Revar Cine Filter Comparison

A quick test/comparison of some great Revar Cine filterers that adds some funk into your frame. 138mm Sinewave 49mm Window It’s a specialty diopter with a 49mm clear center surrounded by a rippled, wave-like patterned glass that bends and refracts light in flowing, organic ways. The effect keeps your subject sharp in the middle while the surrounding image bends and streaches like rolling water, creating a surreal, bloomy dreamlike distortion. The edges ripple and stretch like light through water. Because it’s a 138mm filter, it fits easily into matte boxes and works great on wide setups without vignetting. 4x5 Rota Whirlpool 49mm window Revar Cine Rota Whirlpool has this rippling, almost liquid like texture that bends light in waves around the frame. It’s less of a swirl and more of a rolling distortion. As you rotate the tray, the pattern shifts and flows, warping reflections and stretching shapes outward while still keeping the middle of your frame grounded and sharp. Built into a 4x5. 138mm rotating tray with 0.8 pitch gears, making it easy to fine-tune on the fly and works great on wide lenses without vignetting. 138mm Wormhole Another specialty diopter with a flat center window surrounded by warped glass that bends light toward the edges. The effect keeps your subject sharp in the middle while the surrounding image stretches and smears in a circular distortion, creating an in-camera halo that naturally blurs the edges. You can see the unique way it catches light along the window’s edge, creating halos and artifacts. Because it’s a 138 mm filter, it fits easily into matte boxes and works well on wide setups without vignetting. Shot on Alexa 35 and a Angenieux EZ-1 30-90mm at a T/2 5600K, 800 EI, 180 Degree Shutter at 23.976 4.6K 16:9 Prores 4444 Capture Default Texture 0:00 Intro 0:03 138mm Sinewave 49mm Window 2:19 4x5 Rota Whirlpool 49mm window 4:16 138mm Wormhole Footage courtesy Eleven04 Rentals, Chicago IL Shot by Camrin Petramale Additional Setup Dave Rundell Talent - Winnie (6mo) Dave Rundell