JazzBox

 

I was using the Kamera follow focus .

Wow, good to know it! (I always try to do everything as simple as possible).
How do you suggest to do with lenses such as FD or Zeiss Pancolar adapted to micro 4/3?

Thank you!

Thank you for your tips!

I like very much your rig, super cool!
Where can I find it? :)

Dear all, 

after some years of shooting with tripod, flycam, slider etc… I started to shoot more with monopod and Gorillapod, especially for medium close up (i.e. during music videos).

I'd like to go a step further and build up a little rig for handheld shooting for my GH4 and G6.
I cannot afford a MOVI and I don't like that much the flycam, so I was thinking to buy a little rig and a follow focus.

I'm searching something very light, like this, but I don't know if it's good enough:

http://www.amazon.it/Aputure-Magic-Rig-18001-videocamera/dp/B006MSF694/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1410350466&sr=8-18&keywords=shoulder+rig

http://www.amazon.it/handheld-Camcorder-Shoulder-Stabilizer-Viewfinder/dp/B00FVJHXVE/ref=sr_1_24?ie=UTF8&qid=1410350466&sr=8-24&keywords=shoulder+rig
 

http://www.amazon.it/Movie-Shoulder-Follow-Cameras-Camcorders/dp/B00CRJWZ7I/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&qid=1410350466&sr=8-26&keywords=shoulder+rig

Have you some suggestions for both rig and follow focus? :)
Thank you!

 

Thank you very much! 

all the above are inferior to the Canon FD 28mm f2,8 - which beats them all in my book and is very good and cheap on ebay ....

 

 

Thank you very much! I'll try to catch a 28 Zeiss DDR :)

Do you think also my FD 50 f/1.4 is better then the Zeiss Jena 50 Pancolar? (I'm still waitin' for the adapter!!!)

its only related in that it is made by Pentax to one of their lens formulas - it is not made to the Zeiss formula

 

I always found the Pentax 28mm f2.8 a bit softer than the Canon FD 28mm f2.8 -

I prefer the Canon version you used on the video you just posted

Thank you very much for your advices! :)

p.s. (a little "OT"): I just bought 2 old M42 lenses, a Carl Zeiss Jena (from DDR) 50 f/1.8 and a Pentacon 29 f/2.8, but I'm still waiting for the adapter (the package is arrived in 2 days from USA, but you know how it works in Italy... postmen are so sloooow, so I have to wait...).
Do you think they could be as good (or better) as my beloved FD lenses? 

Now this one sounds quite interesting as it's still big enough for when I upgrade to a speedbooster. There's none available for that little money so I had to buy one for at least 60€ or get one form overseas, pay extra shipping and taxes and end up with about the same amount, but it's affordable and it even has the aparture ring as far as I know.

 

Maybe I got the crop factor stuff not completely right, but with a speedbooster, shouldn't it be back to about the same as on FF - instead of being even shorter and faster? I mean, on the G6 with just a basic adapter it's equivalent to 70-140 on FF, right?

 

Anyways, I could use it for portraits and the family stuff... and have still money left for other lenses.

You could buy a nice Canon FD 28 f/2.8 and use it as a "normal" lens (it's a 56 on G6), and then use the Tele function to have a 112mm (in video). 

Ciao!

Do you know if this lens is in some way related to the "hidden zeiss"?

http://www.ebay.it/itm/Pentax-28mm-f2-8-M-Prime-SMC-Lens-PK-Fit-/201152856990?pt=UK_Lenses_Filters_Lenses&hash=item2ed5a5039e&_uhb=1

Ciao,

I shot this music video with my trusty G6 and two Canon FD lenses with a 29,90 € mechanical adapter. 

The lenses where 28 f2.8 and 50 f/1.4: on G6 they become 56 and 100mm, thank the 2x crop.

I think they are very nice lenses and I just completed the kit with a nice 35-105 f/3.5 Macro :)