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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.
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“The Iron Sea”
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Links to Collaborators and Partners
Maximilian Haan (DoP)
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Max Heinemann (Actor)
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Filippo Cinotti / Plasma Production (Digital Colorist)
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Raphaël Félix Goutte / Fasquelcameras (ground glass and large format cameras)
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Paul Schumann & The Marmalade
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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