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Loving the image out of the D5200. Thanks for the heads up on that sensor, Andrew. Shot this on Sunday. No CC - just Filmconvert. Really like Nikon's colors compared to my GH2. https://vimeo.com/64274981

This video was posted here before, which shows the Nikon capabilities.  4K would be amazing.  Nikon has an unique look.  Cheers. https://vimeo.com/57786264

freesound.org  ...a lot of it is rather generic stuff obviously done in a synth package with no mastering or actual mixing of any kind but by browsing different categories you'll begin to pick out several talented musicians.  This site has extensive "soundscape" style pieces as well as traditional jingle-style and melodic pieces.   archive.org  ...I went looking here for some old jazz examples but found quite a bit of contemporary music as well   Like Julian's example, pay close attention to the type of license they're giving.  Most of the pieces on freesound.org require nothing more than attribution and archive.org is similar but with a lot of material that's totally public domain.

i've used variable nd filters from the expensive singh-ray to cheaper lcw. with shorter focal lengths loss in sharpness is very minor across the board. the more expensive ones hold up better past 70mm. they all have a bit of color cast but it's correctable in grading.   not sure if the effect in the sample is from the optics or not. i really like the idea. unfortunately i prefer to mount ef lenses on my canon bodies and m43 lenses on my m43 bodies.

The Metabones Speedbooster and this should make a baby...

method:- buy a spare lens - or find a lens terminal from a nikon 1 lens. remove the terminal and glue in the right location into a nikon 1 to ef adaptor. remove the ribbon cable off the terminal and solder trailing wires in its place. check with multimeter and then 5miniute epoxy over to seal your solder work in place so solder joints cant break. solder the other end of the wires to the corresponding terminals on another nikon 1 lens. Then seal over all the soldering on the lens terminals with a cap and tape it down. now the camera still thinks the kit lens is attached, and as you depress the shutter you can hear the lens trying to autofocus. while doing so, perform focus on your manual focus lens. in order to take a photo you need to have an area of the image in focus before depressing the shutter button half way in order to present a green box 'focus' point' mark on the screen. Once focus is confirmed you can hold the shutter half depressed and refocus to your hearts content. then fully press to take the shot. I did this modification for a mate. He supplied the nikon and 2 lenses. works great!

this is sweet tiny easy peezy anamorphic. 1962-64 vintage simple design less smearing than iscormorphot potential to be much sharper. like the baby hypergonar using it with a low power achromatic diopter will take this to another level.     http://www.ebay.com/itm/Izukar-scope-x1-5-ANAMORPHIC-LENS-/300891246344?