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Counterpart series using vintage lens?
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2018 11:54 pm    Post subject: Counterpart series using vintage lens? Reply with quote

Just started watching first part and already nice surprise at 25th min. You tell me is it Smile ? Which one?


Link IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4643084/reference


Last edited by Pancolart on Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:25 am; edited 1 time in total


PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 4:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Clearly it's been quite heavily processed to replicate a filmic look, grain has been added and the colours have been altered, a compression of the palette and a shift towards a browner tone, there are specific software plugins for doing this.


PostPosted: Wed Apr 18, 2018 7:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I would say that its too hard to judge from your screen capture. 1) looks like you are viewing a umm... 'web-found' version, which would have its own compression and 2) the video player would have its own presets (or you might have your own custom set) when it comes to decompressing and temporal/spacial noise and image artifacts handling.


PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My hunch was correct (sorry for weak image posted above, indeed i use grainy effect on nearly everything i watch):

Ruhe worked to shoot exteriors on location in Germany, and the cinematographers came up with a unique tech trick to further their desired old-world feeling on certain shots: 1950s lenses applied to digital cameras. Specifically, Montpellier says they used old Angénieux CS2 cinema lenses. “They’re detuned; the sharpness was almost intentionally messed up in a way,” he says. Montpellier noted that kind of pairing is only possible today, now that there are specialists in many major cities that create adapters allowing you to put virtually any lens on any camera. “If you can find the old glass, you can get it on your DSLR no problem.”

Complete article is an interesting read: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/03/heres-the-slick-tech-making-counterparts-multi-dimensional-s1-possible/


PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 2:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting read indeed. Like 1 small


PostPosted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think it is Angénieux S2 series, to be exact.