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I really love how you gave details about every patch, you're honestly a hero for still having these

Fascinating interview with a very switched on guy.Particularly interesting views on how creative people think differently and are not deterred .

I've used both the dumb adapter and the electronic one on a bunch of Lumix bodies and I basically rely on them. Most of my lenses are EF or EF converted. As you would expect they are super useful. I do run and gun doc, so these are lifesavers. I love being able to fine tune exposure while leaving my aperture and ISO where I want it. The actual physical control of these is very smooth. There's a bit of a vignette at max ND. They are not super well-built. After a few years with these adapters, two smart adapters have failed on their own after developing intermittent connection issues. Sometimes cleaning electronic contacts with rubbing alcohol has helped extend the life of my adapters. Still, the cameras lose connection to the lens and stop recording randomly when this happens, so its really not a reliable system when your adapter starts to give out. Generally, I prefer the dumb adapter for this reason - I've used it a lot and had no connection issues. Also, on a recent shoot, my camera got smacked against something and the adapter was the fail point - breaking clean in half. So I saw inside the adapter, and the length of screws connecting the two sides of it did not inspire a great deal of confidence. Compared to something like the Meike adapter with drop in filters, my experience is these are not robustly built - they don't feel solid or co-operate with some heavier lenses like a canon 100-400. But with all those caveats, these things rule and make shooting easier. Especially the dumb adapter, for manual primes. I love Fotodiox for making cheap adapters to fill gaps in all sorts of workflows and I think that's exactly what this is - cheap gear that doesn't last forever. I do wish the electronic adapter was more reliable.

why don't you just go for the Techart TZM-02 & it should take most of your vintage primes so long as they are under 500gms ??? yep I have looked at that -the focus speed is still relatively slow ,the outlay is Aus $500 and here is two guys the adapter failed within 12 months ! Due to the country it is made the chances of having them repaired is slimmer than a M42 to Z mount adapter.

Going to the movies has also had a massive decline ,I went to see F1 about a week after it opened and there was only seven people in the theatre !! Compare that to "Jaws" in 1975 and it was chock a block full and everyone reacted when the head fell out of the hole in the boat ! As i understand it Reading theatres own their Multiplexes so would be sitting on huge real estate gains but must be operating the theatres at a loss

Yes. It’s been tough for people in the industry. I’ve been dealing with some issues myself since August of last year. I’ve re structured and started doing more personal projects with the hopes of building out a niche that will be worthwhile. Godspeed to all those experiencing this hardship.

My archive on gh2 patches 1 GOP Intra 'moon' T7 - Top Grading - Best Motion - Best Setting Ever 1-SpanMyBitchUp patch is good quality for spanning with long record times 2-AQuamotion v2 is medium-high quality with decent spanning recording times + 80% slowdown / EX TELE 3 GOP 'Spizz' - Hi-Quality - Pro Motion 3-TerrAQuake is seAQuake but less quality frame sizes for poorer type 10 cards 4-SeAQuake is Very High Quality for hi-end SD cards 6 GOP - Middle Earth 'Nebula' 7 GH2 Flow Motion v2 - 100Mbps Fast Action Performance & Reliability 8 T9-gh4 like 9 12/15 GOP 'DREWnet' T9 - Traditional Long GOP 12 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/blop84zqvmgob2qiab07v/ACl0mBKWCsMcidxL5qUcqgA?rlkey=3gb5igu910uyw5sipalzlovp2&st=1vsslgjs&dl=0

Any takers here?

I’m never going back to 4/3rds for photography or video. Absolutely nothing against it and was very tempted with a pair of OM-1’s when they first came out but in the end decided that for my needs, I was better served by full-frame and high megapixel full-frame for crop ability so I could lose some of those bigger, heavier, longer lenses. I have considered it for personal use but came down in favour of the phone option. Not because it’s better, but because it’s 2 devices over 1 and I have it with me always. Now 4/3 sensor in a phone and… I do hope 4/3 continues to be developed as it has so many fans, but I struggle to see it the way things are.

I would buy a compact photography oriented m43 Lumix camera, which is a significant upgrade over a gx85, in an instant. just for the sakes of those great m43 lenses I have, and to be able to use those a decade longer. the g9 ii is just too big and expensive for my photography hobby.

Andrew you are welcome donate to Philip Bloom's "Save A Cat Fund". -"Skiathos Cat Welfare assn"

Their CEO said last year "I feel very ashamed" and that Panasonic plan to cut 10,000 jobs

I just commented on the Lumix Live weekly upload asking for a modern, small MFT camera- most liked comment. IMO, there are so many people, for whatever reason, want this. It could be practical or nostalgic for the Lumix fans. Just do it Lumix.

That’s about the sum of it John. Except I’d swap out the word ‘reassure’ for ‘excite’. To quote a famous movie line, “build it and they will come”. In the case of Panasonic Lumix, build it and they will come, but of as much importance, build it and they will stay. But if they already buggered off elsewhere because instead of telling them something they wanted to hear, you said nothing and 🤷‍♂️

I've been hearing a lot of positive things about the AF on the BMCC with the latest betas. Given that BMD have said before that they plan to roll it out to all of their newer cameras, my assumption is that Petty will be announcing it for some more cameras at NAB in a month or so. My selfish hope is that the UC 12K LF is included. It'd also fix one of the major considerations if people are considering C80 or Pyxis 12K if they roll it out there too. My other big. hope/assumption is that they'll also finally announce a USB reader for a single UC media module priced under $400. The MM is fantastic, but it's a pain in the ass to connect the camera to a 10gE network to download it at any reasonable speed (USB and wifi transfers are both slow as hell, not sure why but the virtual network they create on the USB interface is only 100Mb/s) - and the only reader they sell now takes 3 modules which is 2 more than I have and it costs something like $1,000 - and from what I recall, it also needs to be connected to 10gE. And getting into wild speculation, it would be interesting to see them release a smaller camera using a lower-resolution RGBW sensor. A $3k or so 6K (or 8K) camera with similar dynamic range to the 12K sensor in the bigger cameras and Canon/Sony-level AF would be really tempting/compelling.

here is the link to Richard Haw adapting a Helios 44 to Nikon auto focus.This is the old AF-D screw mount that does not give auto focus on Z bodies the conversion would need to be on a newer AF-S lens or cheap Yongnuo 50mm for Nikon Z. https://richardhaw.com/2017/08/26/autofocus-helios-44-for-nikon-pt2/

And now with the 9.9.2 firmware version: HERE

not my conversion but looks like a good idea

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I was able to find the flowmotion v2.02 patch here flowmotion v2.02 patch

that's the problem is personal view is down even in wayback machine the files weren't archived, they're just png files instead

If you're able to post a mirror link to those whenever you find them that would honestly be very helpful, ive been very curious about the sanity hacks. also im not even sure but it's been down for i think about a year estimated but the domain is still owned so there's a chance it could come back?

I have the Flowmotion 2.02 patch - nothing else

https://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/2744/the-lastest-hack-for-my-gh2/p1