f0.3 – The Impossible Lens – Building a Large Format DoF movie camera – Epic Episode #18

Check out ARTLIST and get 2 free months with an annual subscription using this affiliate link: We set out on a journey to capture the unseen… an image that is impossible to capture with any conventional camera. We built a unique large format movie camera with the massive Leica lens that is equivalent to an impossible 29mm f0.3 lens. Come along with us as we explore the connection between lens speed, depth of field, and format. Show you how we combined two large format cameras, and designed a precise motorised focus system. We take you behind the scenes and show you how we shot or short above and below the surface. We experiment with large format cameras, ground glass, light, DoF adapters , and film with a massive spy plane lens. Check out the HDR Version of the Short “The Iron Sea” Please join the ranks of the Media Division: All members can watch our satellite episode, with DIY explanations on how to build a DoF camera. With components and details, tips for transport and shooting, and some other interesting thoughts. “Making a Monster” can be found here: Our Action Pack for this episode contains the original Resolve project for “The Iron Sea” with grades, LUTS, and all footage in 6K 10bit ProRes HQ. 70GB of footage to play edit and grade with. Lynch or Kubrick members can download their Action Pack here: See what we are cooking up next? Instagram/IGTV: Talk to us an our community: Closed Facebook Group: OSEE G7 ultra bright ( nits) affiliate link Links to Collaborators and Partners Maximilian Haan (DoP) Max Heinemann (Actor) Filippo Cinotti / Plasma Production (Digital Colorist) Raphaël Félix Goutte / Fasquelcameras (ground glass and large format cameras) Paul Schumann & The Marmalade MUSIC To get the music from this episode, subscribe to Artlist. With this referral-link, you’ll get 2 month for free: #LargeFormatMovieCamera #DoFCamera #impossiblelens 00:00 - Intro & Contents 02:02 - Depth of Field explained - Part I Part I - What you need to know 05:06 - A small history of Large Format 07:10 - Depth of Field explained - Part II 08:20 - Equivalency of Lenses 09:40 - 8x10 Large format lenses 10:30 - Hektor - a fast large format lens Part II - Capturing the impossible 11:55 - Creating an intermediate image 15:33 - DoF Adapter 16:32 - Building the Camera 17:58 - Focussing f0.3 19:00 - DIY Motorised Focus 21:20 - The Secret Sauce 22:25 - The Collimator 24:24 - The problem with Fresnel lenses 25:47 - Ground Glass Part III - Creating a Short 27:28 - The Iron Sea (shot at f0.3 equivalent) 30:56 - HDR 31:40 - Channel message 38:33 - Behind the Scenes Part IV - Food for Thoughts 44:40 - Hektor vs a normal lens 45:48 - Even larger - using a spy plane lens 47:08 - Tilt shift 48:04 - The Large Format look 50:19 - Thank you Partners & Members