Yeah, like I said, I'll probably keep 90% of my stuff at 1080 vertical. Try this stuff out and let me know. I myself have pretty limited resources (old software and obviously no 4K display), so I'm limited to evaluating the quality by watching a zone of footage, zoomed in to 100%. But it works pretty good I think, even up to 4K.

And really, let's be honest. Tack-sharp clinical 4K footage is a certain look. Most stuff looks great a bit softer. That's kinda what this does. It upgrades your footage from "stretched 1080p" to "dreamy 4K".

a side note, this method works so well thanks to the ever-wonderfu work of Vitaliy Kiselev, Driftwood and others who give our GH2s the ability to resolve all that detail. I have a hard time immersing myself in anamorphic footage from other DSLR cameras because so many of them really don't resolve anywhere near full 1080p, and the stretching of the footage only makes all that garbly garbage worse. So thanks to the hard workers here at P-View, and maybe some users of other cameras can pick this up and use it as well, 'cause they need all the help they can get canon . . . cough ;)

Thank you sir, it's simple Lomo anamorphics plus GH2. I did get VERY lucky with the weather however. It rained for days before and was overcast when we shot. So everything was very green, and I was able to get good dynamic range in the frame. I lit everything with a small battery belt powered HMI sun gun and bounce boards.

@robmneilson , amazing quality ...

@sistercities I can't remember which model, but it was either a 125w or 200w pocket par. I'd imagine that I would have gone for the 200w if I had the choice, but the rental house might have not had one.

http://www.adorama.com/AR501300.html?gclid=CPfV3sK06bACFQKEnQodJRc9_Q

Pretty much can get one for about $200/day plus the cost of extra battery belts.

@Wilbo

You guys think these stills can be used with the method Macalincag shared?

Sure. After all, the method I've suggested stems from a still image. The larger the original resolution, the finer the grain is as well (once down-scaled). So the 3k tiffs you've mentioned should look pretty "fine" once scaled down to HD (if fine is what you're after).

and couldn't we get the same effect of having several different iso's simply by adjusting the contrast or opacity of 1 grain scan in overlay?

Not so much as different ISOs have different characteristics, ranging from fine to coarse. Adjusting the contrast, etc., though, allows you to decide how subtle or harsh the the grain will be.

On the contrary, you can crop to HD out of the high resolution images if you want your grain to look coarser. The looks entirely up to you and you should experiment to which you like best.

sample different parts of it each frame

That's a good idea too. You can also flip and invert them too! Then you'll have yourself an image sequence in no time.

Thanks for the follow up @Macalincag ! I think I may jump on this deal soon.

@kanintesova

If you are seeing the same pattern maybe you should randomize it more. Of course you can use other grain plates as well if you find them that don't have any white specs. If done the way I suggested you shouldn't see anything once overlayed onto your footage (don't forget to adjust contrast to taste).

@robmneilson Absolutely stunning, your work! I try not to think of the amount of work that went into it. Just perfect. I hope you'll have better results with Instant HD than I. I tried their demo and it didn't give me any better result over upscaling in AE itself.

@johnnym thanks man, wish I was shooting lots more narrative stuff lately...but I'd prefer to work as a DP and let other productions spend the money, as opposed to making/funding my own stuff!