Author Topic: Canon GL1 & wide angle JymJoneZ
posted 02-03-2000 09:56 PM
1. Does anyone know of an anamorpic lense for the GL1?

2. Could you use Premiere to squeese an anamorphic image into a letterboxed image for a 4:3 tv?

RipSUp
posted 02-04-2000 03:21 AM
I was reading a review of the GL1 today and it said that the GL1 did not support interchangeable lenses. being one of the 2 weaknesses they said the camera had, the other being no audio level control.

ZIMZAM
posted 02-04-2000 05:10 PM
No interchangable lenses like the XL1, but you can use wide angle adapters with it. Please check out the post entitled "Does anyone have a Canon GL1".

[This message has been edited by ZIMZAM (edited 02-04-2000).]

funkymunkey
posted 02-04-2000 05:35 PM
I'm pretty sure Century Optics offers some nice anamorphic lenses. They're digital quality, so they'll probably cost upward of $300. Be sure to get one that will fit the GL1's filter diameter (58mm), step down rings just don't work for anamorphic lenses.

JymJoneZ
posted 02-04-2000 07:49 PM
thanks, but any info on question number 2?

funkymunkey
posted 02-04-2000 08:46 PM
I believe you could "squeese" the image to fit 4:3 TV. You could use the crop filter.

JymJoneZ
posted 02-04-2000 09:13 PM
cool. thanks

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