Lost in Goodbyes Vintage Lens Test
Doing tests for upcoming projects has served as a great way to not only educate me on the technical aspects of my craft but has allowed me to refine and make better informed creative decisions on a creative. Understanding the little nuiances here in this stage of pre-production gives me extra little tools to utilize for the project or in the near future where they might come up. For instance, on this short, Lost in Goodbyes, we wanted to use vintage glass that exhibited warm characteristics with low contrast. At the time of this test, only 2 lenses really made sense to use considering our available options when it pertained to budget, the Cooke Speed Panchros and the Bausch & Lomb Super Baltars. But what to choose became the difficult question. For that, we went to Old Fast Glass in Burbank to get a definitive answer.
What I love about OFG is not only their acoomodating attitude towards DPs wanting to test out cameras/lenses/etc. but the amount of resources they commit to give you a unique experinece. Far from just a private checkout bay, there’s basically a small pre-built office/lounge space which you can manupulate to test various scenarios. For our film, since 100% of it took place at night, we wanted to see what warm light would look like and we were able to do so here.
The results were quite illuminating. I’ll allow you to come up with your own conclusions as this was the first test I did in several years and I was just starting to understand what I personally want out of a lens test.
Lost In Goodbyes Side by Side
Tribe7 Blackwing Binaries with X-Tuned Flares
A simple test chart, looking at the resolution, CA, color rendering and focus falloff of the Tribe7 Blackwing Binaries with X-Tuned Flares. We had a model come in to test how the lens would look and act as a small screen test.
