Lately, I’ve seen an abundance of Lomo 35-NAP anamorphic projection lenses on eBay. I got a lot of Q’s about them and I just basically told people to forget about them. You’d spend ages trying to properly mount it, get your anamorphic flare kicks for a few minutes, then relegate it to a paper weight. Unfortunately there is no cheap way to play with proper anamorphic. Hell, Lomo’s are the highest I could go!

I’ve never used the projection types but had tried other brands such as Kowa, Isco, Hypergonar when I started off with HDSLRs. They all had the same characteristics: Only a barrel to focus, no useable mount and damn heavy. The Hypergonar HI-FI 2 was the one I made famous with this little clip I made over a year ago:

I assume these Lomo projection lenses are the same, except they look much heavier. You’d need to mount it in a similar way to what I did for the beastly Hypergonar:

Or this Russian website also details some findings. Notice the DIY wooden frame mount! Can you imagine going out shooting like that somewhere…