Lomo Konvas mount anamorphic lenses were designed in the USSR to film communist propaganda. Later, the great master Tarkovsky shot Solaris (and other masterpieces) on these very lenses. They’re slightly soft wide open and focussing mechanics are hit / miss depending on the item but for character and authenticity they cannot be beat. Lomos also have the best anamorphic lens flare of all anamorphic lenses, and the expensive Hawk modern…
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Left – LX5 is a compact camera. Right – GF2. Image source Photography Blog The Panasonic GF2 has full manual control in Aperture Priority mode thanks to a new feature called flicker reduction.
Over the course of EOSHD.com nearly all my kit has been sourced from eBay. Not for me these super expensive gear lists. I find it much more interesting to find unique treasure online – the stuff which hardly anybody else is shooting with and lenses with a unique look. My eBay searches have served me very well over the year. Unfortunately I can’t buy every gem I see so now…
EOSHD.com reader RichST who picked up a Japanese GH2 this week (production retail model) has been showing me some useful shots demonstrating the look of different picture profiles on the GH2, including the new Teleconverter mode. Seemingly Panasonic listened, because this is a feature the community has long been dreaming of. No line skipping, no pixel binning, no scaling – just the ability to take an unscaled 1080p 1:1 crop…
Image source – 43rumors.com UPDATE – vital video stats are: Full HD is 30p for NTSC, 25p for PAL. 17Mbit AVCHD in full HD mode. No 720/60p, just 720p/30p. As predicted first by EOSHD on Twitter last week thanks to a tip off from a jolly good source, the GF2 is having a launch party this week.
Gale Tattersall of HOUSE begins his first HD-DSLR workshop on Saturday 6th November. The workshops have a brand spanking new website here.
Image above is softened by my content management system’s JPEG compression. View the full 1080p GH1 frame (44mbit AVCHD) and Crew.tv’s Panasonic AF100 frame (100Mbit AVC-Intra) here Do DSLRs really lack resolution compared to professional cameras? In the technical sense, yes. But in practical terms, not really.
James Cameron has given us a startling glimpse of filmmaking’s future. In an interview with Fora.tv via movie blog Slashfilm, the filmmaker offers his notion of cinema’s future – and the good news is that the wheels are already turning. Work is underway already with an elite team at Cameron HQ.