Shooting Stills with Anamorphic Glass: Worth the Pain?

Anamorphic glass for stills is a legitimate creative tool, but it punishes you with desqueeze steps, crop factor headaches, and focus breathing that cinema shooters accept because their software handles it. Before you pick up a Sirui or Laowa anamorphic for your next portrait job, know what you're signing up for in post. The constraint can absolutely unlock something — but this is a workflow experiment, not a gear upgrade.