Still Life - Vertical Anamorphic (Aivascope + Zeiss Biotar)

/ kenny_ip
A delicate portrait of Sussex based painter/designer Sophia Gray (sophiagraydesigns.co.uk).
Shot with a custom inverted / vertical anamorphic setup - Aivascope 1.5x (Inverted) paired with a vintage 1940s Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm (17 blades!) and a Soviet 1950s Jupiter-9 85mm.
The delivery aspect ratio is somewhat unusual in 1.25:1 - so to have minimal crop from original shooting aspect after the anamorphic vertical stretch.
#aivascope #verticalanamorphic #anamorphic #biotar #colorgrading

[@CameraNostalgiaClub]

Literally feels like watching someone else’s dream

[@kennyektar]

Haha thanks very much!

[@JadeYT]

NEVER have I ever seen such beautiful shots as these... they look like real life paintings🤤 Truly amazing job you did here👏🏼👏🏼

[@kennyektar]

Aww how very kind! Thank you so much for the compliments. Really appreciate it :)

[@bbacalhau]

Damnnn that looks so good 🤤

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so much!

[@RubayatOnin25]

So relaxing, calm & pleasing to the eyes.. Thank You! Please, keep making these!

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so much for the kind and encouraging words! I'm constantly trying to shoot, just waiting for the good enough ones to share :)

[@RubayatOnin25]

No worries brother, you keep up the good work. We will wait to see your projects! BTW may I know which camera you used to film this? Cheers!

[@kennyektar]

@@RubayatOnin25 Thanks! It was shot on an A7Siii.

[@RubayatOnin25]

@@kennyektar That’s awesome! Thanks again!

[@amaankhan2615]

Leaked footage from heaven

[@kennyektar]

Haha thank you!

[@edouhoekie]

Wanted to do this for the longest time to get a very unique look, crushed it!

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so much! Appreciate the kind words!

[@absolutrumo]

Oh my god, what is this? Whatever this is, this is fantastic.
Thanks algorithm! Thanks Kenny!

[@kennyektar]

Aww thanks so much for the kind words!

[@AndreasAHem]

THE LENSES OMG!!! this is sooooo gooooooood

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much! :)

[@dewaldbrand]

Wow, so beautiful! Loving the vertical anamorphic vibe... Amazing work!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much Dewald! Appreciate the kind words :)

[@pdas25762]

this transported me to a dream world!

[@kennyektar]

Thank you! Hope you liked it!

[@haoliangzhao326]

Vintage and fantastic look. It's brilliant.

[@kennyektar]

Thank you very much :)

[@robintielker9338]

i am just so speechless.. super inspiring!!!

[@kennyektar]

Thank you very much!

[@amaankhan2615]

Thanks a lot for this it's beautiful, that shot surrounded by grass with the wind flowing is just heavenly

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so much Amaan! That's one of my favourite shots in this project too!

[@elmertjee]

I love everything about this. Fantastic work!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@calahad]

A wonderful find among the usual stuff here on CZcams. Please continue.

[@kennyektar]

Thanks so much for the kind words and encouragement 🙏

[@janisbrod]

Looks absolutely gorgeous!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much Janis, appreciate it :) Really love your work!

[@_otto_art__Officia]

So GOOOOOOD

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so very much!

[@markthedp]

Beautifully done!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much Mark!

[@patrickcasella]

breathtaking! the colors are perfect and the swirly bokeh makes each shot feel like a dream. Props to the set/costume design. Everything feels very cohesive and natural. Great work!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much! Appreciate it!

[@flowereminisce]

This is so pretty. Love the colors and this is so high quality.

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much! Appreciate the kind words!

[@wijangasa]

So dreamy and eye pleasing. Great work!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks! Appreciate the kind words!

[@visuallyrapt]

This is absolutely stunning.

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much. Appreciate the kind words!

[@hanneshuber3d]

Beautiful beautiful beautiful… no other words 🥹

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much! Appreciate it :)

[@ranpergames]

How is this so beaaautiful??? EVerything looks so great, the painting, the shots, the composition... everything.

[@kennyektar]

Aww thank you so much for the kind words! Really appreciate it!

[@p4ul.f708]

wow! very creative setup and incredible shots, this is perfect!

[@kennyektar]

Thank you very much! Appreciate it!

