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Freelensing is a photography technique used with interchangeable lens cameras in both film-based and digital photography. The lens is detached from the camera and held in front of the lens mount by hand during exposure. This allows the lens to be tilted or shifted creating a similar effect to a perspective control or "Tilt-Shift" lens, only ...
A cine lens, short for cinema lens, is a specialized optical device designed specifically for motion picture production. Unlike standard photographic lenses, cine lenses are built to meet the rigorous demands of filmmaking, offering precise control over focus, aperture, and other key elements essential to cinematic storytelling.
Other lenses for the Contax included the Biotar, Biogon, Orthometar, and various Tessars and Triotars. The last important Zeiss innovation before the Second World War was the technique of applying anti-reflective coating to lens surfaces invented by Olexander Smakula in 1935. [8] A lens so treated was marked with a red "T", short for "Transparent".
The lens was designed and made specifically for the NASA Apollo lunar program to capture the far side of the Moon in 1966. [2] [3] [better source needed] [4] Stanley Kubrick used these lenses when shooting his film Barry Lyndon, which allowed him to shoot scenes lit only by candlelight. [5] [6] In total there were only 10 lenses made.
The lenses are renowned for their unique optical characteristics that are attractive to both still photographers and filmmakers. In particular, they are known for their sharpness, colour rendition, and unique bokeh. [3] The Kiev 16mm cine camera is a capable movie camera. The camera can produce high-quality film by modern standards.
The Award-winning PBS documentary series “Independent Lens” has released its spring slate of documentary films, which will begin debuting on April 24. This season’s films will highlight a ...
CinemaScope logo from The High and the Mighty (1954). CinemaScope is an anamorphic lens series used, from 1953 [1] to 1967, and less often later, for shooting widescreen films that, crucially, could be screened in theatres using existing equipment, albeit with a lens adapter.
Rodrigo Reyes’s “Sansón and Me” and Bernardo Ruiz’s” El Equipo” are among PBS’ Award-winning docuseries Independent Lens’ fall slate of documentary films. The portfolio of ...