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These normal adapters aren't rocket science. Therefor of course autofocus doesn't work. It doesn't have any electronics. They run you maybe 12 to 15 dollars. I found the Nikon (G) -> M43 solid and reliable. Really can't fault 'em. Solid metal. Ring works fine. No cringing fit on the body or lens (like I had with a SLR Magic lens to my E-M1, guess no such thing as standardized mount). Perhaps I'm the luckiest guy in the world never to have any issues with the cheap stuff I get... maybe they're refering to other mount adapters other than the one in question (maybe Minolta MD to M43, M42 to M43, although all of these work just fine over here). Also, there's always user error and people that like to complain on the internet. You see more frustrated people in need of a place to vent than people being happy and satisfied. Not sure. I have a number of things from Fotga, all but one that's a little iffy perhaps are perfectly fine. But then again, maybe I have a little too realistic expectations and too low standards? The only thing I wouldn't recommend cheaping out on is no name batteries, memory cards and a tripod(head). A lot of other things I do find worth exploring to save some pennies. But up to you, really. If you feel better with more expensive stuff that only has raving reviews, then that's the path for you. Nothing wrong with that either... you just need to whip out the cash or go without it until you can.

Sweet! *still wants V-LOG*

Optically there's not much wrong with the cheaper focal reducers, wouldn't call 'em 'poor' performers or 'half assed', there's tons of comparisons online showing you just what they're capable of; but indeed you might get one and run into some blue dot ghosting when pointing directly at a light source with some of these. Also seems to depend on the lens used with it. Not sure if it's a thing that's totally absent on the Metabones. I believe they had some yellow/green lubricant issue themselves and with their Sony mounted adapters some weird side-effects because of the inner coating of the Speedbooster? For myself I couldn't justify the price for the Speedbooster, as in sharpness and rendering the R.J. one doesn't leave me wishing for a whole lot more and haven't really run into any problems. But if you want the absolute best of the best, well, I'm hoping there's a reason the Metabones remain the most popular and priciest. The new Ultra XL with factor 0.64x does seem like a cool option from Metabones. Just get a regular Fotga adapter (no glass, but aperture control ring Nikon -> M43) for the 18-35mm, then widen it up with one of those when needed. With all the crops going on, it's nice to have something going fairly wide.

How about the Sigma ART 18-35mm f/1.8 w/ Nikon mount and a Chinese R.J., Zhongyi/ZY Optics or eBay, focal reducer/lens turbo?

We Europeans really miss out on some good bargains it seems. Like, I saw the A7S going for 1799 or something. Olympus lenses with huge discounts. Geez louise.

'hanging out the passengers side of his best friend's ride'

I see that's being addressed! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/665053329/veydra-m4-3-cinema-lenses-for-gh4-and-bmpcc/posts/1321995 Although the biggest update might just be: - Upd. VIDEO:

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Well, you're good for some seriously funny stuff, I tell you what. But anyways. 2x RX10M2s for Oliver. Covering some slowmo balloon popping, paint throwing and water dropping from multiple angles. Or just as great allrounders, really. Nice! Really think that's another thing that really sells the URSA Mini, the fact that it can do some higher framerates. And if you light everything properly, that beats something that would be great in lowlight, 'cause what's the use of having something you don't really have use for?

Sometimes though, I think you're a bit of a Jon Snow as well. You take a lot of profound wisdom from the old masters and preach it to us. But might it sometimes not be better to create your own wisdom and accept and explore new territories? What do you really know for yourself?

Look at the bright side, it's gonna be a great 'feature' when Christmas comes around.

The thing I actually took out of that was that a new 6 primes CineAlta kit (albeit covering S35 only) has dropped in price massively (despite appearing to be performing rather well) only sets you back 12900 USD (or about 8000 EUR I saw, or £4850 for a demo kit). Hum.

More of the rumor mill: ~ http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/some-additional-a6100-a7000-camera-info

There's also a self balancing unicycle quite like it. I tried it at the Hong Kong Electronics Fair last year. It isn't as easy as it looks I tell you. But with some practice it's pretty cool, these guys promoting it were really racing around. You can order these things directly from China on sites like aliexpress.com . Back to these two-wheelers. Casey Neistat did a video on one not too long ago as well... Just be careful using one of these in public. Depending on your local regulations, this might not be used legally outside of private locations (at home/event centers/campsites).

That f-stop isn't T-stop? Personally, I just use what is needed. And hardly will I reframe something and then not check the metering/settings. And I don't do zoom-ins/-outs. So indeed I also feel it isn't much of a biggie.