[@DanielErnst]

Love the look of this, wow!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much Daniel :) Love your travel vids btw!

[@mylesmcewen8911]

This is beyond beautiful.

[@kennyektar]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@ChristinaKey]

Wow, amazing video! Its been a long time since Ive watched something so special!! well colours and framing! Thanks for sharing! 😍😍🙌🙌🎬🎬

[@kennyektar]

Aww thanks so much Christina! Really appreciate the generous kind words!

[@MrHaydnSir]

i love absolutely every part about this 💛

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@JosiahMinks]

Absolutely stunning! 🤌🏼🎞

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much Josiah!

[@forrainfilms]

This is the best thing I’ve watched today!

[@kennyektar]

Aww thanks so much for the kind words! Appreciate it!

[@joshhoe]

brilliant shots, colour grading and vintage look !

[@kennyektar]

Thanks Josh! Appreciate it!

[@Saeshmedia]

A piece of art ! ❤ fantastic

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so much! :)

[@jonnynoakes9070]

Stunning!!!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@vickystricks]

This is sooooo beautiful 🕊️

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@SatongiFilms]

beautiful effect and colors

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@PeterPaton]

Beautiful work!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@LaFuenteOnFilm]

Insane shots! The quality is next level here. Subbed! 🔥

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much! Appreciate it :)

[@graysonarias]

Incredible!

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so much!

[@adjiiu]

This is amazing omg

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@AshleyYee]

Beautiful! 😍

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@감독형]

So peaceful and beautiful. You take me to the someone' dreaming.

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so very much! Appreciate the kind words :)

[@sahashra_real]

oh my god this is so good

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@markrobinson8254]

MOST of this is the Biotar and location and very inspirational.

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@gusatvoschiavon]

beautiful, this is what we need in movies

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@robertdouble559]

No. We need good screenplays.

[@okto440]

amazing !

[@kennyektar]

Thanks!

[@danfenixcinema8342]

Amazing !

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@arieldeleon157]

This is insane.

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so much!

[@artsyaidan]

1:01 may be one of my absolute favorite cinematic shots

[@kennyektar]

Aww thanks very much! It was a one of my favourites too :)

[@D3RHA]

keep growing , keep shooting , one day i wanna see u with millions of sub. and yeah youll reach there. speechless with the quality.

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so much! Appreciate the kind words!

[@jtl4_videos]

Soo good!!

[@kennyektar]

Thank you!

[@nicasiophotographer8322]

love this video, it inspire

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed the video!

[@Birds_notori]

Beautiful

[@kennyektar]

Thank you very much!

[@Birds_notori]

@@kennyektar I would love to be able to take videos like yours!

[@GOJAGI]

Amazing

[@kennyektar]

Thank you!

[@QINGQFILM]

so cool

[@kennyektar]

thank you so much!

[@b3naqua]

This was relaxing af

[@kennyektar]

Haha thank you!

[@user-et4xg1ve6q]

Nice! Love it

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@framefeels]

wow.. amazing

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so much!

[@zayninseoul]

beautiful ^-^

[@kennyektar]

Thanks a lot :)

[@alexblackburnproducer]

Lovely

[@kennyektar]

Thank you!

[@kintakunte3920]

Nice!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@Flowstatecaptain]

Dude this is awesome. You deserve more views. Dear algorithm, show me more like this. I would love to see a video about the rig and your thought process behind the lens choices, framing, color grading, film emulation, inspiration, etc. Love the dreamy memory on film vibe. Time to go explore crazy lenses. Keep it up. 👌 I wonder if I could pull off a look like this with my BMPCC OG with its 16mm sensor crop factor. Thoughts?

[@kennyektar]

Aww thank you so much for the kind compliments! I reckon you'd be able to recreate the look with the BMPCC OG fairly closely. There're quite a few fantastic vintage c-mount cine lenses that have tons of character and they're designed for 16mm film.

[@bluespongetv1095]

holy this lens is nuts.

[@kennyektar]

Yes it's indeed full of characters compared to a lot of modern lenses!

[@bluespongetv1095]

@@kennyektar id love to watch a vid where u explain the entire process of getting it built!

[@laurenzweipert5580]

How did you got this grading? Sooo amazing, the colours are too good. Premiere oder Davinci?

[@kennyektar]

Thank you! It was done in Davinci Resolve

[@reetrofilms]

the circular bokeh!!!

