Aussie Ash

Lomo Anamorphics on a Red Dragon by Chris Leclerc

Here is a test from "Vintage Lenses for Video" "LOMO OCT19 75mm T2.2 Russian Cine Lens, which happens to be my first ever 4K video as well and what a great lens to kick off the 4K tests with. The whole video was shot wide open and even in 4K, this lens is super sharp. Flares are out of this world and bokeh is super smooth and painterly. As you stop down this lens it gets even sharper and flares become more controlled, so it can give you both dreamy magic and superb performance in controlled lighting." There is also a Lomo OKC cine Jupiter 9 85mm f2 http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LOMO-OKC-Jupiter-9-f2-85mm-USSR-cine-camera-AKS-4m-770062-/272768288645?_trksid=p2385738.m2548.l4275

I am pretty sure Duclos no longer service Lomo lenses (parts difficult to get & quoting on repair time and cost difficult).Here is a quote from Matthew Duclos back in 2009 when they were servicing them "Lomo lenses range quite a bit in age and style. Most of them being acquired were built in the 70's and a few from the 80's. This makes them nice and cheap and many people are taking advantage of that (good for you). But that doesn't change the cost of labor when servicing the lenses. Rob was right, it is costly to service Lomos. This is mostly due to their poor build quality. While servicing, the set screws tend to break off and require even more time to remove. Many of the components inside the Lomo lenses are hand made (not in a good way) and don't always fit correctly. Don't get me wrong, they are great lenses. But they are very costly to maintain. I'll give you an example... I just serviced a Zeiss 35mm MkIII Super Speed and billed the customer for 4 hour. I also recently serviced a Lomo anamorphic that we billed the customer 8 hours. So... my point is, they are cheap to buy, but costly to maintain. And they do produce nice images ;)"

DXOMark ratings are " horse manure" they even have the nerve to claim their own one inch sensor camera is as good as a Nikon D7200 or Sony A7S !! https://www.dxomark.com/Reviews/DxO-ONE-review-The-Science-Behind-the-Score

GTX 580 came out Nov 2010 so not exactly a modern card

Very interesting tests by Max with the new IMac compared to 2015 jobs

Hi Fredrik There has been some discussion on this over at Creative Cow https://forums.creativecow.net/docs/forums/post.php?forumid=335&postid=96047&univpostid=96047&pview=t

I am still using a Mac tower,had a look at the new imac specs and decided to wait and see what the new mac pros have to offer. The "trash cans" have been poor sellers so hopefully the new mac pros will be much better design.

A6300 cooling fan.(Also very handy to trim those little hairs coming out your nostrils)

Hi Germy1979 there is over 950 posts here regarding the X-T2,as well as other threads

I like your footage Vladimir have you seen this ???

TrueIndigo "I did lapse recently though, and got the G7 because there was a good deal going on it, presumably because it's now an outgoing model. At £380 for the body, I think it must be the cheapest new camera I've ever bought. After experimenting with various Mods to the Natural picture profile and Daylight white balance, I'm seeing an image not so different from the Nikons which I love. Way back I bought a GH1 when it first came out, so I still had a lot of MFT lens adapters and enjoy using my vintage Nikon AIS prime set. My main reason to buy it though (after a long time shooting video with DSLRs) was not so much about image, but a usability consideration: the opportunity to have a high res EVF for hand-held shooting (using a pistol grip to hold it to my eye). Feels like shooting Super 8 all over again, and I actually enjoy using this little camera. I think you can't underestimate how important the usability and pleasure of actually picking up a camera becomes, now that image quality is so good on almost everything. " Kubrick loved his Arriflex 35-2C because it was so portable.....the jolly thing weighs 7kgs(14lbs) with 200 feet of film !!! We take for granted camera and lens under one and a half kilos and small enough to be inconspicuous in public places

Nice one JCS !! The speaker's skin tones look quite natural on my monitor. Does "Boots" have any interest in sculpture ? only some dogs are creative and artistic.

PannySVHS Nikon color science and Zeiss goodness making the older Nikon D4 shine. Should be even better on the D750 regarding resolution and much better regarding quality of codec."At rainy day cafe Nikon D4" Blue sniff's out of focus backgrounds look pretty effortless with this camera and lenses. "By the way, not much cool video footage out there with the Angi-Tokina 28 70 2.6-2.8. That has to change, I bought one yesterday!" I have just bought one as well -testing it to see how much "Angi" genes it's inherited.

Hi Ed, I love both your short films on "Charlie Chicken".Are you still developing the choreography from 1.37 onward in Charlie Chicken Canine Artist ?? cracks me up every time I watch it.

The guy that runs "Nikon Rumors" says this is a fake story.see https://nikonrumors.com/2017/06/06/about-that-fuji-helping-nikon-rumor.aspx/#more-112703 Some of Nikon's director's with old fashioned mind set should be replaced.Good quality third party lenses are also cutting in to their lens sales.Frank Glencairn retired his Nikkor 50mm f1.4 AI and now uses Samyangs ! https://frankglencairn.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/roaring-50s-50mm-samyang-zeiss-and-nikon-comparison/

Hi tupp, Thank you for your comments.I should have stated in the first post we never shoot this footage.Whilst watching it I came to the conclusion that I'm too obsessed with trying to shoot "in focus" and for a genre like this ,"vague focus" still captures the rythm,mood,arty colors,people enjoying themselves and the band. "All the "shoot-throughs" and CUs are great, but I have found that it is often beneficial to also have a full-length, clean, wide shot of the entire band from which to cut in and out."Yep there is hardly any footage of the band playing together as a group. Also found your post on "The Young Victoria"

I was just looking closely at this music video and rather surprised that much of it is out of focus.Welcome constructive comments(Take your minds off new cameras !!!!)

Oliver Daniel.Richard sure is a legend,it's only four years since he was selling lenses modified for flares on ebay for US $150 a pop.It seems a pity that he closed this down in going for a much higher market. Much of his old vimeo content is still up with various lens degredation/enhancement

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There is some cool footage in here Wolf33D -my favorite is the pink/orange cloud sequence at 2.44.I don't think I would have the energy these days to do that amount of hiking and climbing.

There is a guy in the Ukraine that sells customized lenses called "IronGlass".on ebay His Helios 44-2 aluminium follow focus gears are US $25.00 each and much better than a lot of plastic ?hit

Decent footage from the Mini Ursa 2.6k changes to a harsh contrast towards the end

i like the way the double bass comes in at 1.44

Looks pretty cool Matt ,first run through I felt it would be more effective editing it down to perhaps three minutes Glad that you are open to doing community shoots ,they are a great way to extend your video /audio skills and try different shots and mic placement etc.Our suburb has a custom car and motorcycle show in the park each year which is good fun to film.