Iscomorphot 8/1.5x

• Alias: Baby Iscorama

• Anamorphic Adapter by Isco Precision Optics GmbH
• Single Focus : Variable Diopter
• Mount: 24 MM

The baby Iscorama, or Iscomorphot 8/1.5x is a tiny lens that will give you single focus and work pretty well with smaller sensors. It delivers a dreamy look and I'd say it's only sharp past f/5.6 on the taking lens.

This tiny lens weighs 170g, less than half a pound and is one of the most desired baby anamorphics, trailing right after the baby Hypergonar and baby Bolex. It has no alignment buttons, but a red dot indicating the stretch direction. This dot should always be facing up

As an official member of the Iscorama family, this adapter has 1.5x stretch and it is single focus, meaning you only set your taking lens to infinity and do the rest of the work on the Iscomorphot's focus ring. Focus comes down to 0.5m, or 1.7ft, which is much better than all the other Iscoramas, pretty much killing the need for diopters. It also features focus markings in both meters and feet and a focus throw of roughly 180 degrees.

If you still want diopters and other filters, the front threads are 39mm. The rear threads are standard size at 24mm (0.5, fine pitch), so you can make a clamp out of step rings. Unlike other Iscoramas, this one doesn't have an alignment mechanism, just a red dot and the focus marker pointing which direction should be facing up for proper alignment - so I recommend getting a Rapido Clamp for it.

When it comes to availability and prices, this one comes in waves. They're either abundant on eBay or impossible to find.

In terms of resolution and sharpness, this is definitely the weakest member of the family, with super soft and blurry images unless you really stop down the taking lens.

Flares are more neutral than other Iscos, showing up as white or the light-source's color, which I think adds to its dreamy feel.

Vignetting is when this lens takes hard hits. On the A7s2 I had to use the 2.2x crop mode, and then I got vignette clear images from 40mm and up. This matches around 90mm on full frame.