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My wish list is even shorter than Andrew's: I'd love to see a GH3 with no moire, 10-bit 422 HDMI output, and a convenient way to connect an XLR (like the "grip-style" add on for the Sony A99) for around $3,500.

It's a height-adjustable baseplate (readily available on eBay) with the baseplate removed. I bought a drill bit that is a hair wider than the girth of the dovetail screws and then drilled two holes in it and the screws go right through. It works pretty well.

All of the things that I thought would be neat to do to a lens to make it more interesting, Rich went out and DID them (as well as a couple of things that I hadn't thought of). I got the one after Andrew's (serial # 005) and personally I cannot wait to get my hands on it. Any day now.

WARNING: Contains violent imagery.
 
This is making the rounds on the internet today:
 
http://youtu.be/bWpK0wsnitc
 
Look at that bokeh. Incredible. I wonder what they used to shoot this...

Nice footage as always, Seb. There is so much nice architecture in France!

WARNING: Contains violent imagery.
 
This is making the rounds on the internet today:
 
http://youtu.be/bWpK0wsnitc
 
Look at that bokeh. Incredible. I wonder what they used to shoot this...

I've ordered one of these bad boys in matte black. Serial #05. It feels like joining an elite club.
 
If you've been thinking about getting one, better order it soon before Andrew writes an article!

I don't know but all I have to say is... This is the third or fourth time I've seen your girlfriend in one of these videos and I'm mesmerized by her. She is sooo cute! ;-)

Great idea. I would like to see this as well.
 
But until we get it... for those who are curious, here are the Nikon D5200 camera tests that I shot this week (H264 files out of the camera): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9ZhDqZ6DYvfN2c3eHJsMFBhM2s/edit?usp=sharing

Since I have all three at the moment, I decided to make a test for my fellow anamorphic enthusiasts: 
 
http://vimeo.com/60401188
 
Not exactly scientific, but I tried to be methodical. The Iscorama is sharp wide open, but my Iscomorphot 2x has to be closed down to f/2.8 or smaller, and the Iscomorphot 1.5x really isn't too useful before f/5.6.
 
They each have their own unique character. Which image do you prefer?

Have your friend shine a flashlight at the anamorphic. Use the flares to make sure that your lens is properly aligned.

Have your friend shine a flashlight at the anamorphic. Use the flares to make sure that your lens is properly aligned.

Since I have all three at the moment, I decided to make a test for my fellow anamorphic enthusiasts: 
 
http://vimeo.com/60401188
 
Not exactly scientific, but I tried to be methodical. The Iscorama is sharp wide open, but my Iscomorphot 2x has to be closed down to f/2.8 or smaller, and the Iscomorphot 1.5x really isn't too useful before f/5.6.
 
They each have their own unique character. Which image do you prefer?

Since I have all three at the moment, I decided to make a test for my fellow anamorphic enthusiasts: 
 
http://vimeo.com/60401188
 
Not exactly scientific, but I tried to be methodical. The Iscorama is sharp wide open, but my Iscomorphot 2x has to be closed down to f/2.8 or smaller, and the Iscomorphot 1.5x really isn't too useful before f/5.6.
 
They each have their own unique character. Which image do you prefer?

It's the eleventh hour for the GH2, but it will still be a few months before I have its replacement in my hands so I am still trying to get the best possible performance out of it. And I'd still like to hang onto it as a B-cam, but not until I work some issues out.

I did a full-range ISO test of my GH2 with the Flowmotion 2.02 settings, starting at 12800 and working my way down to 160. I did this after reading a little more about the GH2 ISO bug. Initially, I had read that if you wanted to use ISOs 320, 640 or 1250, you had to switch the camera on and first go to [i]any[/i] higher ISO, and then back to one of these three to minimize noise. Then I did some more reading on Personal-View and apparently what you want to do is go to the next ISO increment up, and then back down to the desired setting (so if you want ISO 320, go to ISO 400, then back to 320; if you want 640, go to 800, then back to 640). This seemed to result in a MUCH cleaner image than my initial tests with the first image. The footage is pretty usable up to ISO 1250, at least with the Flowmotion hack.