Yeah, and it seems Sony also didn't get my memo to include vari-angle displays. I mean. Even Olympus did it with the E-M5II.

Yeah, but if you order a pizza you're not expecting the delivery guy to show up with a caesar salad. He was probably just having your best interest... 'you know, the salad is a much cheaper and healthier approach than a fat dripping but yummy kingsize pizza, hey, I think this guy would really appreciate it'... but c'mon, that is not what was asked. If someone asks for a 4K camera it doesn't help to say 480p works just fine. People are on a certain path already (A->B) and when they come to a crossroad, they might need some input on which way to turn it (but in the end all roads end up in B). You're like a GPS saying 'make a U-turn and go back' (A->A). Not sure how that's helping them, they specifically ask for directions how to get to B. And you criticise people for helping out. Really. Why do you have such gearfobia? I thought I had explained it very well, that having the right gear can help you be more creative and create more stunning things. Getting a better camera doesn't mean you lack creativity and need to compensate for it. It mostly means you've outgrown your gear and need something that can keep up with you growing so much as a filmmaker, which in turn will only boost you to get even better.

Amen brother! I mean... if someone would come up to you and say 'hey, I have no money, just this crappy 550D/T2i with the kitlens and 50mm f/1.8, I really want to make something, but I'm holding off on creating stuff, because my gear is so cheap and crap, what do I do now? Sell a kidney?', then sure go reassure them that the core thing to get right is the idea and proper execution and one shouldn't rely on gear to make something 'good'. If the gear you're shooting with should make the difference between something good or something bad, you already lost. It's better to keep creating with lesser gear, than not creating anything in order to avoid pixel peeping comments. But really. I think we can all agree on that. Ultimately though... not all situations are that black and white. Can you have cheap gear and great creative skills and be excellent at what you do and still create captivating content? I'm sure of it! Can expensive gear make up for lacking creative skills? Nopes. But again, you know, that's not even in question here. Who says everyone with cheap gear is creative? And people who care about gear as well suck? Being creative and good at what you do is really not exclusive to people with a T2i you know. If you're really talented and creative, I agree, it doesn't matter that much what gear you use. But if that's the argument, why would you have something against using fancier equipment/better cameras if you just said it didn't matter? And fact is, it IS ABLE to make a difference. It can up the quality and feel of your productions and shooting gets easier because your camera is more capable and you're dealing less with its limitations. So in the end, it takes away some of the struggle and opens up capacity for you to focus more on the creative side of things. Isn't that what we wanted? By the way. Who isn't perfectionistic about how their image looks? Or do you just love blownout highlights and noise? Don't you aspire to create the best visual experience one has ever seen? If not and you exclusively care about story/content, then maybe focus on screenwriting or something and hire a camera crew. If shooting isn't your thing, give the job to someone else who does care about how stuff looks. You won't be able to convince me you don't give a darn heck about dynamic range, colors, details, rendering, lighting, noise performance, nicely executed and motivated camera moves, a stable image and so on. And gear can help you out greatly there! If you have ambition and want to become better at what you do and increasingly deliver better stuff, you'll not only have to grow creatively, but it also includes getting some new gear to make your visions a reality. It's all just tools. And maybe you only see it as a status symbol, maybe you can't afford something else, maybe you just don't want to go with the times. That's all fine. I mean, some want to keep shooting film. Awesome! But you aren't the world standard everyone should adhere to. Let others do their thing. Others might embrace what's availlable in the digital world and what it allows them to do. Just as awesome! If you have the creativity, skills, right mindset and everything, why not have the right gear as well? Especially if you can spare the money (sure... if you aren't doing well for yourself and can't spare the money, well, then yeah, it doesn't make much sense to look at purchasing new stuff. But if you are doing well for yourself and you have good arguments to justify a purchase, by all means: go for it!). Now, there might be people looking for excuses to buy new gear. But maybe the opposite is true as well. Maybe people that can't afford new gear are looking for arguments not to. And that's great to keep themselves in check. But please come to terms with the fact that gear has its part to play and if you want to fool yourself '4K's just a gimmick' and so on, that's fine. But don't confuse your situation with that of others. They might hugely benefit from upgrading their gear. See it from their needs and options, not your own. You might be stuck with the T2i out of neccessity for now, but I bet you will eventually upgrade to better things as well when you can afford 'em along the way. Because it makes sense to go with the times and let the level of gear evolve with your creativity and skills. It's not mandatory, but it sure is nice. Anyways. Attributing to the offtopicness. Hopefully we can get past this subject on EOSHD. So to get back to it. The FZ1000 indeed is great. It really does handle like a baby GH4 and for travelling what's greater than something allround like that? Well, surely there's a catch. Yup. You're going to struggle a bit more with lowlight, highlights, noise and the ability to create a shallow depth of field obviously. It's also a pity that it didn't inherent the constant f/2.8 feature of the FZ200. There's some lens noise audible in (near) silent conditions. The SD-slot is co-located at the battery compartment, so might be a bit of a pain if you're shooting locked down/with a cage of some sorts. But overall... it does have some exciting features and is a great all-in-one travel camera with lots of flexibility. It's kinda the flexibility you might miss a little with the LX100. And you can't just throw on a tele lens (well, maybe a cheapo crappy extender). But if you're good without that much tele reach, there's hardly anything so appealing. For me personally atleast. The LX100 is just a killer camera for casual stuff and everyday use. And the price of both the FZ1000 and LX100 is more than fair. Now... the RX10M2 might just take the new lead here (although also as 'most expensive' of the bunch). That's one exciting camera! I do love the fact that there's great cameras that have an integrated non-changeable lens. It keeps travelling light and compact and won't have regrets of leaving that one lens at home to cut some of the carrying bulk. But... if you aren't bothered with some bulk. Then interchangeable lens cameras do give you a bit up in quality and possibilities. I wouldn't really take the FZ1000 out as an A cam for some corporate video or short film (but I'd bring it for travelling in a heartbeat). A GH4 or BMPCC with some sweet hand picked lenses specifcally to the project might be way nicer to work with to create the kinda thing you want. It's the difference between a controlled and non-controlled environment, mostly. But if you think you can make that work whilst travelling, all the greater! What options concerned. I'm curious to see if the A6100/A7000 will pop up and if it will be any good. But the G7 seems offer a lot of bang for buck, I can't really see how you'd go wrong with that. The A7RII appears killer too. Personally I just don't have the lenses for it and I'm attracted by the M43 charm of having really compact setups (incl. small lenses!). And don't we all rather just keep money in our pockets?