[@airdropanchor101]

Amazingly pleasing cinematic film look!!!
Wonder your choice of camera, picture profile. I see dozens of creators coming here to watch your color grading tutorials on this project, as it is rear and hard to achieve like GAWX😁

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much! I shot this on the A7Siii in SLog3. I really enjoyed doing the grading on this one almost as much as doing the actual shoot 😁

[@fede9520]

Holy field curvature batman!

[@ItsDrewsif]

That shot at 1:02 is unbelievable

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@NikHem343]

Incredible! Would love to sneak peak at your grading node tree

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much! My resolve node tree of this project is actually super convoluted and very messy! 😆

[@NikHem343]

@@kennyektar can I ask if and how you approach color density?

[@kennyektar]

@@NikHem343 I haven't put a lot of thoughts into colour density. But I do generally try to desaturate shadow areas, and not let saturated colours become too bright etc.

[@NikHem343]

@@kennyektar thanks, appreciate it!

[@user-sp7ox1ld5l]

Stunning!. Which camera!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks! It was shot on an A7Siii

[@user-sp7ox1ld5l]

​@@kennyektar can use this camera for film festivals movies?

[@PeteMajarich]

Love it, Kenny. What camera may I ask?

[@kennyektar]

Thanks! It was the Sony A7S3

[@sahashra_real]

can you break down the gears and the process of this film making? this is so good

[@kennyektar]

Thanks! The main gears are A7Siii, Biotar 58mm, a Jupiter-9 85mm, and Aivascope 1.5x. In terms of the process, I just sketched out a few shot ideas, researched a few potential locations, and then just went out and shoot multiple angles and takes. It was fun and we're glad how it turned out

[@sahashra_real]

@@kennyektar Amazing! waiting for future videos

[@mungoinc]

dope

[@kennyektar]

Thank you!

[@_zerotwelve]

Dude this is beautiful. Were the opening shots with the 58mm or the 85mm?

[@kennyektar]

Thanks! Those were shot with the 58mm

[@nagarithipol]

Man, I’ve watched this video so many times. I feel an urge to make art now.
Thank you!

[@kennyektar]

Thank you so much! Really appreciate it! I'm glad the video inspired in some way :)

[@cloudiow]

Hey man!
Can I ask how did you monitor it.
And what editing program did you use to get the crop out?
Thank you love it man!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks a lot! I used a Freeworld Lut6s which kind of works but the de-squeeze value is not exact. I believe all the newer SmallHD ones have the vertical de-squeeze function.
I use Davinci Resolve for all my editing and colour grading

[@AndrewPaul1]

This grade is so beautiful? Do you film in log and grade? So curious how the coloring happened

[@kennyektar]

Thank you! Yes, I did film in log - then I colour space transformed in Resolve and graded there. Also did some finishing refinements and added grain in Dehancer.

[@AndrewPaul1]

@@kennyektar did you use any LUT or power grade? would love to see your node - can you shoot me a dm @andrews_life ?

[@samueleichelmann]

Amazing!
What camera did you use tho?

[@kennyektar]

Thanks! It's an A7Siii

[@MarvinxJavier]

Nice acting.

[@Zenen_Saneshige]

Subbed

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@hersh_yt]

Sweet as honey

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much!

[@m.jaenal2899]

Thanks to algorithm

[@kennyektar]

Haha thanks very much!

[@luizaj]

Could you share in a video how did you manage to pull this off? Equipment-wise

[@WastelandChrome]

Beautiful, was this 2 lenses with one rotated 90 degrees? And was the camera also rotated?

[@kennyektar]

Thanks! Only the anamorphic adapter in front is rotated 90 degrees.

[@user-dd1mk1qw8k]

@@kennyektarHow did it perform when in was mounted in its original configuration, was there vignetting?

[@kennyektar]

@@user-dd1mk1qw8k You can check out my other video where it has a few shots with it mounted in its original configuration: czcams.com/video/w9HamVEkEG8/video.html&ab_channel=kennyip There's no vignetting on full frame when using focal length of 50mm and above.

[@user-dd1mk1qw8k]

@@kennyektar Thankyou, that video mentions it’s the Pentax Takumar & Lomography Petzval. I was specifically curious about the Zeiss Biotar, do you have a video for that lens in aviascope correct orientation?

