Matthew Beecroft

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New Glass

New Glass

Delighted to take delivery of the new Atlas Mercury 1.5x T2.2 full frame 'A set' anamorphic lenses. A really lovely mix of vintage style optics in lightweight modern housing, can't wait to get these out working. Developed by Atlas for Gareth Edwards and The Creator (apparently), the 42mm was used to shoot parts of the film to give Gareth the vintage style elements he loved from older anamorphic pictures. The Mercurys are an interesting mix of modern and vintage and with the anamorphic squeeze being 1.5x, they are perhaps a bit more flexible for use on cameras with sensors that don't have an academy aspect ratio option. Despite the reduced squeeze, they still

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Norway

Norway

Great shoot in Oslo. Two mini LF / K35 kits and super nice crew courtesy of Loopfilm. Third time I've filmed in that part of the world and have loved every time. Can't wait to go back.

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Lens testing

Lens testing

Lovely project coming soon

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Goodwood motor circuit

Goodwood motor circuit

Vroom vroom. Track day testing, for an exciting new project.

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