Letus AnamorphX-GP

• Anamorphic Adapter by Letus35
• Fixed Focus
• Mount: N/A

Only anamorphic designed for GoPro 3+. Does not work with other GoPro versions.

One thing I really like about this adapter is that its distortion, combined with the GoPro distortion, give it a HUD kind of feeling that's awesome for point-of-view footage, like this! I feel image quality could be greatly improved, but that's not the anamorphic's fault - I'm looking at you, GoPro.

Letus makes a compelling pitch on their website about making your footage more cinematic. They say that by changing your aspect ratio from 16:9 to 2.35:1, - meaning 1.33x stretch - you'll achieve "cinematic footage"! I thought it was a little hard to justify an anamorphic GoPro myself, but it’s time to take our GoPro to the next level.

The adapter itself weighs 60g which is very little even for GoPro standards. It feels solid enough. The AnamorphX will keep your setup waterproof allowing for underwater anamorphic and can also be attached to drones for sweeping aerial views. Letus claims the adapter helps correcting GoPro's extreme barrel distortion. For some, it can still be too much, so be prepared to counter it in post or embrace the warping that happens as you move the camera around!

It's an important reminder that the adapter is not compatible with the GoPro 3 shell, just the 3+ and above.

I didn't think shooting charts was an efficient way to evaluate this adapter's performance since I don't have control over the camera settings. But I shot it anyway! It turns out the edges are smudged - no surprise! - but it's quite acceptable when in motion.

As all 1.33x adapers the AnamorphX-GP has cool, interesting flares. The coatings make them greenish and well integrated onto the footage - not overpowering. They're actually pretty neat, and you get to see aaaaaall of the dirt on the lens, which I particularly like, for run-and-gun authentic action videos.

Vignetting isn't a thing since the adapter is designed for this camera. I cycled through all the camera's FOV modes just to make sure. And it turns out you CAN see some of the adapter when in Superview mode.

If you really like GoPros AND anamorphics, I would say this is worth your money. Mark Hawk's channel has a bunch more detailed and extensive tests plus test footage using this adapter. You can find them all in his playlist. Since I'm not the adventurer type nor the GoPro type, it was an interesting experience, but not life changing.