[@kennyektar]

@@user-dd1mk1qw8kAh I see! Sorry I don't have any Biotar + Aivascope in "correct" orientation footage at the moment. Will definitely upload some here whenever I managed to shoot something in that configuration :)

[@TedSnow]

Damn

[@thenotoriousmma974]

This is really amazing buddy ! Do you have the possibility to de-squeeze it on a monitor ? Any kind of monitor that could handle vertical de-squeeze ?

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much! I used a Freeworld Lut6s which kind of works but the de-squeeze value is not exact. I believe all the newer SmallHD ones have the vertical de-squeeze function.

[@thenotoriousmma974]

@@kennyektar Oh thank you ! Do you think that it could be something great to do with Cine Anamorphic Glass ? Like Blazar Remus 1.5x. Since it is PL mount i've heard that it could be just as easy to just mount it vertically ?

[@kennyektar]

@@thenotoriousmma974 I haven't used the Blazer Remus, but I'd imagine with PL mount lens it'd be much easier to mount vertically than an adapter like the Aivascope.

[@thenotoriousmma974]

@@kennyektar I was wondering, does it mean that it flares with vertical streaks too ? I don't know how much this could be annoying on the image

[@kennyektar]

@@thenotoriousmma974Yes the flare would be vertical when rotating the anamorphic block 90 degrees. I personally like that but I guess not everyone does - hence some would op for rotating the whole rig/sensor instead.

[@drease5668]

do you have the camera rig somewhere for viewing?

[@kennyektar]

Yes, I've posted my rig onto the Facebook group "Anamorphic Shooters". It's a great community if you haven't joined already

[@mtscott44]

Amazing. Beautiful. If you ever want to sell your Avi, let me know!

[@kennyektar]

Thanks very much! Ah yes for sure :)

[@rephaelreyes8552]

How much saturation did you boost up for this vintage lens? I just came from taking pictures of a friend at a park at 9 AM today and they’re all washed out. Maybe it’s because it’s taken from a 15 years old CCD sensor and shot on jpeg. I’m not sure what makes my images look so vibrant in one day and washed out the next day.

[@kennyektar]

For the Zeiss Biotar I didn't have to boost the saturation a lot. Though for Jupiter-9 I had to push it quite far to match the other shots. I think it really depends on the lens coating quality and how well it renders the colours. Of course the sensor plays a big role as that kind of dictates how much you're able to push in post before it breaks down.

[@_GhostGarden_]

How does one invert it if I may ask? Do you purchase it or was it a custom build?

[@kennyektar]

It's kind of a custom built as I rotated the anamorphic unit 90 degrees, so the anamorphic stretch is inverted.

[@tjorvijons]

hi! what did you use for the custom build? i want to use a anamorphic adaptor with my leica R lenses and rotate it but im not sure how

[@aritrabiswas4787]

Which camera did you shoot this on?

[@kennyektar]

It was shot on an A7Siii

[@survivinghumpday205]

What camera is this?

[@kennyektar]

A7SIII

[@MatthiasKappeler]

How did you solve the monitoring?

[@kennyektar]

I monitored with a Freeworld Lut6s which kind of works but the de-squeeze value is not exact. I believe all the newer SmallHD ones have the vertical de-squeeze function

[@froebelsteph]

How did they get the blur on the edges?

[@kennyektar]

Do you mean the compression blur on the frame edges? That's a combination of from biotar character and vertical anamorphic :)

[@Nevenikamera]

Witch camera ?

[@kennyektar]

A7Siii

[@Jeri_se]

What song you use?

[@Lanes25]

wowww what camera ?

[@kennyektar]

it was shot on an A7Siii

[@ankitrathore6914]

Which version is this Amber or violet?

[@kennyektar]

It's the amber version

[@samuelguce]

uh wow! - sooo camera is vertical and squeeze is horizontal? interesting as

[@kennyektar]

The orientation of camera is normal and the anamorphic element is rotated 90 degrees

[@samuelguce]

@@kennyektar oooh thats a bit of fun! will have a try - thanks for the great vid

[@remyetiennelebeau8364]

What is an Aviascope?
And what exact Biotat had you used?

[@kennyektar]

It's an anamorphic adapter (more info here: aivascope.ecwid.com)
I use the silver 17 blade version of the Biotar.