Aussie Ash

At least Red choose some catchy names V-Raptor,Red Raven,Dragon,Helium,Gemini,Monstro,Komodo,Gemini,Red Epic

In the interview he says they are not shooting in 17K ( at 3.4 mins) its about the sensor size and focal length and resulting look.

Not a very good interview but the short and curly of it is The URSA Cine 17K 65 retails for approximately US$29,995. In contrast, the Arri Alexa 65 is unavailable for purchase and must be rented, with high-end productions often spending hundreds of thousands on camera packages.

Very refreshing to see a movie made in a way that abandoned established norms.Having learnt the hard way how difficult it is to use a 19mm for landscape stills I couldn't help but notice "many of the ultra wide shots in poor things have no foreground compared to a still shot in landscape photography". The lens seems to be used to help create a surrealist world. Yorgos film "The Favourite" is a damn good film as well.

Poor Things Behind the Scenes 14 minutes -many spoilers

Thanks for the offer-I'd love to see some footage from your 12K LF please ! Doesn't have to be with Helios i also have several versions & having them auto focus is not far off ! Also which of these two cameras are you happiest with and why.

September 2025- Viltrox joined the L mount consortium, essentially committing to pay Leica royalties. Nikon is absolutely right to expect the same for the Z mount.

Tamron,Sigma and Voigtlander have licensing agreements with Nikon to sell Auto focus Z mount lenses.As I understand this seems to be a fee of roughly $100 per lens sold.Chinese lens manufacturers have been happy to ignore the legal implications.

here is the link to their site https://viltrox.com/products/nexusfocus-pl-e-adapter?variant=42993691164738 disclosure-I receive no free products or financial encouragement from Viltrox

Viltrox have started selling their adaptor according to their homepage.So the story goes that Sony gave them permission to have an adaptor use their autofocus connections.present adaptor is Sony to manual PL lenses.$599 for one motor or $899 for dual motors.Other brands of Lens adapters to come ??

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

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

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

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/

not my conversion but looks like a good idea

here is a still from an AI film the -young lady has made a strange modification to the door of her camper van !

Get GRAINY cinematography with the Arri Alexa 35 - YouTube

An interesting vid about Arri Alexa film grain optionsGet GRAINY cinematography with the Arri Alexa 35 - YouTube