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After mixing up 2 wheel barrow loads of cement, my back doesn't think very much of me.. thought i'd do some math instead. My digital calipers have decided to throw in the towel, bit like my back... tried different batteries no change. Was getting different readings, but consistent readings, so i took some measurements with the idea of helping kye out. Measuring from the back of the m42 lens to the furthest the lenses can protrude backwards on focusing gives me these measurements, er we have to minus 23.60 as thats what the calipers have decided is zero 🙄 17mm smc fisheye 30.80 - 23.60 - 7.2 35mm 3.5 super tak 31.80 23.60 - 8.2 35mm 2 super tak 31.70 23.60 - 8.1 50mm 1.4 super tak 32.00 23.60 - 8.4 85mm 1.9 super tak 0.3 so close to being flush 100mm smc macro flush to flange no change in length So it seems like the 50mm can protrude the furthest from what i have measured. With an ef adapter on the 50mm tukumar i get a distance of 7.4 Which makes sense as the thickness of the adapter looks to be 1mm. Which also has the effect of moving the lens away from the glass of the speed booster i would think. I am wondering at this point about your M42-EF adapter ? everything else works fine on it ? I have had 2 bad experiences with cheap adapters curious if yours is cheap ? I'd be tempted to reexamine your adapter. 50mm at full extension. Thats 8.4 mm from lens protrusion to the back of the lens. Anything on youtube as to altering the viltrox ? maybe a lens clamp seen them used on pulling lenses apart.

The plot thickens.... My Zeiss ZE 50/1.4 arrived and (apart from being an incredible chunk of glass and metal) it won't focus to infinity on the Viltrox EF-M2II. The Zeiss is properly seated on the Viltrox, the Viltrox is properly seated on the camera, and it's talking to the camera fine. I'm blaming the Viltrox because both the Zeiss and M42 Takumar both have the same issue, plus, the Zeiss has a hard-stop for infinity so it will be well calibrated and I'd trust their engineering over Viltrox any day! The advice online is that the optical element inside the Viltrox can be rotated to fix the issue, which makes perfect sense, only mine doesn't rotate, and I gave it a good go (with just my fingers) but it wouldn't budge. Do I just need to (carefully) attack it with tools? Any advice?

In my opinion, you've made it there!

Breaking news. The product is so obvious no-brainer, DJI has decided to declare a legal war against their most serious threat: https://petapixel.com/2026/06/11/dji-is-suing-insta360-for-violating-multiple-osmo-pocket-patents/

When not the Leica MP or the new Insta360 Luna Ultra, they use one of those Blazar anamorphic AF lenses on the camera operated by the person accompanying him and here's a good sample:

Impressive if nothing else ; ) And here’s another feature that is, undeniably, not only pure fun: ...but just useful enough to say the least : X

Hard to compete with the Chinese, humm? Looks like (real) life follows politics.

Yes, indeed, but a few third-party brands offer that simple, inexpensive accessory, and it can easily be added to your setup.

Hey all, I'm pretty close to squeezing the trigger on a Sigma FP - what are some things I should be looking for when inspecting a used Sigma FP for potential purchase? Like obvious things for me would be signs of irreparable damage to the ports, dead pixels, ensuring the SD slot is in working order, any scratches on the sensor. Anything else though? Particularly things that might be unique to the FP. Thanks in advance!

looks nice, hides the clipping well

Version 8. Changes are: Added CA Added film dirt and damage Added diffusion Less blur I've also added a bunch of fresh images into the reel, so there's a wider range of situations, including more real-world examples. The ones I grabbed from previous trips are exposed with SS so the motion might be off on some of them, so excuse that aspect of it (although having a slightly blurrier image does make this less visible). I also backed off the stabilisation on the shots from the previous reel as I think it hides the gate weave a little and is more how the rig actually shoots. Here are a few before/after images, to get a sense of what it's working with as input and how far it's taking the image. This is the setup used for (most) of the images in the reel.. It's tiny, actually pocketable, fits in the palm of the hand, and the ergonomics are just right.

To me the zoom is the most significant function here. This is meant to be a walk-around film-the-surroundings camera and my experience is that everyone who rigs a camera for this purpose uses a zoom with pretty significant zoom lens. The biggest con of this is the fact it's a gimbal, and therefore stabilises rotation but not position, leading to the dreaded bobbing movement and foreground parallax errors. These might be my candidate for the least cinematic image attribute of all time (linked to timestamp): This is why gimbals need the fourth axis for walking, and why people don't shoot gimbal shots with any foreground in them. By applying less stabilisation you end up with a more stable looking shot because the stabilisation doesn't call so much attention to itself.

