I completely agree with you.

Definitely want to learn more about this!

I mean vazen sort of did by going with the Todd ao method for the 28mm and full frame lens

Markus, is that you? I saw you poking around at Lensworks and just didn’t recognize you in the moment or else I would have said hello. Cineflares.com is a wonderful resource! Thank you for making it.

Yep. Thank you. Always happy to hear people appreciate interesting lenses and understand their value as a storytelling tool. We are expanding the features on the platform to compare and learn more about specific lens attributes. Lots of lenses in the post pipeline. We will release more lenses soon. Love your channel.

@@markusforderer_asc even if you didn't add a single lens or feature ever again, Cineflares.com would STILL be an invaluable tool and worth the price of admission. There's simply nothing else like it.

Oli, thank you so much! A quick search indicates there isn't much public footage, but what I did see looked very interesting.

I have a hard time believing that the design can’t be replicated economically, lo these 56 YEARS after the introduction of the Panavision C-series!

That’s me. I asked their chief designer directly, he said the accuracy required is on par with high end watchmaking, and each lens requires in-depth tuning/setup.

@@ForestCinema I believe the quote. I just have a hard time believing that's the final answer. There has GOT to be a way to make this work at prices lower than "so expensive that we will never sell a single lens to anyone on planet Earth." Manufacturing has come SO far in the last 60 years, in terms of our ability to make precision equipment at scale. For crying out loud, Xelmus can make rotating astigmatizers in the midst of active war! I guarantee that if enough people understood what they wanted (i.e. not just "anamorphic" but THIS KIND of anamorphic), and made it known, the manufacturing side would respond. Someone would find a way to do it. It's just that there isn't YET market pressure. Only a few fringe and very dedicated people, but fortunately that fringe is growing larger.

@@nick_salazar The astigmatizer element has to be focussed nonlinearly in conjunction with the spherical elements. If you want only one focus ring on the lens it's a cam nightmare inside. It really isn't feasible to built one that you can buy unless you're paying a lot for it.

@@nick_salazar It's a lens conspiracy! Manufacturers create a false price floor and carefully control to maximize profits versus releasing them less expensively. Sadly, you have to pay to play.

Thank you so much! It was great meeting you too, and I think you and your lovely C70 setup are going to appear in some upcoming B-roll of mine :-)

Oh sweet!! The flares on the 35-105 are “crazy”….probably because I have an ICE IR/ND on it that I got for dirt-cheap. Haha.

Great meeting you too! Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm at risk of being a random blowhard just ranting senselessly from his basement. But as long as there are kind people like you who want to hear my hot takes, I'll keep pushing them out. Thanks again!

I get that. But we have precision manufacturing at consumer prices everywhere. Just look at semiconductors for crying out loud! Nothing more complicated than that, yet we’ve found a way to churn them out for next to nothing. If there’s a will, there’s a way.