlexeyShevchenko]

I wish you review the 35mm. Very beautiful work btw, always love what you shot. Cheers to the model

[@wkghrs]

The compromise is they look like spherical lens. round bokeh, anamorfake solid flares, no barrel distortion. For people who want to shoot anamorphic format but still look like regular sharp modern lens, then it makes sense.

[@cammackey]

I disagree. These still have a great anamorphic look. Yes it’s not has strong as a 1.8/2x stretch. But this is a solid choice for commercial clients who don’t want that softer/more character type look. Like most of the stuff I shoot has to be clean. So 1.5X is perfect for that. Can still get a “cinematic” look out of it. But yes of course nothing beats 2x

[@wkghrs]

​@@cammackey I don't think we disagree on this lens being made for a more mainstream or commercial-client market. There's larger ROI on this lens design. Image consistency and predictability take priority over stylization-the key traits that anamorphics are known for. To reduce costs Laowa has to get demand at scale. Most people aren't going to look at barrel distortion and unpredictable light bouncing off the front element and accept that as a feature. they'll think is a bug.

[@Breonnick]

These lenses catch my intrest. I love that these lenses are design to stay the same stretch factor at any focus. Im also glad they allow you to pick your lens flare color preference because I am not a fan of orange anamorphic lens flares. Sirui really did open a flood gate of consumer friendly anamorphics.

[@joyoffilming9500]

What a freakin' great introduction to those new anamorphic lenses. I use the Sirui 50mm - but it's very bulky and heavy.

[@josepheisinger293]

Would using a Hollywood Black Magic 1/8 filter in front of this lens be bad practice? Any opinions applicationed. Thanks for the review on this lens.

[@caseybryantjones]

Dude I’m fired up to watch this!

[@drakewhelton]

Yessss this has come out at a great time for me. Although I loved the Sirui 50mm on my Sony I sold it to get something I can use on my RED. This might just do the trick, but the vazen is super tempting.

[@guitarlimited]

That model though.♨♨♨

[@vityagreen120]

Really awesome, man! Thank you

[@okyeabuddyguy]

Is there no vignette on these lenses when used on full frame? I thought they were designed for APSC/Super35 sensor size? Or have you cropped in a bit?

[@thelocalfilmpro231]

Just picked up the silver flair 35mm I’m so stoked!! Also where do u get your music ?

[@patternist7630]

The real question is, is the Laowa 27mm replacing the Vazen 28mm as your go to?

[@oscarmoralesfilm]

The New Fujifilm XH2s combine 🤔🤔🤔 can be interested

[@cubul32]

Shinobi has a desqueeze function in it - wouldn't that help with focus peaking?

[@cammackey]

Internal focus peaking is usually better than doing it on a monitor. But from what I remember, that monitor had some good peaking

[@cubul32]

@@cammackey yeah, I'm using a shinobi 7, seems accurate so far

[@battleground_media]

I have been looking at these lenses. Do you set your r5c to s35 when using these?

[@fellowcitizen]

Thanks!

[@poldivina27]

Do you sell clog3 luts? Your grading is always 🔥and i won’t mind purchasing it! Happy shooting bro!

[@pacovazquez4853]

Hello: Have you ever shot with the Laowas on the XH2S, in 6.2K opengate?

[@cammackey]

No I’ve been begging them to send me a X mount version but they won’t haha

[@pacovazquez4853]

@@cammackey Thank you! I will be vigilant to your content!

[@thedeltreedotcom]

How is Komodo coverage on the full 27MM sensor width? Does it use the whole width of the sensor or just height? Seeing if it would work on my Dragon X 30mm wide sensor.

[@DanielAx]

Alexandru Don posted a video about these and he tested them on full frame. They are designed for S35 though.

[@cammackey]

Full frame on the canon had some bad vignetting. Not he komodo you have to crop to 3:2 for a proper destretch and theres no vignettings

[@ChristianSantiagophoto]

The talent wants his cut bro!

[@cammackey]

That dog is a girl, not a boy.

[@ErisedMediaCo]

It looks like this is on your R5c? Did you shoot in Super 35 crop mode? Aren’t these lenses for Super 35 and not full frame? Or am I mistaken?

[@cammackey]

Yea I shot in S35 raw on the R5C

[@creativegreats]

@@cammackey what’s did u not like about these lenses on the r5c ?

[@masaru_Videographer]

Great video and review! If you see the video here Laowa 27mm！

[@DanteThoriz]

fkn love ittttt

[@ralphgeronilla]

You can’t say there’s no compromise when the distortion at the top and bottom of the frame is so pronounced when it flares

[@cammackey]

Distortion?

[@01johnjackson]

So .. are these full frame? or are you using some kind of super 35 crop?

[@cammackey]

S35

[@snowhite1qazse4]

Sorry noob here. can this lens be used for photography?

[@Da_Man_1221]

Yes, it can! You will have to "De Warp" the image in post using photoshop or some other program, but you will end up with a photo with a wide scope. Jorden drake from DP review did an episode on the Vazen 27mm where he actually did some anamorphic photography if you are interested :)

[@MarcyMoe]

yeah i like it, but its only cool for S35 :)

[@ondrejjanoska660]

I thought the heavier the better for handheld.

[@cammackey]

Yup! The rig I had setup was almost as heavy as my Komodo

[@AndoBobando]

Im buying.(once im not broke)

[@one-we4md]

In gh5

[@Master-Blaster-4x4]

gorgeous 👩‍🦰 till that 🚬 hit her mouth