I've never been tempted by one of these smaller pocket gimbals, but the image quality actually looks really nice. It doesn't look over-sharpened or GoPro-like at all. Of course, it's Brandon Li, who can make anything look good. The detachable remote is also really clever. I want my next short to be captured guerilla-style in the city. I was originally considering the hacked EOS-M, but this has me re-thinking my strategy. I just really wish it had a mic input so that I could capture timecode.

Well, for the price of a good but still affordable zoom lens, I still find it quite a deal! ; ) And AFAIK, it’s the first gimbal camera you can simply lock: No idea whether the Osmo Pocket 4P will bring that too, but the non-Pro version doesn’t seem to. EDIT -- I had heard that the Pocket 4 didn’t have it, but as far as I’ve been able to confirm now, they’ve introduced it across both new Pocket 4 models. Looks like the battle between the two brands has brought some benefits for their customers... ;- )

Starting at $770!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Guess they saw GoPro's pricing on the Mission 1 series and said "hold my beer."

Originally posted in another thread, but given what it is, I think it deserves a place of its own. There’s something very real happening here right now. This is not just a minor upgrade. : ) Insta360 sample for focal length range. source (from Leica HQ BTW) And that detachable screen is basically an on-set field monitor. WOW What a killer combo : X

In the meantime... today, 8:30am EDT: EDIT -- 9am (less than 5 minutes to go) https://www.youtube.com/live/GW05hlCl8sw Just a small note: anyone who shoots every day, across very different and often demanding shooting scenarios, will understand why this launch (with internal 32-bit float stereo BTW when coupled to Mic Pro) is so exciting. EDIT 2 -- And here is, just released Melbourne by one of the usual suspects:

Tradingshenzhen also has Vivo x300 Ultra global version. Will buy the Chinese version as difference with global one are small and definitely not worth 500 Euro. There is a lot of ongoing development in video for smartphones. A new application now allows every iPhone from 13 Pro to 17 pro to shoot Log with HEVC 444 codec. Same quality as RAW much smaller files. Amazing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTDz2yyx_yE

I'm not so sure about that, I have bought several items and most times i try to get as much info as i can to make an informed decision however nothing turns up. Once i have bought the thing and used it then found an issue googling that provides a bunch of responses that weren't available with earlier queries. I suspect my search terms or the wording is inadequate somehow. I will say i haven't had the the issue the my cheaper sb that you have had, my issues have been different... I did just have a quick look at my m42 takumars, they all look to have slightly different length protrusions from the rear. Theres also 4 types of 50mm takumars from takumars to super takumars and a couple of smc takumars. If you have a micrometer we could do some math and figure out the differences. But that wont solve your problem.

Ok, here is the kitten footage about the only thing i did was zoom in a little as i wanted it to be more obvious what what happening in the first clip, i also stabilized the footage. Iphone 13 pro max was used. Not sure about the third clip, one day last week the iphone camera gave me grief all day. It jumped about, had focus issues. Quite bizarre, i have also noticed it flares abit oddly, i presume its time to put new lenses covering over it as when i examine the lens covering their starting to get scratched. I have since installed the raw cam app thats been mentioned in a forum thread and i'll give that ago shortly. The mission 1 has been in and out of its box, i charged the battery and updated the software and its back in its box as i want to do some kind of unboxing ceremony, kinda like a welcome to country thing 😀. You probably need to be abit aussie to grasp where my thought processes are going. The other issue is i seem to have misplaced a ball head adapter. I kinda had some ideas for its use, not a huge issue as i can work around it i think.

Any chance of you throwing a lut together for the mission 1 ? something atomic like potato jets but a little less over the top ? 🤪

Already working on that.. think i'll tape the gimbal to a stick to get closer to the kitten she's alot tamer now after a couple of weeks feeding her . i do have a few clips on the iphone 13 which i want to have a look at. I also now have that apple raw cam for the iphone which i want to try as well. so win win i guess.

I look forward to seeing some images.. enjoy, and grab some shots you can share with us!

Ok its official, i have no willpower at all... as you can see not $700 but that was expected. I like the little embargo sticker, talking to a saleman they were only allowed to start selling these from yesterday. Hn gave me a gift card of $100 so the grip comes down to $54 easy decision. I did take it out of the box to charge it up on the way home as i had a usb to c cable in the car. I do wonder if i'm going to need a better memory card, what i have now is probably a bit ordinary. Big day tomorrow it would seem. we'll find out tomorrow, i'll let the suspense build :)