It's general, friend. Here in Portugal, the sun should be shining brightly, but it's been grey and rainy. Other times, also photographable.
Yes, for anamorphic lenses you need a great contrast of light for the (beautiful) effect to take effect.
About the analog, I'm looking forward to seeing it. I often post some on the C/Analog (FILM) Photog community.
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