What really surprised me was this:

[img]http://www.eoshd.com/comments/uploads/gallery/album_13/gallery_18451_13_3510.jpg[/img]
ISO 160
Flowmotion 2.02
Noise enhanced for visibility
500% crop


[img]http://www.eoshd.com/comments/uploads/gallery/album_13/gallery_18451_13_74801.jpg[/img]
ISO 320
Flowmotion 2.02
Noise enhanced for visibility
500% crop


This tells me that working around the ISO bug as I have talked about above, ISO 320 is actually much [i]cleaner[/i] than 160. In fact, it's the cleanest ISO (at least with this hack on my camera).

Thoughts?

Probably better in one of the D5200 topics, but...
 
 
From this thread: http://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/2120-nikon-d5200-review/page-3

Even more impressive. My hat is off to you. That was a real feat to tackle all of that and come out with a product this good. Congratulations! 

It's the eleventh hour for the GH2, but it will still be a few months before I have its replacement in my hands so I am still trying to get the best possible performance out of it. And I'd still like to hang onto it as a B-cam, but not until I work some issues out.

I did a full-range ISO test of my GH2 with the Flowmotion 2.02 settings, starting at 12800 and working my way down to 160. I did this after reading a little more about the GH2 ISO bug. Initially, I had read that if you wanted to use ISOs 320, 640 or 1250, you had to switch the camera on and first go to [i]any[/i] higher ISO, and then back to one of these three to minimize noise. Then I did some more reading on Personal-View and apparently what you want to do is go to the next ISO increment up, and then back down to the desired setting (so if you want ISO 320, go to ISO 400, then back to 320; if you want 640, go to 800, then back to 640). This seemed to result in a MUCH cleaner image than my initial tests with the first image. The footage is pretty usable up to ISO 1250, at least with the Flowmotion hack.

What really surprised me was this:

[img]http://www.eoshd.com/comments/uploads/gallery/album_13/gallery_18451_13_3510.jpg[/img]
ISO 160
Flowmotion 2.02
Noise enhanced for visibility
500% crop


[img]http://www.eoshd.com/comments/uploads/gallery/album_13/gallery_18451_13_74801.jpg[/img]
ISO 320
Flowmotion 2.02
Noise enhanced for visibility
500% crop


This tells me that working around the ISO bug as I have talked about above, ISO 320 is actually much [i]cleaner[/i] than 160. In fact, it's the cleanest ISO (at least with this hack on my camera).

Thoughts?

I haven't seen a side by side test like this so I decided to create one. The video is uploading on Vimeo but I suspect that the compression will make it difficult to gauge, so here are some screen grabs. Please click to view full screen:

[center][img]http://www.eoshd.com/comments/uploads/gallery/album_14/gallery_18451_14_61391.jpg[/img][/center]

[center]*I should also add that each stripe was sampled from the center of the image.[/center]

[center][img]http://www.eoshd.com/comments/uploads/gallery/album_14/gallery_18451_14_298073.jpg[/img][/center]

[center][img]http://www.eoshd.com/comments/uploads/gallery/album_14/gallery_18451_14_670092.jpg[/img][/center]

My previous tests concluded that ISO 320 was the sweet spot. However, when I did the same test this time, ISO 320 gave me a lot of macro blocking. Bizarre! I don't believe that I changed anything between last time's test and this one. To me, these images suggest that you'd be best off parking it in ISO 640 and leaving it there.

It's also interesting that different ISOs seem to have different color casts.

That's a world of difference. If NAB weren't around the corner, I'd consider snapping up one of these.

I think that it's less of a company and more of a one-man operation. Alan makes these and sells them out of his home. I don't think that he's in an unhealthy relationship with the internet like so many of us are so it can take some time before he gets back to you. It's well worth the wait; the quality of these adapters is superb.

I'd rather talk about cameras.

I'd rather talk about cameras.

To my eye, the image from the D5200 doesn't look as crisp. I'll be curious to see some comparisons between 400% blow ups. 
 
Does it enable magnified focus assist when plugged into an external monitor? Coming from the GH2, that's a big one for me.

Incredible flares! Are you sure that you can't buy this from your client?