Yeah, something I noticed as well, pretty bad negative/inverted appearance at angles. I do hope they can source a better display than that for the actual production units, especially now that they've such an overreach on their goal.

That's pretty cool! I have to admit, this thing could be very epic. There are some things quite like it, but nothing quite like it. A look at the actual camera, with more on: https://www.facebook.com/Chiu.sir/posts/920427288017479 .

Yeah, I saw it mentioned on mirrorlessrumors. With SLR Magic and their CINE APO and the Veydra Mini Primes, this could be another interesting addition worth keeping an eye on. I think the only one who could pull of rehousing is Sigma (and that's already being done by others, which is also happening for some Tokina and Nikon lenses for example). I do feel like Rokinon would really have to up it when asking 2499 for a lens. Frank appears rather impressed, so that sounds promising. I appreciate these kind of developments, it makes the market an interesting playground. Actually does sound quite similar to what Tokina is doing with zooms: http://www.tokinacinema.com/lenses.html . Though, mind you: 'using the successful optical formula'. So, claiming it's not just rehoused (like so) doesn't neccesarily mean they aren't using old optical formulas.

Lol, that's true. Well, cool of you to share your findings and footage here! I'm hoping it's everything what you need it to be (just afraid it's not exactly my cup of tea, but I encourage diversity!).

Wait. You'd buy this over a C300? @Mattias : I guess you have it on a try & return basis? Or did you really felt you needed to have this?

Yeah, show it some love! The LX100 is incredible. I love it for my casual hybrid stuff.

Yeah, of course it depends. If you're far away of trees, they suddenly become very thin lines as well. Or getting detailed shots with narrow aperture of branches, or perhaps some bushes. But if you're filming some kind of horror chase scene in the woods, or following talent for a music video in nature, mostly on eye level, you're probably dealing more with rolling shutter than moiré/aliasing. You're probably focussing on the talent, with not such an incredible deep depth of field and rather up close, where trees aren't thin lines, just big chucks of wood. In such cases, it's probably hardly a struggle. Then again, if you're shooting some documentary footage in nature and rather go with that deep depth of field and sharp look, with lots of wide detailed landscape shots, then it might get tricky. Add that you will probably use it in urban environments as well and don't want another thing to crowd your mind to keep in check, then... well, maybe. Personally though, I'd rather try to avoid it than getting the filter. You could buy a nice vintage lens for that kind of money is what comes to my mind, you know.