FTA - For those unfamiliar with a ‘Deakinizer’ lens, it’s the name given to a modified lens that Deakins specially created to film the 2007 film Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. This specialized lens was used to evoke an old-timey feel to the footage and gave the scenes a dreamy, tilt-shift-like effect.




The article is actually about DIY Deakonizer lenses but interesting info on how this came to be.

Video: Two clever DIY methods to create your own 'Deakinizer' lens

Such a good film.

Cool lens, too.

Like Barry Lyndon, always fascinating when a director or cinematographer thinks outside the box and creates their own shit via camera and lens to get the shot they want.

This is one of my two least favorite westerns. The other was Peckinpah's, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. The latter was the only western I ever walked out on. Both were like watching grass grow.